Korea seoul free and easy : Insadong (to have have tea and look at handicrafts)

Insadong is highly recommended if you want to spend your afternoon resting your tired legs after sightseeing in the morning and trying to gathering energy for shopping at night.

this is near to Gyeongbokgung

We took the subway and got down at Jonggak.

We went to the tourism information counter and ask for the location of both tea museum.

They provided us with a map so it was quite easy for us to locate both tea house.

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The beautiful  tea museum is a modern tea house with some information of tea leaves and etc

Beautiful Tea Museum

Address: #193-1 Insadong Chonglo-gu, Seoul, Korea

It will be a bit hard to locate as you have to turn into a little alley.

Our bill came up to 28 000 won.

Enjoy the beautiful flowers along Insadong

The second tea house we tried is the traditional tea house.

Each of us has to ordered a cup of tea.

We decided to try the traditional snacks, interesting but not memorable

Price come up to 28000 won again.

BEautiful sights of insadong..

Korea Seoul free & easy : Ewha woman's university shopping hair perming and food..

Started our day at Ewha woman's  university by looking for a simple cafe for a delicious breakfast.

A little cafe at a small little alley which Korean girls hang out.

Went to Cecica hair salon as recommended by some blogger.

3 different curls. Did not coloured our hair.

1st is just at the bottom few inches. middle start from the ear. and last is slightly more wavy.

When we walked into the salon, we choose a suitable hair style after discussion with the hair stylist in simple English from images on the computer.

Price is 162 000 won inclusive of perming, treatment and cut.

Although I like the outcome, I did not enjoy the experience..

My friends' hair stylists are attentive and gentle.

Mine hair stylist washed my hair like she was hand washing her dirty clothes, rubbing with so much strength.. it hurts a lot and I told her off after the second wash.

my heart just breaks at the thought of what she done to fragile hair.

My other hair stylist spent more time admiring herself in the mirror..

Will go korea again for perm as the curls are still there after 4 months and I do not have to curl it much at night. 

 Shopping at Ewha woman's university. The dresses are cheap at around 10000 won onwards..There are more expensive and better quality too. and I do like the facts that their dresses are suited for people taller than 160 cm. Sometimes, my loots from Bangkok just end around my butt.. Bags are also from 10000 won onwards and there are shops selling accessories at 1000 won onwards.. There are a lot of things available at the minimum price I stated. For me, I find Ewha shopping the cheapest. I bought one of the dress at 39 000 won, they quoted me 60000 won at dongdaemum and reduce to 40000+ won at their own initative.

We did not eat a proper lunch, but snacked out way through.

My favourite korean snacks, ate it on my previous trip, the chicken on skewers and the cup of chicken, rice cakes and potatoes..

The rice ball was recommended by some blog but I find it so so only.

Oreo and Choco.. nothing can go wrong for such a combination..

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JUst eat Singapore : Siam Kitchen (Thai food) at nex

Ordered Tom Yam soup.

Yes, the bowl is half full...few seafood and mushroom inside.

Soft shell crab and curry. 

Chicken

The food serving is not little but is not a lot either.

The food is consider good especially the chicken. Tender and flavoured

However, the service is not really up to standard.

Firstly, they serve us a bowl of rice and the tom yam soup after a 15 minute wait. 

We waited another 15 minutes but none of the food came. 

The soup turned cold and the rice became hard, we feedbacked to the manager and after another 10 minute.

we were ok waiting for our food, serving us partial of the food and leaving us there for another 10 minutes while the food turned cold is not really desirable.

They serve us our food and replace our soup.

Weirdly, the soup was hotter than when it was served for the first time.

I notice someone who placed her order 5 minutes before me and she was enjoying her dinner while I was waiting for my food to arrive.

Another table, the guy finished his dinner and his friend food arrived. In between, there was like a 10 min gap?

I was bored, waiting for my food to arrive so I was being kaypoh.

Seriously, if I eating with my friend in a restaurant. I want to eat together, not I eat first and then look at my friend eat and vice versa.

The restaurant was half full only.

Korea Busan free and easy : Dongbaek Park and Haeundae Beach Dongbaekseom Island (동백공원)

We took a cab from Shinsegae shopping center..

It cost around 1400 won. We did not have time to take train as we were delayed by 1 day of rain.

APEC House.. Went inside for a short tour.

After you exit from APEC house, will see the pavilion and lighthouse

HAzy as the rain has just stopped.

Could not get good shots

waves...

Managed to see maple leaves in May

The whole trip takes only around half an hour to one hour

saw the Mermaid statue while walking from Dongbaekseom Island to Haeundae BEach

We walked over to Haeundae Beach and saw people getting ready for the sand festival in Busan

Busan Aquarium

Too bad, we left two days before the sand festival start. It looks like is going to be interesting..

Street food at Haeundae Beach

im Hee-dae Halmae Wonjo Gamasot Gukbap (Granny Kim Hee-dae’s Original Cauldron Gukbap)

We walked in and walked out immediately as we realise they serve beef and not pork..

Ops bakery which sell delicious bread and pastry is also located at haeundae Beach

1394-82, Jung 1-dong, Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea