SEOUL : SOUTH KOREA, A COMPLETE ITINERARY FOR 7 DAYS

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

"With the coming of spring, I am calm again."

Spring is my favourite season. Most Malaysians love cold weather but as someone who doesn't really like cold and love beautiful sunny day, spring is my favourite. I love spring even before I discover how nice a day in spring really is. Spring days are not really hot and not really cold, it's somewhere in between. I find that just like the quote, it has a calming effect.

And for the spring this year, I'm grateful for the opportunity to travel to Seoul for some soul searching ( read: #seoulsearching )

My trip to Seoul was for 7 days, and again I travel solo.

WHY SEOUL?

1. It is known that Seoul is safe for a woman to travel solo.

I met a few women who came to Seoul alone. We share the same opinion that Seoul is safe. Even walking at night is safe enough.

2. K-Beauty

The world knows that Koreans view beauty a little bit from a different perspective. Their beauty regime is way advanced. When I had breakouts in December last year, I adopted the famous Korean 10-step skin care routine. Although I did not stick to the routine religiously, it actually worked and my breakout only lasted until around February this year. This trip was really an opportunity to stock up my skin care products.

3. Running Man/K-Drama

I don't have to elaborate, you know. Song Joong Ki, c'mon. *drooling

Now we're done with the reasons why I wanted to visit Seoul, let's move on to the itinerary and this time, I'll provide Seoul's complete itinerary for 7 days. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THE PRINTABLE VERSION HERE.

For each destination, I also provide the stop, exit and where you can find halal food and prayer room.





Now, I'm back at home writing this post, I suddenly miss Seoul again. I truly love the shopping experience. I was going insane for buying a lot of things and I totally get it why women love Korea. I also have so many good things to say about how convenient and accessible the subway stations are.

Which part of the city that I love the most, and why?

Gangnam/Apjugeong. Because Gangnam is entirely different compared to Insa-dong or Jamsil. Plus, most people in Gangnam/Apjueong know or at least they understand basic English. Communication is really easy in these particular neighbourhoods.

Will I be back?

Of course. I will be back just to shop, really. Besides, I didn't get to wear hanbok and visit the theme parks so I will do just that if I were to visit Seoul again.

Where to stay?

My Airbnb (click the link to get MYR105 credit voucher) is in Hongdae neighbourhood. In my personal experience,  I really like Hongik ( also known as Hongdae ), Sinchon and Ewha University neighbourhoods. Probably because of the youth vibe as they are located within university area. My friend who stayed in Ewha told me that her neighbourhood is really safe and there are always food stores open at night. 

Till then, tadaaa.


P/S: I also would like to use this opportunity to wish everyone a happy ramadan al-kareem.








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