Korea – Day 6, 28 December 2006
Yay ! Yay ! Last day to be woke up at 7am ! Breakfast as usual will be out of hotel. So we packed our bags and set of at 8am. Breakfast was better as compared to the day before. The soyabean milk also tasted smoother and richer. Beside the Korean porridge, there was spaghetti too ! Everyone was thrilled and we almost finished to whole tray of spaghetti.
1st shopping stop – ‘Dong Chong Xia Cao’ Shop
Again, the 1st stop of the day was a shopping one. It is promoting Korean cordyceps. Unfortunately, I am not interested. Luckily, someone in the group saved the day by making some purchase.
It will be 1 hour and 30 minutes drive back to Incheon. Seven began selling the pictures he had taken for the tour for the past days. Each picture cost W5,000 (approx. S$8.50) and I actually prepared to buy 4 pictures at W 20, 000. Seven tie the bundle of pictures nicely as per family and ours contain 7 pictures. They were all very nicely taken including the 2 group photos. He had also been very helpful throughout the whole trip. So, we bought all the 7 pictures and Seven was very grateful and shouted a big ‘xie xie’ to us and gave Alvin a hug. In fact no one in the group actually took out a picture and all families received big ‘xie xie’ from him. As I mentioned before, he will not receive any allowance nor tipping therefore, everyone was generous with him.
This is Seven, the one on the left.....
After which, Rosa went on her rounds to collect the customary (compulsory) tipping for the driver and herself. The guideline was US$ 4 per person per day for both of them.
LAST sightseeing stop – WolMiDo Island Seagull Cruise
Today is the coldest of the 6 entire days we had spent in Korea. It was so chilly that it really put you off immediately that you are going to get off the coach. The chill just get right into your brain.
And the irony is, we are going on a cruise ! Gosh ! It’s going to freeze like hell lor…… Fortunately, the coach can drive right onto the ferry and we just have to get off the ferry and go onto 2nd storey to enjoy seeing seagulls flying with us. Everyone rushed to the one and only F & B counter and nearly bought away all the hot chocolate available. Ha ha, and what did I do….ate an ice-cream again ! Seagulls keep flying along our cruise because the kids are feeding them with biscuits. The cruise across the island took about 20 minutes.
LAST shopping stop – Korean Local Product Shop
The coach got off the cruise and we headed to a Korean shop that sell lots of seaweed, souvenirs, biscuits, sweets, all edible stuffs of Korea, and souvenir too. It is only 20 minutes’ drive away from the airport. After your shopping, this shop actually will pack all your stuffs into cartons and tie them up nicely so that you can check it in.
And then off we depart for airport and Rosa completed his service by doing the check in for us and painstakingly re-arranged our seats so that each family will be seated together. We bade goodbyes to her and Seven and to lovely Korea.
If you ask me, ‘Will I go Korea again for holiday?’ If I had a choice, I will not go. Personally, Korea is not one of the holiday destination in my list. Secondly, I not a Korean drama fanatic so nothing adds to the draw. Besides Yong Pyong Ski Resort as our favourite highlight of the entire holiday, nothing else is comparable. I definitely disappointed by the shopping. Even if I am to go again in other season where I’ll be able to get suitable clothing for Singapore’s weather, I doubt I will part with any money. It’s just simply too expensive for something you know doesn’t worth it at that price. How to buy like crazy for medium pocket tourist like us. Furthermore, you can't bargain at the pasar malam, where's the kick then. There wasn’t any fantastic sightseeing as all architectural sites are similar to China yet at a smaller scale.
On the whole, I enjoyed myself in Korea and that it. Nothing more, nothing less.
Hong Kong
We arrived Hong Kong as scheduled and transfer was provided. We changed our hotel to Prudential (located at Jordan) as I wanted downtown so that I can do shopping anytime. The hotel room welcomed us with HUGE king-sized bed, spacious bathroom and a lot of floor space to throw my baggage and shopping bags.
This hotel is in a fantastic location where 1 of the exits to the MTR station is located beneath the shopping mall which is linked to the hotel. It’s a 10 minutes walk away from Parklane in Tsim Sha Tsui. You will not feel the distance you have walked because the shops along the way will keep you very busy.
We headed to Ladies Night Market at Mongkok at about 8.30pm. We had our 1st bowl of fishball noodles at a roadside stall since the last 6 days and it was simply delicious. I also insisted to have a ‘Xu Liu Shan’ mango dessert drink which is a must whenever I visit Hong Kong. Shopping in Hong Kong was fantastic. Shops do not shut down at 10pm. Some closes at 1pm, some at 12 midnight. The streets are still busy with people at 10pm. In less than 2 hours, I bought for myself 1 bag, 2 shirts, at a deal. I was simply delighted !
I’m even more looking forward to the trip to Macau and Zhuhai tomorrow.
Pork Chop Bun – here I come !
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