Korea Trip - June 2010

First time going abroad really is a memorable experience. Me, my sister and her husband decided that we should go to Korea. On June 20 midnight, we took off from KLIA and touched down at Incheon Airport on June 21 morning. Finally, dreams come true. We even flew to Jeju Island. Its a beautiful island, fresh seafood, fresh air, fresh fruit and many friendly ajummas (auntie). Very well preserved island.

Beautiful Korea

We spend a week in South Korea. Few days at Jeju-do and the rest at Seoul. We have no difficulties in finding accommodation, thanks to the informative "Lonely Planet" book. All information needed are all in it including phone number.
While in Jeju-do, we stayed at Global Motel, Tapgong-ro. Motel rate per night is W30,000, around RM80. Comfortable, large and clean room with bathroom attached.
In Seoul we stayed at Itaewon also known as Foreign Town. The only reason we stayed there is because we need to find Halal food and the only place we know that offers halal food is Itaewon. The Motel we stayed (forgot the name) is exactly in the middle of the busy Itaewon and room rate at about W45,000 around RM100 per night. Quite small but clean and ok laa.. And one more thing, information kiosk is everywhere in Seoul, so make a good use of it.

Seoul

Tips while u in Korea:
1) learn simple greeting also some basic words such toilet, airport etc

2) always bring along empty mineral bottle, u might wanna use it while in the toilet. Malay must do this.

3) carry with you, map, notebook, and pen or pencil to use in case of you need to ask for direction, write down the location..they probably can help you. its not like Korean people don't speak English, but they very shy shy..:D

The Book

4) Its hard to find halal food (except Itaewon), so bring along snack to munch along you journey.

5) If you travel without tour guide/agency..buy urself "Lonely Planet: Korea" to help you with all sort of information including maps, places info, transportation info and etc

The necessities

6) Don't forget to collect map, booklet and
pamphlet From information counter at airport.

7) Bring ur camera, u might don't wanna miss out on a breathtaking view of Korea.

That are all the tips i can think of until now, you might wanna consider above tips when visiting Korea.
We will re-visit Korea on end of March next year, hopefully we can treasure more beautiful side of Korea.