20121230

SOUTH KOREA AGAIN - Budget / Total Expenses

Annyeong Haseyo Chinggus!

My Day 1 to Day 7 Entries:




At last I'm done from Day 1 to Day 7 entries of my South Korea Again trip! Now for the last part of this entry, I know you guys are curious about the budget, for those who are planning for this trip, I have created my own breakdown of expenses, that includes my round trip ticket, travel tax, terminal fee, food, accommodation, entrance fees, miscellaneous and my personal expenses (pasalubongs, cosmetics, personal stuffs, kpop items, etc)



Entrance tickets to some attractions
If you would view my entries then you'll have an idea of the places I visited, for me traveling to South Korea is not expensive at all, comparing the entrances of tourist attractions here to other countries like Hongkong Disneyland or Universal Studios Singapore that cost a lot of bucks! You can even visit most places here for free like some Korean Drama filming location (Dream High, Ihwa Village, Naksan Park, Myeongdong, Hongdae).

Food
McDonald's are just around the corner, they have a value meal that cost 3,900won, cheap enough to survive, especially if you're not into spicy food ^^  Lotteria is everywhere, food ranges 4,000won up. The Burger King food ranges 4,000won up too.

Korean street foods are yummy! It's not spicy except dukboki, I love the sausages! *yummy*

Korean dish cost 10,000won, Hello Kitty Cafe food ranges 10,000won up and their coffe lattes 6,000won up.

Mouse Rabbit - frappe cost 6,500won, well if you're an ELF better visit this place, you might see Yesung here! ^^

We also bring food (adobong manok, hotdong, imbutido) that lasted for 3 days, because Namsan Guesthouse has complete kitchen, it is easy to cook or pre-heat your food, you can even store your food in the fridge.

Accommodation
Our accommodation total cost is 360,000won for 6 nights (2 pax), 60,000 won per night for 2 persons.

Transportation expenses
You might see that my transportation expenses or T Money load reaches to 40,000won, that was an additional for me 'coz I came ahead from my dongsaeng Tina, I fetch her at Incheon International Airport.

Round trip Ticket
The promo ticket is only 90% discount, that's why is cost 4,800+ with no check in baggage. For additional baggage, I buy 30 kilos baggage that cost 800php.

Cash VS Credit Card
I would suggest to use a Credit Card, in my case I exchange some of my PHP to WON here in Manila, the exchange rate is 0.041 - which is not quite good, I also buy some WON to my friend at 0.038, a very good deal ^^ But when I use my credit card, I get an exchange rate of 0.039, which is not bad compared to 0.041. Withdrawing KRW using your International ATM is also a good idea, the rate is 0.039 too. If you can get 0.039 exchange rate here in the Philippines then it is better, more than that then just use your credit card.

That's it! Hope you enjoy reading my entries, if you have question just hit me with a comment and I'll be happy to answers your queries ^^
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South Korea Again - Day 7 (Myeongdong)

11.28.2012

Annyeong Haseyo Chinggus!

This is our last day in South Korea, this is hard for me 'coz we only have a few hours to enjoy, I don't want to leave , I want to spend more days, if only I could, I would, but sadly I cannot! (drama much ~kekeke~)

Anyways, enough of the drama! Time to spend the rest of the day!

We already packed our things last night and after breakfast we also check out on our guesthouse.

This is our free time, so we plan to just stay and explore Myeongdong! Time to shop again!!! ^^


Our first stop is M-Plaza! Yeah 'coz we want another Hanbok pictures! ~kekeke~






Myeongdong is LOVE!

Spotting G-Dragon for BSX



JYJ for Tony Moly! Oh Jaejoong oppa!



Op..Op..Op Gangnam Style - PSY!

TVXQ for MISSHA

Now for our lunch, time for some Korean dish, the place is located in Myeongdong area.



















Thumbs up for the food! Even I don't like spicy food, I enjoyed eating the dish, I love the pork wrapped in lettuce ^_^

After eating a lot, time to stroll again in Myeongdong and pass by in Super Junior Yesung's whYstyle.








Yesung

The sad part is saying goodbye to this place, I'm gonna miss Myeongdong! 



We head back to the Namsan Guesthouse around 5pm, done packing (again) our luggage and guess what, our luggage is overweight! ~kekekeke~ 

Now ready to leave Seoul, we walked from the Namsan Guesthouse to Sejong Hotel, where the Airport Bus is located, we waited like 10 minutes. I'm so exhausted that I was asleep the whole travel from Myeongdong to Incheon International Airport.

Incheon International Airport





That's it for my SOUTH KOREA AGAIN travel! I super super SUPER LOVE KOREA!!! I will never get tired visiting this country, I just love everything about Korea! From great places of my favorite Korean Dramas, the HALLYU stuff, the Korean cosmetic lines, the Korean fashion, the Korean foods (that I'm starting to love and appreciate so much), the PEOPLE - so kind and very helpful! I really LOVE everything about KOREA!!! 

One of my best ever vacation for this year! Even I didn't see any Korean star or Kpop star, still...I'm happy that I was able to see many new places! 

I'm coming back to South Korea next year, I already booked my ticket last August, so yes I'm addicted to South Korea! As much as possible I want to visit Seoul every year, just so lucky to get a promo ticket! So that I can visit those places that I missed to go, and maybe I'll be lucky to see my dorky boys or some Kpop/Korean star! 
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20121229

South Korea Again - Day 6 (Hanbok Experience and NAMI Island)

Cont. of Day 6...


HANBOK Experience at M Plaza (Myeong-dong)

It's almost 11am when we arrived at KTO, the earliest scheduled they offer is 11:40am and so we booked it. The staff advise us to come back at 11:30, since we still have 30 mins, we go to the fourth floor where DAISO is located and buy some pasalubongs and stuffs! ^^



We came back at exactly 11:30, then few minutes the staff assist us, she introduced us to the different kinds hanbok, like the hanboks wear by King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Performer (Gisaeng), Nurse, Cook, etc.



Background for photo-ops!



Now time for HANBOK wearing experience!!!

 


I love wearing Hanbok! Feeling Koreana lang ^^

It's already past noon when we decided to go to our next destination, where???? Hmmmm kinda far from Seoul..... another Korean Drama filming location, popular tourist destination in South Korea! Another clue, I've been here! hahaha , so yes this would be my second time in this place, I originally didn't include this on our itinerary but my dongsaeng insist (again), so I have no choice but to include this! 

Okay, from the Korean Drama "WINTER SONATA" filming location...... NAMI ISLAND.

NAMI ISLAND



Directions:

From Myeongdong Station, get off to Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station (Line 4), then transfer to Line 5 and get off to Gunja Station, then transfer to Line 7 and get off to Sanbong Station. Then transfer to KTX Line Gyeongchun and get off to Gapyeong Station. Outside the station, ride a taxi/cab going to Nami port.

Be prepared for more than an hour ride! 

Arriving Nami Island, this place is very touristy, I noticed that there are lots of people came here (locals and tourist). 







Of course this is Winter Sonata's place!


The famous Winter Sonata lane







Ramdom pix!








It's getting colder and colder that afternoon, so before the night falls we decided to leave the Island, guess we almost roamed the area. A whole day is worth a visit here, in our case since we kinda squeeze our time, so a few hours staying here is just fine :)



That's it for Day 6, back to Myeongdong to buy pasalubongs and stuffs!!! ^^ 
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