Beutiful Seoul: Cheonggye stream, Samcheong-dong and Insa-dong

Let me introduce Beautiful Seoul!

I went Cheonggye stream , Samcheong dong and Insa dong with my friend.

1. Samcheong Dong

I was really really surprised when I visited Samcheong dong.

If you want to visit Beautiful Cafe or restaurant, GO to Samcheong dong.

You can see the picture of Samcheong dong below. There are lots of cafe like this picture in Samcheong dong. Also There's Beautiful street in there too.

2. Insadong

If you want to buy Korean Stuff or special items, Visit Insadong in Seoul. There's lots of sight in there. Third picture of Insadong is Bean jam burn in the shape of korean famous character 'ddalki' (ddaliki means strawberry in Korea.) In last picture, My friend and I took a picture with Character 'Ddalki'. I Love that character! Isn't it cute ? It's also delicious. You can eat turkish icecream and many kinds of Korean traditional food. And there are many performance for visitors in insadong. You can enjoy Korean culture walking through the insadong street!
 

3. Cheonggye Stream

Cheonggye stream is represented of Seoul stream. It's really cool when you walk with your family or friends at night. There are beautiful lights both side of stream. Sometimes, They open some light shows or performance in stream. So many people love to visit cheonggye stream. When I visit Cheonggye stream with my friend at night, There's big light show. So I enjoyed very much in Cheonggye stream. Stream is clean and cool. I also post vod of Cheonggye stream. Enjoy it! And These picture are me and my friend.




















Enjoy Seoul trip! If you have questions about Seoul trip , Leave a comment ~

Incheon Airport cosmetic shops!

I got some mails asking for incheon airport cosmetic shops. They want to know about price, scale of shops. I'm very surprised that many foriegn people interest in korean cosmetic shops.
I want to tell you more detail information about these shops.
There are Etude house, Missha, The face shop and Vov. I called Etude house shop assistan in Incheon airport asking for question! :)
I will tell you all more detail informaion about cosmetic shops.
- Korean cosmetic shops are cheaper than overseas branch.
If you buy korean cosmetic items in Korea umm.. You are lucky for buying at gooood price!
- There are many shops in Incheon airport. You can enjoy anywhere in departure hall, arrival hall and duty free place.
If you want more and more information you should call under phone numbers.
Enjoy shopping in Incheon Airport :)
I'd like..to have a comment :)

1. ETUDE HOUSE
There are 3 shops of Etude house.

* Hours of operation : 07:00~21:00
location : (public area) 3F, near check in counter G
tel : 82-32-743-2329

* Hours of operation : 07:00~21:00
location: (public area) 1F, Next exit 10
tel: 82-32-743-2327

* there is also duty free shop in incheon airport.








2. Missha
there are three missha shops in Incheon airport.

* hours of operation : 07:00~ 21:00
location: (public area) 3F, near check in counter G
tel: 82-32-743-2331

* hours of operation : 07:00~ 21:00
location : (public area) 1F, Near arrival hall 1
tell : 82-32-743-8286

* There is also duty free shop in Incheon airport.





3. Vov

items : lip gloss, Eye shadow, Mascara, Blusher
location : (public area) 3F, Near check in counter F
Hours of operation : 07:00~21:00
Tel : 82-32-743-1532
+ It's also have duty free shop!


4. The face shop


Hours of Operation : 07:00~ 21:00
Location : (public Area) 3F, Near check in Counter F
Tel : 82-32-743-4790
+ It's also in duty free shop.

Incheon airport: Best airport in the world

Incheon international airport has been rated 1st in airport quality service four consecutive years. Incheon airport is largest and busiest airport in Asia. It located in Yeongjong-do ,Incheon.
The main passenger terminal is the fifth largest in the world. It's clean and comfortable place for every passenger.

<- Outside of airport. It looks like ..UFO!!

<- Isn't it nice? Inside of airport.




<- there's lot of shopping center in Incheon airport






TIP FOR LOOKING AROUND INCHEON AIRPORT!

1. Using internet in incheon airport
Information and communication center on 2nd floor in airport, you can use internet!

2. Massaging before departuring
There are foot massage shop and sports massaging shop in Incheon airport.

3. You can charging your mobile phone battery.
It's on 3rd floor B, L counter.

4. There is baby rest room in airport.
Baby can change diaper in here.

5. There is interchange hotel for passenger.



Shopping in Incheon airport! ( cosmetics and perfumes)



1. AK duty free !

item : cosmetics and perfumes

hours of operation : 07:00 ~ 21:30

location: (duty free area ) 3F , enterance of departure store hall 1 , near gate 9 , near gate 12

2. The shilla duty free

items: perfume, cosmetic , apparel, leather goods, accessories, sunglasses, amethyst

hours of operation : 07:00~ 21:30

location: (duty free area) 3F, near departure hall 3, near gate 27, near gate 47, near gate 50

There are also 'The face shop' , 'Vov', 'Missha', 'Etude house' too.
You can enjoy cosmetic shopping!

