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[釜山 Busan 2014] Hauendae Market & Hauendae Beach - 海云台市场 & 海云台海水浴场

2016-04-03T11:14:00.002+08:00

After back from Hae Yong Gung Temple, we having our lunch and some snacks at Hauendae Market 海云台市场 then walk to Hauendae Beach 海云台海水浴场 till Dongbaekseom Park 冬柏公園. Yes, it's tiring walking day. Hauendae Market sell alot of traditional food, serve quite a lot of different korean food, if you have walk around Hauendae Beach, maybe you can take a look to Hauendae Market. By the way, Busan Aquarium nearby Hauendae Beach, maybe you can take a look there too, but for us we just passby and towards to Dongbaekseom Park,

The way to Hauendae Market:

1st : Hauendae Station Exit 3 or 5

2nd : Walk to Haeuendae Beach direction

Hauendae Market 海云台市场

Hauendae Beach 海云台海水浴场

[釜山 Busan 2014] Hae Dong Yong Gung Temple - 海東龍宮寺

2016-03-31T10:58:00.002+08:00

Before I travel to Busan and while I'm doing homework for searching place and food in Busan, everyone are sharing and introducing this place. This is a must once you travel to Busan, it's a chinese Buddha temple with a nice environment (Sea, Water, Sun, Stone and Poeple). When I read people blog, photos of them are just like poster, look like they edit the photo a lot and look so fake, but the truth is those photo are real, it place really look like poster, I cant believe what my eye see, but please apply sunblock when you visit this place, sun and wind quite strong. By the way, before you into the temple, there have a street selling food, souvenir and others thing and also please be careful your thing because a lot of people, thing easily drop down but hardly to notice that your thing have drop.

*Korean are honest because I drop my Samsung S2, they return to me and i even notice that. :)

The way to Hae Dong Yong Gung Temple: (from Busan Station)

1st : Busan Station line 1 to Seomyeon Station

2nd : Seomyeon Station change line 2 to HauenDae Station Exit 7 (1,400 won/person)

3rd : Come out from Exit 7 walk straight to Bus Station take bus 181 (1,200won/person)

4th : Bus till the building or saw the broad with "Hae Dong Yong Gung Temple"

(If you want o confirm you go the right place, ask the driver or people sit around you)

5th: after get down from bus, just follow the gang people walk till to the main entrance (around 10min)

Once you saw this building, you can get out from the bus

Or this broad.

Enjooyyy! :)

[釜山 Busan 2014] Angle-in-us

2016-03-11T11:30:00.000+08:00

After Food Cafe, since still early (haven't reach check in timing), then we chilling, resting and lepak at one of the coffee house nearby Busan Station. Besides, Angle-in-us, around there also have alot bread shop or others cafe house. From the photos below, you also can see that, we are tired after a long hours flight, with tired body and 2 middle luggage, we have no idea where we can go, so just take a rest and chilling in the cafe house. :P

The way to Angle-in-us: Just nearby Busan Station Exit 7

Angle-in-us

Can see from the photos, show how tired, boring we are while waiting to check in xD

2 drinks - 12,600won

Enjoooyyyyy!

[釜山 Busan 2014] Food Café - 紫菜包饭天国

2016-03-11T10:00:00.000+08:00

Our first meal in Busan, we choose have this restaurant because it have a lot of different korean food can be choose, and it's not expensive. By the way, it open 24 hours and it have a lot of branch in whole Korea area, so you can easily find this shop and taste it.

The way to Food Cafe: (from GimHea Internation Airport)
*If you come from airport like me
1st : Come out from Gate 3 (airport) > cross the road, turn right to GimHae Light Rail Transit to Sasang Station
2nd : Sasang Station change line 2 to Seomyeon Station
3rd : Seomyeon Station line 2 change line 1 to Busan Station.
4th : Come out from Busan Station Exit 7.
5th : Come out from Exit 7 and go straight around 5 min.

Food Café (紫菜包饭天国)

4 - 5 types of food around 16,000won/ 5 persons.

