The trip does not follow the order of the itinerary as given, so do be prepared for this. The tour guide seems to have a lot of flexibility on using his own judgement on which places to visit and when.
Day 1:
We took the overnight flight on Korea Air and the night you depart is counted as the first day of your tour already. The flight was full of turbulence and with only a 6 hour flight to Korea from Singapore, there wasn't much chance to have a good night sleep. A choice of supper was served on board and we chose the Bibimbap which was quite nice. The rice was a packaged rice, which you open and mix into a bowl with the rest of the ingredients. The Gojuchang sauce came in this cute mini tube. And there was ice cream served after.
Day 2:
So after arriving at something like 6am, we were all tired and starving. There was no other food served on the flight :( Once we arrived we bought pastries and bread from the Paris Baguette Cafe at the arrival Hall.
Our flight to Jeju Island was scheduled for 12.30pm so we had a few hours to kill. Our guide was a Korean guy called Mikey who spoke fluent Mandarin (and Cantonese). And there was also another younger guy who was the 'camera' man, he and his DSLR camera followed us around and took our photos which he later developed and 'kindly' asked us to buy at the end of the trip. Price of each photo was about $5 a piece. And be prepared for this by putting aside some money before the trip. The photos are good quality and are quite worth it. They put decorative borders like souvenir photos which usually would cost you the same price or more if you got it a tourist place or theme park.
So after we had something to eat, they took us to Kimchi School. It was kinda fun I guess if you haven't made kimchi before. We basically just put the pre-mixed chilli onto the layers of cabbage and wrapped it up. We don't get to take it home, whatever we the tourists made is supposedly donated to an old folks home or something. The purpose of this 'course' I guess is for them to sell you their packaged kimchi. After we finished we went downstairs to put on some traditional Korean outfits and go crazy with the photos. Was a shame we couldn't choose the outfits ourselves (I didn't like what I got to wear). But it was fun I guess and it's something you should do when you're in Korea.
We then went to this fresh food market. No one bought anything there, but it was interesting to see all the different fruits you can't find in Singapore.
Day 2:
So after arriving at something like 6am, we were all tired and starving. There was no other food served on the flight :( Once we arrived we bought pastries and bread from the Paris Baguette Cafe at the arrival Hall.
Our flight to Jeju Island was scheduled for 12.30pm so we had a few hours to kill. Our guide was a Korean guy called Mikey who spoke fluent Mandarin (and Cantonese). And there was also another younger guy who was the 'camera' man, he and his DSLR camera followed us around and took our photos which he later developed and 'kindly' asked us to buy at the end of the trip. Price of each photo was about $5 a piece. And be prepared for this by putting aside some money before the trip. The photos are good quality and are quite worth it. They put decorative borders like souvenir photos which usually would cost you the same price or more if you got it a tourist place or theme park.
So after we had something to eat, they took us to Kimchi School. It was kinda fun I guess if you haven't made kimchi before. We basically just put the pre-mixed chilli onto the layers of cabbage and wrapped it up. We don't get to take it home, whatever we the tourists made is supposedly donated to an old folks home or something. The purpose of this 'course' I guess is for them to sell you their packaged kimchi. After we finished we went downstairs to put on some traditional Korean outfits and go crazy with the photos. Was a shame we couldn't choose the outfits ourselves (I didn't like what I got to wear). But it was fun I guess and it's something you should do when you're in Korea.
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| The tasting plate |
We then went to this fresh food market. No one bought anything there, but it was interesting to see all the different fruits you can't find in Singapore.
After the market we made our way to the next airport for our domestic 45 min flight to Jeju Island. Nothing much to report here. Flight was ok, use it to catch up on your sleep.
Upon arrival we were taken to our first tour included Lunch of Ginseng Chicken Soup. It was super bland for me but that's me, I like lots of salt and flavour. Lucky they had soy sauce on the table. I was impressed that they served us a whole chicken - each! This meal most kids should be able to eat (or at least eat part of it).
We then visited the Teddy Bear Tesseum (Museum). The kids would enjoy this. The adults would probably find it a little tacky and maybe even boring....but at least we got a free mini teddy bear at the end :) We were given more than enough time to look around.
After that we went to the Mysterious Road. I thought Jeju was a small island, but actually the distances to some of the attractions were long, some taking like 45 minutes to an hour to get to.
After this we went to Dragonhead Rock. Nice view, lots of tourists....
Dinner was included. It was Hanjeongsik - Traditional Korean Dinner Set. It was very disappointing....the main dish of Saba fish was rock hard and stone cold because it had been sitting on the table for goodness knows how long. The sliced boiled pork was also touch and tasteless, lucky there was a dipping sauce. The fish was inedible which was really disappointing ..... Lucky there was lots of side dishes. For kids, this meal may or may not be easy to take depending on how picky your kid. Mine only ate her rice with the egg and that's it :(
We ended the day at around 7.30pm and checked into our hotel called Jeju Oriental Hotel. Hotel was nice with a nice ocean view, but it only had 1 elevator per side, so going up takes forever as the elevator is pretty small. The hotel room itself is not bad. Be prepared, there's no shampoo, so bring your own.
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
DAY 6
DAY 7 - 9
Upon arrival we were taken to our first tour included Lunch of Ginseng Chicken Soup. It was super bland for me but that's me, I like lots of salt and flavour. Lucky they had soy sauce on the table. I was impressed that they served us a whole chicken - each! This meal most kids should be able to eat (or at least eat part of it).
We then visited the Teddy Bear Tesseum (Museum). The kids would enjoy this. The adults would probably find it a little tacky and maybe even boring....but at least we got a free mini teddy bear at the end :) We were given more than enough time to look around.
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| Teddy Bear Tesseum |
After that we went to the Mysterious Road. I thought Jeju was a small island, but actually the distances to some of the attractions were long, some taking like 45 minutes to an hour to get to.
Dinner was included. It was Hanjeongsik - Traditional Korean Dinner Set. It was very disappointing....the main dish of Saba fish was rock hard and stone cold because it had been sitting on the table for goodness knows how long. The sliced boiled pork was also touch and tasteless, lucky there was a dipping sauce. The fish was inedible which was really disappointing ..... Lucky there was lots of side dishes. For kids, this meal may or may not be easy to take depending on how picky your kid. Mine only ate her rice with the egg and that's it :(
We ended the day at around 7.30pm and checked into our hotel called Jeju Oriental Hotel. Hotel was nice with a nice ocean view, but it only had 1 elevator per side, so going up takes forever as the elevator is pretty small. The hotel room itself is not bad. Be prepared, there's no shampoo, so bring your own.
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
DAY 6
DAY 7 - 9
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