2008년 6월 30일 월요일

Nami Island!

went off to Nami Island! we took the KTX to Gapyeong city. took us 1.5 hrs!! freaking long...but the journey was pleasant enough. the scenery i saw on the way was really nice! n travelling in the train was just like how i imagined it to be as i've read in books. it was drizzling on the way there, so it was really cold when we got off. actually, i kinda prefer it this way. hehe. cause it means that we can kinda experience the cool weather without all the snow n blah. if u get what i mean.


















i love how the KTX train stations look. super old sch and all. check out the waiting room pictures a couple of pictures above. its so totally old fashioned! i love it. straight out of a storybook. :) the weather that day really was perfect despite the slight shower. it was kinda cold though...

we took a cab from the station over to the ferry point to Nami Island. it was quite a short ride. hehe. :)

i like how they call Nami Island, Naminara Republic. kinda like its a country in a country. well, it did feel like another country for a moment. esp since we had to take a ferry over n all. Nami Island was totally uncluttered & the air was really clean n all.











Nami Island was totally cool! but there were a lot of tourists there though. n we saw ostriches! ok. 1 ostrich. but still.. it was allowed to roam freely on the island which i thought was really cool. there were bicycles for rental as well. 2 seater/4 seater. hehe. we wanted to rent them initially, but decided against it in the end as it was kinda troublesome. but we didn't really walk round the whole island which was quite a pity. :( if only we had more time. the island was really picturesque & it was super cooling as well. there were loads of sculptures & winter sonata memorabilia scattered around the island as well.




























we had old fashioned dosirak(lunch boxes) for lunch. the food's kept in a metal lunch box, which is heated over a strong fire. u have to wear gloves n shake the tin box to mix the food well. its really not too bad & it was quite an experience eating from that. apparently, this used to be how students would eat in the old days.



























headed for chuncheon next! we had to take a bus from the dock to the intercity bus terminal.







we had dakgalbi here! its supposedly the famous chuncheon dakgalbi!! but all i can say is that its very spicy!














it was raining & freezing @ chuncheon! my teeth were like chattering.... super super super cold! think it was like 15 degrees plus wind & rain!

but it was an enjoyable trip overall. :D

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  1. hello jean!

    why you never reply my facebook message. Bah. Anyway, you seem to be having so much fun? how come like no need go school like that. So unfair. But how are you really? I would like to go to that island too to just relax and chill. I haven't even met debbie yet you know, been so crazy mega busy. But i will soon and hopefully we'll talk about plans to come see you. Eat lots of korean food on my behalf! :) Take care and you're missed. I want to whine to you!

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  2. hello mickey! hahaha. cause i thought we already chatted on MSN already u see. :D aiyoh. this was waaaaay before sch started. haha. u see, i've a backlog of pictures waiting to be posted. hahaah.

    i DO go to sch ok. n i have loads of hw. n hehe. i got a v crazy idea which i'll tell u abt the next time i see u online. ;)

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