A Visit to Seoul, Korea - Day 3 of 6 (Part 3/3)

I wanted to quickly share my entire trip experience but was engaged with work for the last weekend. Finally, I can have some time to continue writing. As such, I was told by a friend that my blog on Seoul trip was informative enough that he did went to visit some places that I have posted so far. I guess as an amateur blogger, I begin to understand the satisfaction of blogging...

DAY 3: 23/11/12 (FRIDAY) - Part 3/3

From Seoraksan Natioanl Park, we reached a small little town (about 20 minutes away from the national park) to have our lunch. We had Grilled Mackerel Fish, one of the main dishes stated on the itinerary of the package we bought from PYO Travel. It was a tatami-seating style restaurants where we have to sit on the floor to enjoy our meal. The fish looks unique and taste good too. Well, I am not a fan for fish, so I couldn't comment much. However, I enjoyed all the side dishes, no to forget the kimchi!!!


After lunch, we proceed a ski resort for a night stay. The journey to the resort took us around 2 hours and 40 minutes. I was gloomy all the way and drizzling (couldn't tell if it is raining or snowing in the bus). At 4.40pm, we arrived at the Phoenix Hanhwa Ski Resort at Pyeongchang. We went to the Ski World, just to take a look at the ski sports, one of the most favourable sports in Korea. The time we reached there was late and insufficient time to try out the ski. Anyway, we were too cold and tired to try the extreme sport. So, we just 'lepak' awhile and observe the locals skiing...


Even we can't experience skiing this time, I think we did enjoy immersing ourself there, with all the 'look-like' professional people in ski suits and carrying all sorts of equipments. Love the feeling of freedom when we were there....got to try flying around to enjoy the scenery then...


After that, we went to our resort to check-in before going out again for dinner. This time, we got a 3-room condominium for a night stay for 2 person (jaw dropped!). There were 2 rooms with tatami style and 1 master bedroom with double bed. spacious living room and open concept kitchen. Master bedroom toilet comes with a jacuzzi too. Total floor space, an estimation of 1200+ square feet. More than enough for my entire family to stay in this unit.



At 6.45pm, we all gathered at the lobby and depart to an nearby restaurant for dinner. It was already dark and when we arrived at the restaurants, we got a shocked because it was so crowded with people from all over the countries (many were tourist). We had Korean-style steamboat. Photos below speaks all about what we had:


These long table section was mainly for tourist, maybe as part of the package offered to the tour company. We saw many of the locals dinning at a different section of the restaurants:


Here, they will choose what meat they want (top right), then bring it to their table (bottom right) to cook. This section looks like an extension of the main building. Hence, the use a special tool for heating function (bottom left). How it works...no idea but this thing really generates heat o.O"

After dinner, the bus sent us back to the resort and that's the end of today itinerary. It was just around 8,00pm and the night is still young. So, we decided to take a walk around the resort and to a small mall near our condominium. It was a very cold night and I think it will be much worse in December.



They sell all kind of things in their CVS (Convenient Store): a REAL convenient store!!! In this little mall, you can also find a little karaoke nearby the CVS. We managed to grab some snacks for our supper too.


On our way back, I spotted 2 new Kia model, which were not available yet in Malaysia, the Kia K3 (Forte Replacement Model) and the All-New Kia Picanto.


That's it for Day 3 - the mid-journey of my short trip to Korea. Started to feel sad because every destinations I have been to so far were so awesome and reluctant to leave...but, got to move on for the next day as there were more experience to share. Day 4 coming up very soon :)

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