Day 1&2 - Changi Airport + Asiana Airlines + Korea Everland
Flight was delayed for 2 hours and changed to 1230am flight :\ first bad sign~
The representative from the tour agency was supposed to meet us abt 840 but until 9 and we dun see him/her and we realised she had been wandering abt in front of us and she couldn't tell if it was us anot =.= i guess that's the thing abt having a small grp (10 ppl onli) so she couldn't even tell if we were on a tour or going on our own :\ haha so anw our group is made up of 3 of us, 2 sisters, 1 family w a girl and 1 couple~ we went to the lounge for the first time and turns out it's ok only...no doubt they have free food and drinks but wasn't very impressive~ just took a bite of some hainanese chicken and milo...appetite still not well which left me very worried abt not eating well during the trip :(
After boarding - I don't know if it's just this plane or wad but the seats are really quite small and uncomfy -.- but considering the fact that it's so uncomfy, i slept for most of the journey (i had work that day while the other 2 didn't) while ms fong and ms tan just fidget ard the whole time...lol~ why i must mention this is cossssssssssssss i think my tailbone has finally "healed" to a stage that sitting for a long time wun hurt that much anymore...although it still had a little "tingling" feel, it is really very minimal compared to the time i had to travel back from melbourne...one good thing to be happy abt :)
So anw, we asked for non beef beforehand so we had the special meal and it was FISH -.- oh, the lady next to me is a korean...and she chose bibimbap for her meal and it smelled so nice!! seriously, i dunno why is it that if we requested for non- beef, they cannot let us choose wad we want?? i think the bibimbap was pork lor -.- dotz! and i conclude once again i must look like a student / kid cos whenever i travel w my specs on, the air stewardress just seems to treat me like non-existent...she is just busy serving the lady next to me...but i guess partly also she is more comfy serving someone who speaks her language?? =.= so with no drinks offered to me, no hot towel, first impression of asiana's service = FAIL :\
Yz and I in our "couple" top :P kekeke
After 7 hours, we finally reached Incheon Airport~! *excited*
After clearing the customs, we saw our tour guide and the minute he opened his mouth, i was like, is he from china?! hahaha cos he had the beijing qiang :P but turns out, he's an authentic korean just that he had been to china for 1yr+ to learn chinese etc so anw first meal is korea = McDonalds~ our breakfast
The words in korean is almost literally pronounced as egg mcmuffin, well close to it lah...it is more like egeu maek mepin~ :P
While on the bus, the tour guide tried to make some conversation, i must admit he is quite cute so i tried to give him my full attention~ (yap, i am such a 外貌协会, i don't deny it~) but i guess the ppl at the back started to fall aslp hence he decided he shld let us rest too~ His name is So Yeo Jeon (if i din romanise it wrongly) and he told us he's 27 but actually that's his korean age so he's actually 26 i.e. same as us...haha :P in fact he is our dongsaeng cos his bday is in november..if only i made him call me noona hahaha
Reached Everland and the place is covered in snow :D i guess it's more exciting for the other 2 - first time seeing snow :)
On our way, we saw some snow flakes falling BUT i think it came from the trees instead of the sky :\ nonetheless, the whole tour grp got a little excited and the tour guide seems a little perplexed as to why we are reacting lidat (seriously is it that hard to understand?-.-)
colourful fishes - well we are not thatttttttttt interested in the fishes, more like we are indoors for the heater :P
It just reminds us of harry potter...lol...it was quite cute, hiding its head in its body to slp :P i never tot that owls could look cute until i saw these there~
Just to show that there's snow everywhereeeee~
White tigers :) pretty~예쁘다~
Did i mention we were very cold?!? the temp was abt 0-3 deg bah~ lol
Polar Beary~ *cold*
She made me take this photo with her =.=
Went for a ride in the outdoor safari thingy - it's as if we went to the zoo~
Safari exhibit 1
Safari Exhibit 2
There were other animals like elephants, tigers, lions etc but i got a little lazy to post them...dun wanna make it look as if this trip is about animals hahaha
Decided to have lunch to hide from the cold~
The place where we ate - alpine food fair - i think this was where i ate 8 yrs ago too~
*step step*
Cute~귀엽다~
Went to ride this...the journey up was so tiring though! cos ppl behind us want to go up quickly so even though it's a travelator, we had to hike up...lol...VERY tiring and i am not kidding lor...cos prob it's cold and we are sorta on a higher altitude, air is thinner and wad not...so i was huffing and puffing by the time i reached the top!
