[Introduction]
The Korean Peninsula is divided between north and south, making Korea one of the only divided countries in the world. The following information is about the Republic of Korea.
Korea has four distinct seasons, each with their own stunning scenes. In the spring, forsythia, cherry blossoms, azaleas and many other flowers are in full bloom; in the summer, vacationers head to the coasts to enjoy time at the beach; autumn brings crimson colors to mountain foliage, and in the winter, land is covered with a blanket of white snow.
The capital of Korea is Seoul, and the government is led by President Park Geun-hye, elected in 2013 as the country’s first woman president.
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DAY 1
I've always wanted to go to South Korea, it took several months of planning and we finally reached the day that we flew off to kimchi land. We started planning around July and made contemplated on whether to go F&E or by a Tour Agency. A few of the core places we wanted to visit during our time there was Mount Sorak or Seoraksan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and of course skiing. After, weighing out our options, we realized that maybe going by tour would be a little bit more convenient, since Seoraksan and the ski resort was quite isolated and travelling in a foreign land where English is not widely spoken is daunting (most South Koreans are quite shy when speaking in English, since it's not until recently that English was included in their curriculum).
We went around and checked on prices and found that Chan Brother's was holding a travel fair and decided to check it out. We were then directed to Asia Global Vacation, a sub-division of Chan Brothers Pte Ltd, we were delighted that we finally found an itinerary that fit our needs, Mount Seorak, Ski, and 5 days worth of shopping. Therefore, we gladly signed up and paid our deposit of S$1,000.
Since, we paid our deposit to the day we left for South Korea, there were many screw ups by Asia Global Vacation, which was very disappointing (but maybe I'll leave that for another post). Nevertheless, our vacation in South Korea was fantastic and I will let you know of the places worth visiting and whats not.
We were set to leave at night 10.30pm, so we went down to the bank to activate our card for overseas use and also went to purchase some last minute items for our trip. Check-in was at 8.30pm so we decided to take a cab down to Changi Terminal 2 and went to Changi Recommend's kiosk to buy a KTIS Sim Card for use in Korea (Located at Row 10). After which we waited at Krispy Kreme before collecting our Boarding Pass at the Korean Air counter.
Here's us waiting to board our plane (pardon the grainy picture, since I was using my action camera to take the selfie since it has a wide angle lens on it).
Boarding the plane was quite a breeze and the stewardess of Korean Air provided excellent service and leg room on board Korean Air's 773 was plentiful.
Usually you get 2 choices for your dinner, Beef Bibimpap and Chicken pasta or something? We decided to go for the Bibimpap since we wanted to treat it as a meal to prepare us for Korea and it was great! The entertainment on the other hand was quite disappointing, there was not a lot of variety of shows to watch and some are quite outdated. Well, it is a midnight flight anyway and we can simply sleep for the 6 hour flight.
(A thing about 10.30pm flights, well dinner gets served to you at 12am.)
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