Enjoy!! :)

[釜山 Busan 2014] KLIA 2 Malaysia ✈ Gimhee Airport Busan @ Korea

2016-03-08T21:34:00.003+08:00

Here to start my journey with my lovely family to Busan Korea. :)

KLIA 2 @ Sepang

You can either take public transport like KLIA Transit, bus or taxi.

For us, normally we renting a van to airport since we have 5 persons and we having 7plus am flight, so around 3am - 4am we need to reach airport.

Although we going to Busan but I got food from Nagoya :P

How to travel from airport to light rail station (by walking):

1) After get out from flight and collect your own luggage

(by the way, you need to purchase T-money card or cashbee first *normally I use T-money card)

2) Come out from Gate 3, cross the road and turn right to Gimhae Internatiol Airport Station (refer to photo below)

3) Choose the station you want to go/reach

(Gimhae International Airport > Busan Station 1,900won/person)

Gim Hee Busan Airport

the first thing, you need to purchase T-money or Cashbee, if not you also can purchase ticket on the ticket machine, just near the door entrance.

I always download an offline apps to my phone for checking subway name and station.

(we dont purchase simcard or data card for the travel, we travel by asking or do homeworking before travel)

Enjoy and Hello Busan! :)

[小贴士 Tips] 计划爸妈同游的国外背包旅行

2016-01-15T14:49:00.001+08:00

我的终极梦想是可以把世界地图摆我爸妈面前说“恭喜你们中大奖了，世界的大门为你们打开，请选择你最想要去的地方”。但我们不是什么大富大贵的，所以这个目标是挺遥远的。所以，本篇比较适用于普通家庭，在经济拮据、时间少得可怜当儿，还想带父母一家人去旅行的打工一族。

A）父母适合去旅行吗？

要带爸妈去旅行，最重要的是他们喜欢旅行吗？
很多爸妈其实是不爱旅游的，花钱找罪受，请直接把钱转账到他们户口里吧！
我的父母是喜欢旅行的。

喜欢是一回事，他们适合旅行吗？

游山玩水是需要体力的。
要是年纪太大或者身体不好，出去跋山涉水无非是遭罪而已。
我们华人说尽孝要趁早，不要落下个“子欲养而亲不待”的结局。

B）旅行是需要钱的！你有闲钱吗？

要是自己的日子都过不好，带他们出去旅游，他们会怪你乱花钱。
就算说服他们上路了，他们会什么都嫌贵，什么都舍不得买、舍不得吃。
思想根本没办法放松，因为要时时刻刻提防你花钱，这将会非常扫兴的。

C）你有时间吗？

好啦，你有储蓄了一些钱，是为这个而备的。你有时间吗？
有点能力，可以带父母去旅行的时候，应该是在人生的第二个阶段吧。

人生有三个阶段：
1. 当你年轻的时候你有时间和精力，但没有钱。
2. 当你年长些，你有金钱和精力，但没有时间。
3. 后来当你终于有时间和金钱，你不再有精力。

“When you’re young you have time and energy but no money. When you get older you have money and energy but no time. And later when you finally have time and money, you no longer have energy.”

去旅行不是请大假就是等公众假期。打工一族的假期有限。真的有假期时，情愿待好好在家里休息充电，也不要去人挤人，更不用说带着父母去。如果我们真的想带父母去一个开心的旅行，必须学会好好利用或计划策略性请假，用最少假期去旅行。

在马来西亚工作，我们只需要请12天的假，配合公共假期，来享受48天的假期！
以下以2016为例：

一月
新年（3天）：星期五（1）、六（2）、日（3）
大宝森节（3天）：六（23）、日（24）、一（25）

二月
农历新年（6 + 3天）：六（6）、日（7）、一（8）、二（9）、三［10］、四［11］、五［12］、六（13）、日（14）
申请3天假：10， 11， 12 ＝ 9 天

四／五月
劳动节（3 + 1天）：五［29／4］、六（30/4）、日（1/5）、一（2/5）
申请1天假：29/4 ＝ 4 天

七月
开斋节（4 ＋ 1天）：三（6）、四（7）、五［8］、六（9）、日（10）
申请1天假：8 ＝ 5 天

九月
Qurban + 马来西亚日（6 + 3天）：六（10）、日（11）、一（12）、二［13］、三［14］、四［15］、五（16）、六（17）、日（18）
申请3天假：13，14，15 ＝ 9 天

