I sent an sms to Brit this evening:
“Hey,
there is a blog writing contest where I
have to write about things I want to do/see/hear in Korea, but since yesterday
I got stuck. Have no idea L”
Her reply:
“Pff...
All I can remember about Korea is only about those girl/boybands and plastic
surgery LOL”
Me:
:D :D :D
Well, you have a reason,
but I guess you will need to read my blog after I finished writing it down.
Korea is not only about that. There are many other things like ever heard about
Jeju Island? I heard this island is so beautiful. Oh well, let’s start writing
then. You just gave me an idea how to tell things about what I want to do in
Korea.
So Brit, let say
that we will go together to Korea this October. Let me tell you, October is
autumn in Korea. Oh
that would be great for an Indonesian like us who have only experienced
two seasons in a
year: dry and rainy season. Actually, since we both have never been
abroad so those are the only two seasons we have ever experienced in our whole
life :p Anyways, what is in your mind after hearing the word autumn?
As
for me, this image is what comes in my mind about autumn. Beautiful isn’t it?
Therefore,
to witness this beauty of autumn as in the above pic I suggest we visit
Seoraksan and let’s hike!! I read an article about Seoraksan and one sentence
really provoke me to hike there.
However, when autumn comes around, the scenery of Seoraksan's tallest mountain peak, 'Daecheaongbong (1,708m)', and Seoraksan's other main hiking routes seem to be gloriously painted in bright colors.
That
sounds wonderful and promising, doesn’t it? I can’t wait to be there :s
Ok, next thing we do is
go to Lotte World. Nope, it is not a typo, it is not Lotte Mart. Lotte World is
an amusement park. Yup, you read me. Nope, we won’t amuse ourselves by shopping
till drop since I said it is not the same as Lotte Mart where we can buy things
:P Lotte World equals Disneyland equals Dufan in Indonesia, well... more or
less. It is an amusement park. Got that? Ok, then once we got there let’s try
their roller coaster! I have never ride this ever before, but I am willing to
take the risk LOL. Let’s push our adrenalin, be crazy and have fun! (Though I
know I might vomit after I ride that roller coaster :D )
Oh guess what? We can
also get to know more about Korean culture and history in Lotte World! :O They
have a history exhibition hall where we can see how Korea was in old days. They
also have a miniatur village there which are showing the scenes of royal court
procedures, new year’s day, ceremonial events and else. What a surprise. We can have fun and have knowledge too here.
Cool eh? Btw, do you think I can use my Lotte Mart card to get a discount price
in this Lotte World? :D
Next is we will go to
Bukchon. Whoa-what is-why? Well, Bukchon is a traditional Korean village. This place is keeping their originality and we can see that clearly from their traditional
houses and crafts. Sightseeing in Bukchon would be interesting and hope we would
feel the nostalgic :D
Hmm.. Hey what if we do
more than just sightseeing? What if... we spend few days at one of those Korean
traditional houses?! There are guest houses which offer not only a place to
stay, but also cultural experiences! We’ll stay there for the rest of our visit
in Korea. That sounds great, no?
So how is my plan so
far? Hiking in Seoraksan, visiting Lotte World to ride a roller coasters and getting to know more about their history and culture, then sightseeing in Bukchon and maybe staying in one of those traditional houses for a day or two to have a cultural experience. I bet after this, at least what you will remember about
Korea are how pretty the color of the leaves are in Seoraksan in autumn or how
to live like a Korean in their traditional house.
PS.
I wrote this to a blog writing contest as I mentioned above. More info follow this link. Wish me luck and hope I will be one of the winner because then I will get the chance to feel autumn season for the first time in my life :D
Update on Oct 12, 2012
Thanks for reading and also your support dear friends!! ^_^ But I failed! :D They have announced the winners and as predicted I failed lol. Dang! Now I lost my chance to witness autumn in South Korea :(
PS.
I wrote this to a blog writing contest as I mentioned above. More info follow this link. Wish me luck and hope I will be one of the winner because then I will get the chance to feel autumn season for the first time in my life :D
Update on Oct 12, 2012
Thanks for reading and also your support dear friends!! ^_^ But I failed! :D They have announced the winners and as predicted I failed lol. Dang! Now I lost my chance to witness autumn in South Korea :(
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