Anw, basically we just need to slide down on the tube but ah -.- the stupid me, dunno how to lift my leg up so i keep "braking" -.- the man got so fed up w me...and cos one of my legs were on the floor, it steered me sideways -.-" dotz~
Errrrrrr supposed to show that it's snowing but not very successful! i regretted not taking a video! at least we will be able to see it from the video :(
We tried many times to show that it's snowing and decided that against dark material is easier to see~ Can see the small small white dots, those are the snow :P
Here is when it started to snow heavily, when i look back behind me, i can see thick snow falling but once again i duno why the camera failed to capture it...so i guess i can only try to rem it in my head :\
Once the snow stopped, we decided to step out of the shop but less than 5 mins, it started to snow again, we reckon we attract the snow hahahaa
Went to hide in one of the shops cos the snow was really getting heavy and we were getting wet from it...and as usual, started to try on the hats and take photos -.- not too sure if they will scold us anot cos this is different from disneyland but luckily they didn't :P
Once the snow stopped, we decided to step out of the shop but less than 5 mins, it started to snow again, we reckon we attract the snow hahahaa
Clearer picture of big flakes of snow :D happified!! my fren said i looked super happy here :)
After some time, we decided to go to our waiting area cos the rides were not operating due to the snow and seriously, this is no disneyland, the merchandise is not pretty enough to shop ard for too long haha so we ended up sitting in one of the shops to hide from the cold and we were still really early...in the end we went into one of the cafes to wait for the rest...
The endless obsession w i-phone, constantly checking for wi-fi [btw this is the last photo taken by YZ's camera cos it was too cold and some mechanism inside was damaged :X so photos from now onwards are taken solely by i-phone :)]
While waiting for the rest of our teammates to come...take photo!!
Our "clever" tour guide only wore a rather thin jacket, i believe it's made of wool lah but still...not when it's like -ve deg my dear~ he admitted he underestimated the weather =.=
Pretty Lightings~ When i went there 8 yrs ago, i was very fascinated w the fairytale looking buildings but this time, i didn't feel much...either it's becos it's the 2nd time going there or it's my age showing where theme parks no longer attract me as much...
The weather was still really cold and the floor was slippery from the water that melted and froze again into ice...and one of our tour mates fell down :X ouch! Finally made our way to the shuttle bus to bring us down the hill (i duno why when we went up, it was ok for the bus to drive up but when we have to go down, we need to take the shuttle o.o)
Dinner time! First authentic korean meal: some mushroom + meat pot =.=
Honestly appetite not good, only had some kimchi (which turns out to be one of the better ones we had throughout the trip, not too sour, not too salty) and 1/3 of the rice w some meat...spent most of the time drinking water :( sadness but i dunno is it me or wad but the korean food really didn't live up to expectations...it was salty and didn't had much other taste :X disappointed~
after dinner, 导游先生 brought us to a nearby convenience store to buy some drink / snack and he intro this 바나나맛 우유 (the first 3 words literally pronounced as Ba Na Na :P) but personally i dun like banana so after like 2 sips i gave the rest to by and yz :P My supper for the night was the cookie we bot at the starbucks in our airport using the vouchers the airline gave us for the delay~ that proved to be more satisfying than the dinner :)
Next: our hotel~Inter Burgo Hotel
Well, firstly we were like thinking is there air con/ heater?! cos the room was kinda stuffy and still, it didn't feel like there was any ventilation haha but one good thing is we had a proper bed and not some makeshift ones~
the shows that were showing obviously had no subs so it was kinda hard for us to watch anything until we turned to a channel showing Gong Fu =.= not the biggest fan of that movie but had to settle for something we could understand~Just a side note, korea is a very environmental frenly country so they do not provide any shampoo or body foam, u need to bring ur own~
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