九／十月
Awal Muharram（3 + 1天）：五［30／9］、六（1/10）、日（2/10）、一（3/10）
申请1天假：30/9 ＝ 4 天

屠妖节（2 + 1天）：六（29/10）、日（30/10）、一［31/10］
申请1天假：31/10 ＝ 3 天

十二月
先知穆罕默德诞辰（3 + 1天）：五［9／12］、六（10/12）、日（11/12）、一（12/12）
申请1天假：9／12 ＝ 4 天

圣诞节（2 + 1天）：六（24/12）、日（25/12）、一［26/12］
申请1天假：26/12 ＝ 3 天

如果是一家人，比如我家6个人，每个人的假期不一样，要抽时间真的非常难，一年有一次就要谢天谢地啦！

D）目的地选择
大部分行程表都应该选择在热门目的地，尤其是旅游书上必游的著名景点，如最高的塔、名山之类的。父母同辈人都听过的最好。

尽可能安排多一些地方，很多长辈认为难得出去一次，去的地方越多越值。但是也不要把行程排太满，我们年轻人都没有那个黄金铁腿，何况是爸妈呢？要留些时间喘喘气，回复体力。所以，必游景点不要都安排在同一天。行程舒适，体力要求低的地方，尽可能不会走迷路。

剩下的时间才放父母有兴趣的，我们也想去的不是热门地点。不要在同一个景点呆太久。很多长辈对于旅游的需求是“到此一游”，再蔚蓝的天，再清澈的海，看一眼也就够了，拍张照片收工走人可以上车吹空调了，因此想在美景呆一下午的朋友请保重。

E）报团还是自由行？

首先要想清楚为什么想去旅行，究竟是图便宜，还是散心；为了完成愿望，还是想拥有一段美妙的回忆。

其实稍微有点自助旅游能力的人，根本就不会问到底应该跟团还是自由行。网上的攻略一大把，随便怎么都能找到合适的适合自己的方法。

一般问这些问题的，多半是缺乏自助旅游经验的上班族。但是关于旅游这种覆盖面广，极具个性化的东西，不是随便几句就能交代清楚的。除非你们有点那啥的判断力，否则自由行被坑的钱比起旅行社来的多太多了。

我们来一个简单的比较。

一般游客在选择相关旅行社的时候只会从价格方面来比较，这导致很多旅行社在报出价格的时候不得不陷入争夺客源的恶性竞争中去。为了能降低价格提高成团率，一般给出的团队价格低得离谱。导游都是贴钱买团队的，贴钱当然是为了赚钱。你不可能占了便宜又不想看导游脸色。导游会带你进很多店购物。

按理说，只要导游司机把你拉到一个店，不管你有没有买东西，店家都会给导游司机人头回扣和停车费的。导游一般也会鼓励客人多买东西，买得多，回扣也自然多。

要不然他们的收入从什么地方来？你给的那点团费连机票钱都不够，人家导游也不是做慈善的，都是需要挣钱养家的。

当然也有其他原因。比如合作航线做了包机。所以反正飞机是要飞的，空位置都是钱呀，没有人坐也浪费了。

正规旅行社报团（我们本身陪同的情况下）
利：
－爸妈不操心
－重点景点都带到，上车睡觉下车拍照，基本能满足父母对于旅行的要求

弊：
－催命式的旅行方式
－贵
－被逼去销售活动
－不自由
－看导游脸色

建议：要有个心理准备，该花出去的钱，怎么都会花出去。

自由行
利：
－自由
－比跟团便宜

弊：
－需要时间与精神来安排自由行的行程（从家到旅馆、旅游景点的路程，订机票、住宿等）
－因为自己人，可能会没有纪律，造成行程松散和临时改变主意，觉得不值，代沟冲突也会比较多，费力不讨好
－老人家没有信心

真的没办法的、没把握的，但想去，就跟团吧。
我本身不喜欢跟团，幸运妹妹喜欢计划旅程。
当你一个人自由行，根本不需要任何计划，可以说走就走。
但一个带父母旅行，你必须有一个完整的核心计划，再加上很多备份计划！

