What is the best time travel to Korea? I would highly recommend autumn which from Oct – Nov. Excellent weather with beautiful signs of autumn, all leafs were turning yellow and red. It was too awesome for a photographer to take all the great shots.
Well, what I did for my Korea tour?
No doubt, shopping at Seoul was one of the must do activity, few places that recommended was Myeongdong and Dongdaemun. Other than that, I would recommend Hongik Univ and Ewha Univ where you could find fashionable and cheap clothes.
Lovely place to shop and nice food here – Myeongdong.
There were few palaces in Seoul city, but I choose Gyeongbokgung Palace because it nearer to the subway station. Well, I’m not a person who fancy of historical buildings.
However, we were lucky that there was a play at the main court yard.
Another ‘must do’ itinerary for couples, everyone was recommended a day tour to Nami Island; an island located SE of Seoul, about one and half hour drive from city.
How to find the cheapest way to Nami Island from Seoul city?
Go to famous tourist spot – Insadong and look for this Nami Island Day tour Centre; else you could give a call to find out. Preferable pre-book your seats 1 or 2 days before. Bus tickets plus ferry and entrance fees were only cost 21,000 won per person. And find your bus at Tapgol Park which located next to Insadong Street.
Trick-eye Museum, Seoul
Although it’s not a hot attraction to do in Seoul, but surprisingly we really had fun and spent quite number of hours here (http://www.cnngo.com/seoul/visit/trick-eye-museum). Make sure you have a good camera with a tripod; never use flash while taking it, otherwise, you would have lost all the effects.
Bukchon Hanok Village – a Korean traditional village with a long history located between Gyeongbok Palace, Changdeok Palace.
This place was another nice spot for photography. There were few cultural centers, guesthouses, restaurants and tea houses, providing an opportunity to experience, learn and immerse in Korean traditional culture. But too ‘expensive’ to experience that so we spent most of time taking picture around people houses.
Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Never plan and thought of coming so close to the ‘Border’ – DMZ. Almost end of my trip and saw a booklet for Korea-Seoul day tour, while flipping through and found out DMZ tour was one of hot-tour among others; half day tour cost 90,000 won for 2 persons include bus fare, tour guide and entrance fees.
We were glad we had a helpful tour guide from China who live in Korea more than 15 years; appreciated his brief about DMZ’s history and information. After his explanation – we deeply felt how stiff the situation between North and south even the war over since many years.
What was the feeling while looking at the land of The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from Dora observatory? Just couldn’t describe, you should experience it.
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