I'd give a day to day description/post except everything in my memory is a blur now. I remember bring on the tour bus thinking "I'll never forget the scenery. The trees, the lovely streams of icy-cold water running over grey pebbles." Then the day after we return, I tried to recall everything it was we did... and I realise I can't remember everything.
I remember the feeling that we did alot of exercise this holiday. Which is why I didn't put on any weight. If anything, I lost half a kilo despite all the street snacks.
Day 1 was spent travelling. We arrived in Seoul in the morning, went for a facial, had lunch, then flew to Jeju. So things really started happening Day 2.
It was something like:
Day 2 - Climbed some mountain in Jeju (see I don't even remember the name).
We took about 45 minutes for the ascend and descent. At that point, I was really thankful we have been going to the gym regularly. Else we may not have survived the climb. It was raining and terribly windy, so I brought along an umbrella. Mountain chomped it up and spat it out in less than 10 minutes, so we tossed it and just braved the rain. Not like we had any choice after the umbrella broke into two.
The teddy bear museum was fun. Saw a more spontaneous Melvin as he posed with the bears. I won't put the pictures up here though.
Day 3 - Walked through their National Park and used 10,000 won to buy a temple roof tile. We get to write our names and wishes on it. I think it was supposed to have been written in Chinese because it was for a Buddhist temple .. but I was too cold to think. As it is, I couldn't remember how to write my name in Chinese. So I wrote in English.
Day 4 - Ski. We did like a portion of the kiddy slope. Quite a number of people had to jump out of my way. Melvin caught it on camera. It's so not funny.
"Ahhhh!! Excuse me!! MOOOOOVEEEEE!" *guy leaps out of my way*
Well at least, I managed to pose for a still shot before the disastrous screaming/going the wrong direction/cannot brake/almost ran into a group of tourists trip down the slope.
Day 5 to 7 was a blur. I wanted to try Lotteria (Korea's fast food). But it had calories pegged to it. So I lost my appetite. Then I realised EVERYTHING had calories pegged to it. Even their bakeries.. next to the price tag was a calorie count. As a result, I didn't try the buns from Paris Baguette, or from any bakery for that matter.
We got to try on traditional clothes. It was quite fun, prancing around in a costume.
We also got to make our own kimchi and korean pancake. Oh the amount of oil used for the korean pancake. *shudder* It was yummy though....
Went to watch the "Wedding Show". It was fun to watch. I enjoyed the songs. I also enjoyed the eye candy. Very Much. Tried not to drool too much and all.
The tour ended on Day 7. We opted to extend our stay for 3 more days though. So it was 3 days of SHOPPING. I didn't take pictures of our loot (and horribly overweight luggage). Just know that our total baggage weight for check in was 48kg and we had to be creative and did a lot of repacking at the airport itself. So it was 46kg check in, 20kg carry on. We maxed out everything, including my credit card.
Melvin and I bought 200 masks each. And we also bought sleeping packs, and a huge assortment of creams, lotions and other weird things you apply on the skin. For some reason, we also ended up with 3 bottles of shampoo.
BUT, other than shopping as if we have bottomless wallets, we also went for a DMZ tour and took a peek into North Korea.
One of the stops was an infiltration tunnel. Supposedly dug by North Korea back in the sixties so that they can invade South? They didn't allow pictures inside the tunnel itself so we could only take pics at the entrance.
The tunnel was 25 floors underground. There was no lift. We were wearing jackets at the beginning because it was 2 degrees Celsius. By the time we had to walk up, all jackets were off and we were perspiring like mad. At least it was a steep slope to get to the infiltration tunnel and not stairs. Else I may have volunteered to stay in the tunnel permanently.
We ALSO went for a haircut at Juno hair (Near Ewha Women's University). Melvin permed his hair. Our stylist, Lee Tae Kyung, was fantastic. She sighed a lot at our hair though. *laugh* Well, my hair is really damaged from the perm/colour earlier on in the year. Then Melvin's haircut was.. not very nice and she had to fix his hair. He loves his new cut, as do I.
It wasn't cheap, of course. But worth every cent. She spent quite a bit of time discussing about what needed to be done. She refused to perm/colour my hair because she said I need to let the hair rest? Anyway, she was really nice and she knew exactly what to do.
Before we left, she even gave us heat packs because it was cold. If you guys are headed that way, I highly suggest you get an appointment with Tae Kyung for your hair!
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