G）自由行交通

大多数的选择是交通工具，如巴士、地铁、德士。
我们一到目的地，都应该购买当地触摸式的交通卡（马来西亚叫”Touch ‘n Go”、香港叫“八达通”。。。），可以很容易地在机场或者附近的杂货店买到。

那样可以省很多时间，不用每次搭地铁时才要排队买车票。
地图非常重要。一整天都在迷路对爸妈来说一点都不浪漫！
事先要好好计划好路线，如何从一个点到达另一个点，用什么交通工具。
我建议用纸和笔，而不是手提电话。

在外地，我们可能没有网络，也不能随身随地的充电。
纸和笔呢，不用电，不会重，你可以很容易地涂鸦，加注释、笔记。

我就有一个跟聪明的办法，用谷歌地图定位要去的地方，打印再加注释，非常明确，如下：

HuiLing’s Blog: How to plan a trip with parents overseas.

因为是穷游，飞机是最后的选择，就是当时间不多，但一定要去的地方真的太远了，好像首尔和济州岛的距离。

自己租用一辆自驾车是未来想试试的一个选择。
这个选项好在我们能看到沿途的景色，也可以随时停下来拍照。
除了语言障碍外（不会看路牌），因为我们家一起国外同游的经验不多，避免爸妈操心，暂时不是选项。

H ）自由行住宿

住宿非常重要。有好的休息才有精神、心情去游玩嘛！
必须先预定，而且要早几个月，避免打乱计划好的行程，也可以得到便宜价位。
我们自己或者跟背包客朋友出去时可以睡青年旅舍，一个床铺，公用厕所什么的。
跟爸妈出去必须选择交通方便，卫生安全，舒适度高的地方。
如果要换很多旅馆，少带些不重要，可以当地买的东西吧。
不然我们自己之外，爸妈也被迫背着这些负担，走一段不短的路程。
还没开始旅行行程，就累得不想动了。

I）吃喝玩乐

每一个人对于好玩的概念可能会有很大的分歧，就算跟驴友，更何况是父母和下一辈的关系。
你说要休闲游吧，他们说不如一天多逛几个景点。
你说要吃吃当地美食吧，老人内心其实只认家乡菜。
带着去父母旅游，还得考虑到吃住的问题。
一般来说老人是很节省的，不愿意在这方面多花钱，怕成为我们的负担。
这样一轮玩下来，说不定双方都有怨气。

观念冲突是一定会有的，吵架也很正常，当你觉得他们不讲理的时候，请看看周围带小孩出来玩的年轻父母多么不容易，背着抱着拽着，时刻准备看孩子的心思改变行程，孩子想吃什么就吃什么，想想当初他们也是那样对我们的。

首先，要给父母多拍照！你越是觉得俗气的景点，越要拍，见到景点名称的牌子、石头啊、都必须拍，吃东西也要拍。

谨记他们是要回去显摆的，而且有些老人家记忆力慢慢衰退，玩过的地方可能慢慢忘了，照片永在，等真的垂暮之年看到这些照片就会想起跟你一起旅行的快乐时光。

多请路人帮忙拍大合影。懂摄影的在这个基础上，可以拍点儿好看的，不懂摄影的把人拍大点儿，“到此一游”的任务完成就可以了。

不要睡懒觉。很多爸妈有早起的习惯。爸妈睡迟的状况比较少见。
我们可以早睡，但一点不可以睡懒觉。
虽然可以让爹妈早上起来自己先在附近转转，但最好还是陪着早起。

如果行程耽误，造成该吃饭的时候还在路上，如果爸妈他们说自己不饿，千万不要相信，他们只是怕造成你的麻烦而已。

大声跟他们说：「你们不饿我饿，我现在要去吃东西」。不要忘了，爸妈是世界上生理时钟最标准的人类。
如果目的地是吃的，那就到便利商店买些吃不饱的食物吧。

虽然说去国外当然要吃吃当地特色，但也要看爸妈的口味。
有的爸妈就喜欢吃家乡菜，找不到家乡菜宁可回去做饭去。
幸运我们家不是很计较，都可以尝试到各地的当地美食。
吃的不要太贵因为很多时候，爸妈不想花你太多钱，看到价格就觉得没有兴趣了。
就算吃贵的也不要让他们知道。适时把价格遮起来，或者假装有打折、假装是包套行程中的一环、假装自己超级想要吃这家餐厅拜托陪我吃一下啦，也是一门学问。

