Korea Tour part 6

Day 7

Stayed at Grande Sheraton Walker Hill Casino Hotel~
Very grand hotel, though casino doesn't seem as big as I expect.

the bed is so comfy! hahaa

Anyway, we didn't get to enjoy hotel breakfast today, most probably the food is too expensive in the hotel.
We had Korean breakfast buffet instead.

Ellen wanted to show us the City Hall of Korea as he said it has a very unique mountain supporting it.

if you look closely, you can see the eyes and nose on the mountain.

However, do be careful when you are taking photo around here as there are several police on petrol. You can only take photo from a far and not allowed to take closeup photo of the houses that the president is working at.

this is just one of the guest house..

after listening to some stories on the coach, we reached the Ginseng specialty shop.

Then, we were brought to another shop which sells cosmetics and they showed us some demo. The brand that we were introduced is UGBang, wasn't a brand that we are familiar with. This seems to be one of the most well-to-do brands in Korea though.

Prices are cheaper if you buy 6 items, most of the specialty shops have the buy 5 get 1 free promo.

Lunch - Duck steamboat with Bibimbap

the soup is so sweet that you can only drink a few spoons.. duck meat is too hard to eat..

luckily, bibimbap is delicious with the seaweed~

several side dishes to go with as well..

visited Nam Sangol Hanok Villiage - the houses Koreans live in the olden days..

We were then brought to another cosmetics specialty shop, which we were told is Face Shop.
But, we end up listening to a sales talk of another brand.
nevertheless, the Face Shop products are sold at prices so much lower than in Singapore. Worth a buy if you do use these products.

It seems like a endless shopping spree today..
Shop at Nandaemum and Myongdong. They were simply one street across each other.

alot of shops and stores.. one can easily lost their way here as numerous shops were repeated.

Last stop of the day is Lotte World - the filming site for Stairways to Heaven. Theme park within a shopping mall.

It is cheaper to visit it after 4pm.

However, our tickets only allow us to take 3 rides. and, our first ride was used up by Ellen who wanted all of us to sit in the boat ride together.

Ice skating is also available.

2nd ride - the Hot Air Balloon

3rd ride - the 4D theatre. It's only 10 minutes though..

Heard from tour mates that the monorail ride is good as you get to see the external theme park as well.

Ate the famous Zha Jiang Mian or so called Black Bean noodle.