Day three in Seoul is a great one, because we've had more sleep, and we're going to somewhere other than the city, which pumps more excitement!
We bought our breakfast at this breakfast stall just beside the Euljiro-sa-ga subway station near our hostel. I didn't notice the stall there yesterday, maybe because lack of sleep, hehe. The ahjuma is very nice, she explained the types of breakfast she sells to us in Korean. She asked if we wanted
gimbap, luckily I knew that word and no, gimbap is too heavy for me. So we ordered the toast with egg. The ahjuma asked us to sit and we saw that besides making the toast, she also sells many other instant food like instant ramen, instant coffee etc. She's pretty camery shy and turned away when one of the customer told her we were taking her photos. By the way the toast is delicious! We bought the toast again the next day.
Our destination is Gapyeong, where we will take taxi to Gapyeong jetty.
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| Left, on the way to take the train to Gapyeong. Right, The Gapyeong train station. |
We bought the visa to
Naminara Republic for 8,000 won. Don't be scared off by the word visa, as Naminara Republic is an imaginary country, and in other words, visa just meant ticket. :) Naminara Republic is also know as
Nami Island or Namiseom, or better known to the K-drama fever lots as the shooting location for the drama Winter Sonata.
Waiting for the ferry to come...
The tall structure on the right is actually the Zip-Tower, where you can take the
Zip Wire ride to Nami Island, what adventurous way!
Reach Nami Island!
The leaves are just changing colours, if you want to catch the prime fall foliage, do come in mid of October.
The island is beautiful, the weather is great. There are lots of footpaths with different types of trees, like the Pine Tree Lane, Ginkgo Tree Lane etc. You can rent a bike or just walk peacefully down the lane. (Look out for students on those bicycles though, not as peaceful a walk as I imagined)
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| One of the footpath in the island |
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| The First Kiss Bridge |
The island itself is romantic by nature, you may find simple yet heart-warming gestures along the way.
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| The Ginkgo Tree Lane |
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| Pebbles and stones |
I can lie on the grass whole day long.
There's a quote from the brochure that says:
Formed with pebbles and sand,
there are no mountains in the island, but
there are trees tall enough to touch the sky.
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| Trees tall enough to touch the sky |
The best place to sit and lose yourself in the most beautiful thoughts.
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| Riverside view |
For lunch we ordered some kimchi pancakes (I think) and kimchi rice in a metal lunch box.
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| The pancake |
As we opened the lunch box and about to eat our lunch, a pretty Korean gal came to us and asked us if we speak English. We said yes, and she told us that she saw that we're eating the meal in a wrong way, and she kindly showed us the way.
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| Top, before. Bottom, after. |
You gotta shake the box to mix everything inside!
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| Shake, shake, shake |
Our visit to Nami Island comes to an end. I strongly recommend the island to those who decided to travel to Seoul, the island might be a small one but you will definitely see its beauty!
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| The ferry |
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| The beautiful scenes of Cheongpyeong Lake |