旅程中，只要看到厕所，请不厌其烦询问爸妈「要不要上厕所」。
我们年轻人都很难控制自己的膀胱了，何况是出游经验并不丰富的爸妈呢？
根据回音小姐不负责任市场调查，父母在奇怪的时间想要上厕所是让子女想要咆啸的主因之一。

要购物！不光是当地特产，有时候也逛逛商场吧，虽然可能觉得商场哪儿都一样的，一两个不会花太多时间，有时可能还有意外惊喜呢！

总之记住一点，千万不要以己度爹妈，要换位思考，在他们的角度多考虑，多迁就一点！你觉得好的，未必适合他们！

建议：一定要提前安排好，然后让父母过目，让他们心中有数。

谢谢大家喜欢这篇文章，分享给想带父母去旅行的朋友吧！

想要转载的媒体或网路论坛，请留言，我们会尽快回复您。

[釜山 Busan 2014] Pusan/Busan Family Trip 釜山家人之旅

2015-12-09T22:01:00.003+08:00

7 days 6 night Busan, Korea
: stay in Hansung Motel - 2 rooms RM 2874 for 5 persons
: AirAsiaX - RM 1915 for 5 person (include flight meal)

Day 1: 26/9/14 Hello Busan!> Gimhae International Airport >> Busan Station 1900won/person (9,500won)
> Lunch: Food Café (紫菜包饭天国) Est 5,000won/person (16,000won)
> High Tea: Angle-in-us (12,6000won)
> Check in Hansung Motel (nearby Busan Station)
> Busan Station >> Seomyeon Station 1200won/person (6,000won)
> Dinner: Self-bar barbecue restaurant (Self-bar 烤肉店) Est 10,900/person (59,500won)
> Supper: Road side food (3,300won)
> Seomyeon Station >> Busan Station 1200won/person (6,000won)
Total of Day 1: 112,900won = RM 346.40 (RM 350) [RM 406.44 - Rate 8.12.15]

Day 2: 27/9/14
> Breakfast: Ediya Espresso Coffee (12,400won)
> Busan Station > Seomyeon Station Line 2 > HauenDae Station 1400won/person (7,000won)
> HauenDae Station > Bus > Hae Dong Yon Gung Temple (海东龙宫寺) 1200won/person (6,000won)
> Lunch: HauenDae Market (海云台市场) (13,000won)
> Dongbaekseom Park (冬柏公园)
> High Tea: CafeB (9,800won)
> Dongbeak Station >> Gwangan Station 1,200/person (6,000won)
> Dinner: Chinese Restaurant (中华料理) (31,000won)
> Gwangan Bridge广安大桥
> Gwangan Station >> Busan Station 1,400won/person (7,000won)
Total of Day 2: 98,200won = RM 300.17 (RM 300) [RM 353.52 - Rate 8.12.15]

Day 3: 28/9/14
> Breakfast: Shanghai Street (上海街) Est 50,000
> Busan Station >> Nampo Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Nampo Station > Taejongdae 太宗台 1,300won/person (6,500won)
Ticket: 2,000won/person (10,000won)
> Lunch: Nearby Taejongdae tent grilled shellfish (60,000won)
> Taejongdae >> Nampo 1,300won/person (6,500won)
> High Tea: Waffle Khan (6,500won)
> Lotte department store top floor park (乐天百货顶楼公园)
> Supper: A Twosome Place (15,600won)
> Nampo Station >> Busan Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
Total of Day 3: 167,100won = RM 509.45 (RM 510.00) [RM 601.56 - Rate 8.12.15]