Airport attraction!

1. Korean culture museum





2. Gardens



3. Food court






Enjoying your trip in Incheon airport

TAXI in KOREA

Taxi is representative transportation in Korea. You can take a taxi if you want comfortable to drive to your destination. There are two types of taxi in Korea. One is ordinary taxi and the other is model taxi. Model taxi is black one which is bigger than ordinary taxi and little more expensive. Most people take an ordinary taxi.

these are Korean taxies. Left is ordinary taxi and right is model taxi.

Charsing of taxi is determined by two factors. First distance based if taxi move normal speed , second is based on traffic jam. It can take more money. It's calculated by electronic meter calculator.

AND! one of the merit of Korean taxi is cheap! You can enjoy comfortable driving.

Also You can go anywhere in Korea ( not too far ) with taxi! There is GPS navigation in every taxi. so it will introduce the way for you and taxi driver. It's most advanced computerlized system in Korea.

ONE MORE TIP!

Seoul city provide international taxi service for foreign traveler! International taxi offers the most convenient service to foreign visitors. Taxi driver can speak fluent in foreign language . and you can pay easier than normal taxi in Korea. This taxi accept various credit card ( Visa, Master, JCB, Amex ) and T-money.

how to use international taxi in seoul ?

-> Reservation should be made by phone ( 82-1644-2255) or on the international Taxi webpage.

Consultant offer service 24hours/365days in English and Japenese by phone.

You can visit http://www.intltaxi.co.kr/ for getting more information.

<- medium international taxi <- luxury international taxi <- Large internatioanl taxi

<- international taxi driver

ENJOY KOREAN TRIP WITH TAXI :)

Seoul zoo : The greatest sanctuary of natural education

I went Seoul zoo in Gwachun , kyunggi -do on may 22th. Our school 3rd grader went Seoul zoo for taking graduation picture. Seoul zoo is established in 1984. It is the biggest zoo in Korea. It has about 77 species of animals. Zoo holds a variety of events such as Flamingo Show, Dolphin Show etc. Now, I will tell you about looking around Seoul zoo in Korea.


First , these pictures are Elephant train in Seoul zoo and ticket. You can take this train for going to entrance of zoo or there is also lift too. ( But, Elephant train is much cheaper. )






You can see the enterance of Seoul zoo after getting down from elephant train. You can see big tiger in front of enterance.




Now, you can go inside Seoul zoo. It's the map of Seoul zoo. You can reference this map.

( It's English map of Seoul zoo )




There are many variety anmial shows in Seoul zoo. The dolphine show which you can see dolphins slicing through the water. The seal show that you can see the cute charms of seal . And the flamingo show that beautiful flamingo dance in groups. It's so gorgeous show. You can't miss it.




One more tip! In Seoul zoo, there is great Forest bathing park. I walked there with my friends almost 30 minutes. It's really cool and fresh. You can breath fresh air as much as you can.



You can meet cute little squirrel in there too.





Also you can see a variety statue in here. This picture is one of the beautiful statue.
You can take many pictures with variety statue.


There are lots of event in Seoul zoo. So, if you want to know about event or more about seoul zoo, you can reference under site.
http://grandpark.seoul.go.kr/
It will give you useful information about Seoul zoo.

Beautiful Korea

Seoul trip with foreigners in Korea

I went Seoul trip with foreigners who live in Korea.
There were some half koreans, foreign workers and students who are studying in Korea.
It was great oppertunity to meet those people. Korea is little conservative country because of confucianism culture. According to Korean reserch site, one out of ten people marry with foreigner. So, it means Korea is becoming a multicultural society like USA or Canada.
I felt more friendly with foreigners and so do my friends.
I hope to get this kind of oppertunity more and more. It will help to adapt multicultural society.

1. The national museum in Korea
The National Museum of Korea preserve, to exhibit, and to interpret korean cultural heritage and it is international scale. There is some programs for foreign visitors. It will be very helpful for them to know about korean history and heritage. It also has Asia heritages. Visitors can understand both the common and diverse features of various Asian cultures.
It's also free to look around the exibition.

2. Namsan tower ( N Seoul tower )
Namsan tower is a symbol of Seoul and the highest place where you can see the most beautiful scenery of Seoul. We can experience new cultural arts , teddy bear exibition an colorful lightening at night. However, There is the most beautiful and romantic place in Namsan tower.
Roof terrace is the symbol of romantic couples love. There are a lot of couples came here and keep terrace lock. and couples write some message about their love.

3. Korea cultural Heritage Foundation ( Korean house)
Korean house is where you can enjoy Korea's traditional beauty via court food, high quality traditional culture goods, folk performances, traditional weddings and so on. In here, Some people made a Korean traditional mask and the other group made traditional paper mirror. It's the best place to experience our culture.