Korea Trip Itinerary
I've been wanting to share my entire 12-days itinerary of my Korea trip last year... been procrastinating too long, huh? Stay til the end of this post for a planning secret.
Day 1
Air Asia: KL to Seoul
Easily my favourite meal in flight - Chef Hong's Korean Sweet and Spicy Chicken. Pre-booked on the website. Don't forget to pay using BigPay for extra discount.
Retrieved sim card from the airport. Pre-booked on KKday.
Walking towards Namsan Tower.
Stairs up to the tower.
Got free ticket to Seoul Music Festival for being Megan Bowen's fan. At Gwanghwamun Square.
I met an American Youtuber in real life 😍!
Watching a concert for the first time in a different country! 🌏
Got a pic with DKDKTV after the splendid show and even appeared on their vlog hehe
Dinner at Busan Jib. First bibimbap and it's directly from Korea. LOVE IT!
In search of the shooting place of 'Goblin'.
Ended up having photoshoots at random brick walls along the way...
The palace within the walls
A must trip to SMTown Atrium.
The handprints of SM artists outside.
SMTown Museum. Pre-booked our tickets on Klook.
Chose an NCT Dream member card.
Music player section inside SMTown - my fav section.
Interacting with the idols on VR.
A trip to Starfield library - the Instragrammable spot.
The bookshelf is so big that it's so hard taking a pic with it.
Dinner at Yang Good. BEST LAMB I'VE EVER TASTED.
Day 3
KStar Road at Apgujeong Rodeo Street. The iconic idol bears.
At the Dunkin Donuts in front of JYP's old building.
FNC Entertainment. Home to SF9, N.Flying, CNBlue and AOA.
The only SM Entertainment office we got to.
SMTown and cafe, also known as S.U.M Cafe.
Bigger SMTown Store than the one at SMTown Atrium.
Dance practice recording room for SM artists.
Cube Entertainment. Home to BTOB, PENTAGON, CLC and (G)-IDLE.
20 Space Cafe beside Cube Entertainment's building.
Starship Entertainment and Cre.ker Entertainment. Home to Monsta X and The Boyz respectively.
Samgyetang somewhere in Itaewon.
The Seoul Central Mosque
Line Friends Flagship Store in Itaewon
Ice cream sandwich from Line Cafe.
Day 4
The most historical subway station I've came across - Gyeongbukgung Station.
Guard exchanging ceremony.
Bukchon Hanok Village
A bakery in a traditional Korean house (hanok) - Onion.
The option of breads are so tempting.
Only at Insadong will you see the stores written in Korean alphabets.
Walking through Seoullo 7017 near Seoul Station.
A view of the Seoul Station building.
Day 5
YG Entertainment's new building.
Home to Big Bang, 2NE1, Winner, iKON, AKMU, Blackpink, etc.
Woolim Entertainment. Home to INFINITE, Lovelyz, Golden Child and Rocket Punch.
2D cafe at Hongdae.
Custard mini bungeoppang!
Saturday flea market in Hongdae
Halloween-themed Sulbing - a famous bingsu chain in Korea.
Vegetarian burger
Dinner at Plant Cafe in Itaewon
Night view at Dongdaemun Design Plaza.
Cheonggyecheon stream
Day 6
Common Ground near Konkuk Station
Mouse Rabbit Cafe owned by Super Junior's Yesung.
Shopping, plus coin karaoke sesh
Jamwon Hangang Park
Pink Muhly at Jamwon Hangang Park.
Mapo Bridge of Life at Yeouido Hangang Park.
Music Korea in Myeongdong.
Mozzarella sticks
Day 7
Reached Nami Island on a rainy day.
Entry and ferry ticket bought on-the-spot.
Arrived at Naminara Republic.
Brunch at Namisum Kko Kko Dakgalbi.
Petite France
European houses vibe.
Mini rabbit park we came across along the way.
Gapyeong Rail Bike. Pre-booked our tickets on Klook.
Were scolded soon after I took a snap lol.
Day 8
Continued our series of entertainment visits to the new JYP Entertainment building.
Home to 2PM, GOT7, Twice, Stray Kidz and ITZY.
The organic JYP cafe - Soul Cup.
The tea here is so good!!
Went to Lotte World!
Pre-booked our tickets on Klook.
Visited the Lotte World Aquarium also.
Day 9
A uniform kinda day.
Pre-booked the school uniform on Klook.
Lunch at Yang Pang Chicken. The only fried chicken I eat throughout this entire trip.
Ewha Women's University
The complete set of uniform. You can mix and match as you like.
Tall ice cream bought along the Ewha shopping district.
Day 10
Everland Theme Park! Booked a transfer bus from Klook.
Halloween-themed decoration everywhere 🎃
T-Express. The best roller coaster ride I've ever ridden.
We went there twice to experience the normal day ride and the spooky night ride.
Halloween parade
Where the closing firework will be held.
The iconic Everland tree.
The firework was a splendid ending to a fun day. Worth every second!
Day 11
Star Avenue
Osegyehyang Vegetarian Restaurant
The jjajangmyeon is a MUST try! SO GOOD!
'Moon Bird Only Thinks of the Moon' Traditional Tea House
Ssamziegil - the place selling crafty Korean items.
Bought myself a bracelet here!
Chocolate hotteok was just as good as the nutty ones.
Day 12
PRISM SBS Tower at Digital Media City
MBC building
Kim Ji Won - Fight for My Way's Choi Ae-ra
Son Ye Jin - Crash Landing on You's Yoon Se-ri
I love Yang Pang Chicken so much that we went again the second time.
Stylenanda Boutique Hotel in Myeongdong
The cafe area
The rooftop
Innisfree Green Cafe
Regretted not trying the Souffle pancake here.
Korean pancakes
Korean cheese corndog
Honey ice cream bungeoppang
Day 13 - Last day
A nachos brand without any meat ingredients. It came with a cheese dip as well.
Buying pins for my bias kpop group at Myeongdong Underground.
Subway ads 😍
Time to go home 🏠
The robot helper at Incheon Airport.
Flight meal - tomyam fried rice. Air Asia have such a nice comfort food.
For reaching until end of this blog post, I will do a favour and share our 12-days itinerary in a Google Doc with you. Hope you could benefit from it.
Because it's the season of Covid-19, I hope you will postpone the trip until everything goes back to how things were. In the mean time, good luck with your planning!
Dropping by,
Melynn.
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