I have yet to show how to do a 1 day trip to Nami Island-Petite France -Garden of Morning Calm with Gapyeong City Tour Bus. This is a DIY step-by-step itinerary where you are in control of your own time which will costs you less than 50,000 KRW (price as of November 2019). However, if you are interested in taking a leisure trip where you don’t need to plan, please go straight to the ‘Promotion’ section from the table of content down below instead. That said, let’s dive in straight to the main topic: Gapyeong City Tour Bus. This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my privac ..read more

This time I will show you how to appreciate Nami Island in about 3 hours so that you can manage your time efficiently for the other legs of the trip to Gapyeong. By other legs of the trip to Gapyeong, I mean if you want to cover Nami Island-Petite France and Garden of Morning Calm in Gapyeong city in a day. It is doable with Gapyeong City Tour Bus. Read more here. This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my privacy policy & disclosures here. Disclaimer Disclaimer: How to enjoy Nami Island in 3 hours ONLY covers the time to and fro the Gapyeong Jetty. I will not cover t ..read more

Here is a post to cover all about T-Money Card. A budget traveler to South Korea cannot live without this card which will save you a lot of money.  What is T-Money Card? T-Money card is a transportation card that can be used for public transportation like bus, subway and taxi at all over major cities in South Korea. It can also be used for purchases in selected shops like convenience stores and many more which you can refer in the booklet given to you when you purchase the card at the card vending machine in the subway station. T-Money Card for Korean public transportation that I used up ..read more

There are those who emailed me for direction on how to get to Nami Island from Gapyeong Station. Source: Naver Map In one simple advice: By taxi The easiest and most fast. Just take the taxi lining up in front of Gapyeong station to Nami Island (as per image above). As of May 2009, the cost is about 4,000 won per ride of about 2 km and about 5 minutes. Read more below for other cheaper options. Source: KakaoMap Other cheaper options are: Local bus On foot – 20 minutes Gapyeong City Tour bus Local bus There are two local buses going to Nami Island jetty from Gapyeong station. They are numbe ..read more

From Gyeongbokgung palace to Bukchon Hanok Village on foot is yet another post for you beloved readers to explore Seoul on foot. If you love to do walking tour, this post is for you. By the way, sorry for the lack of posts in almost one and a half year. Expect a few more posts on this Seoul-on-foot series in the near future. Well, I’m still in Madrid living with my beloved enjoying the sunshine most of the days. DM me if you would like to visit Madrid. My blog of Madrid is here. Well, let’s get straight to the matter at hand. Say for example you already finished with your tour in Gyeongbokgu ..read more

Ahah! Another on-foot tip is coming your way! This time is the method of going from Insadong to Cheonggyecheon on foot. Honestly, there are so many tourist spots around North of central Seoul which are very closed to each other and they are easily explored and much better IMO reached by walking. In the map above from Daum, you can see that the red flag is where we will start. It says ‘start’ and the blue flag is where we will arrive. It is estimated that we will have to walk about 25 minutes if we walk non stop but trust me that this is not going to happen because you will be enchanted by In ..read more

If you are on budget and if you like traveling solo you definitely need the tips to reduce your budget. Here is a post on how to enjoy the sight of Seoul using the local bus. Cheaper way from Itaewon to Myeongdong or vice versa while experiencing the exhilarating ride..Haha. With the current exchange rate which is not helping much (for Malaysians) 1,000 KRW is about MYR3.77 now. T_T Quite huge compared to when I used to round up 1,000 KRW to 3 Ringgit! Let’s save your money!. There are times that I needed to enjoy the sight of Seoul especially at night, resting my tired feet from the long jour ..read more

Why not be a kindred spirit for your trip to Korea this time? Do something different by being a volunteer in Seoul and get to know the ‘real’ Korea instead of the usual limelight. I realize that there are some of you who not only visit Korea once but a few times a year or every two years. Yes..Korea has bewitched so many people and addiction is not a bad thing when Korea is the reason for it. My experience of wwoofing has shown me the other side of Korea, ‘Screening Humanity’ style and I love every second of it. It might not be your cup of tea but I gather that this one which I am going to re ..read more

I love hotteok. So far I have seen two types of hotteok. One which is deep fried and one which is healthier, less oily, crunchier and a bit dry. I love them both because of the caramel and pine nuts filling just made my day anytime during the cool time like the spring season now and cold season. Scratch that. In fact it is marvellous at any time of the day. When I used to be a tour guide back then, I love checking out places which is not straight from the itinerary, wandering around with my guests until they couldn’t walk anymore..hehe.. like this hotteok shop in Namdaemun: Appa Hotteok. The ..read more

I used to visit Cheonggyecheon or Cheonggye Stream many many times, any time of the day in any season and always marvel at the clarity of its water. Subhanallah. Cheonggyecheon is pretty close by to Myeongdong and Namdaemun. I pretty much all the time went from Myeongdong to Cheonggyecheon on foot. Plus, my Korean class by Korean Foundation was held at MiraeAsset building which is located just next to the stream ongoing to Jongno area. There is an underground path from Euljiro-1 ga station right to MiraeAsset building which is very handy during rainy or winter season..which I will probably rev ..read more