Day 4: 29/9/14
> Breakfast: Starbucks (22,600won)
> Busan Station >> Tucheng Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Tucheng Station > Bus > GamCheon Culture Village (甘川文化村) 200won/person (1,000won)
GamCheon Culture Village Handbook 2000won/book (10,000won)
> GamCheon Culture Village > Bus > Jagalchi Market (札嗄其市場) 900won/person (4,500won)
> Lunch: Jagalchi Market (60,000won)
> Yongdusan Park (龙头山公园+龙头山塔) 4,000/person (20,000won)
> High Tea: Sneak (7,000won)
> Nanpo Station >> Busan Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Dinner: Donglai Samgyetang (东莱参鸡汤) (45,000won)
Total of Day 4: 182,100won = RM 555.90 (RM 556) [RM 655.56 - Rate 8.12.15]

Day 5: 30/9/14
> Breakfast: Starbucks (24,500won)
> Busan Station > Bus > Oryukdo Skywalk (五六島天空步道) 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> High Tea: Coffee Est 20,000won
> Oryukdo Skywalk > Bus > Daeyeon Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Lunch: Twins pork soup (双胞胎猪肉汤) (27,000won)
> Busan Museum (釜山博物館) - free try hanbook
> Dinner: Myeong-dong chicken soup (明洞一只鸡) (38,000won)
> Supper: Caffe Bene (23,300won)
> Daeyeon Station >> Busan Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Supper: Lotteria (3,800won)
Total of Day 5: 154,600won = RM 471.95 (RM 472) [RM 556.56 - Rate 9.12.15]

Day 6: 1/10/14
> Breakfast: Paris Baguette Est 25,000won
> Busan Station >> Beomeosa Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Bomeosa Station > Bus > Bomeosa (梵鱼寺) 200won/person (1,000won)
> Bomeosa > Bus > Bomeosa Station > Busan National Uni Station 1,400won/person (7,000won)
> Busan University Street & Busan National University (釜山大商圈 &釜山大学)
> Dessert: Honey Ice (3,500won)
> Busan National Uni Station >> Bujeon Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Lunch: Red Ginseng Samgyetang (紅篸篸雞湯) (42,000won)
> Bujeon Station >> Nampo Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> High Tea: Waffle Khan (4,000won)
> Nampo Station >> Sinpyeong Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Sinpyeong Station > Bus > Dadaepo Beach 多大浦海水浴場 200won/person (1,000won)
> Dadaepo Beach > Bus > Sinpyeong Station >> Busan Station 1,400won/person (7,000won)
> Supper: Kyochon (33,500won)
Total of Day 6: 148,000won = RM 451.80 (RM 452) [RM 532.80 - Rate 9.12.15]

Day 7: 2/10/14
> Breakfast: GS25 Est 10,000won
> Busan Station > Oncheonjang Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Oncheonjang Station > Walk > Diamond Park 金剛公園 Ticket: 7,000won/person (35,000won)
> Oncheonjang Station >> Suan Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Snack: Donglai pancake 东莱婆婆葱饼 (48,000won)
> Suan Station >> Daeyeon Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Lunch: Twins pork soup (双胞胎猪肉汤) (27,000won)
> Daeyeon Station >> Nampo Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Dessert: Mango Monster (22,000won)
> Nampo Station >> Busan Station 1,200won/person (6,000won)
> Dinner/Supper: KyoChon (38,000won)
Total of Day 7: 210,000won = RM 641.07 (RM 642) [RM 756.00 - Rate 9.12.15]

Total fee using in 7 days in Busan
Hansung Motel RM 2,874
AirAsiaX RM 1,915
Day 1 RM 350
Day 2 RM 300
Day 3 RM 510
Day 4 RM 556
Day 5 RM 472
Day 6 RM 452
Day 7 RM 642
RM 8,071 / 5 person = RM 1,614.3/person include flight & stay

Total fee if using "9.12.15 rate" for Busan trip:
Hansung Motel RM 2,874
AirAsiaX RM 1,915
Day 1 RM 407
Day 2 RM 354
Day 3 RM 602
Day 4 RM 656
Day 5 RM 557
Day 6 RM 533
Day 7 RM 756
RM 8,654 / 5 person = RM 1,730.8

P/S: This post I just list down where we go and eat. Will have more details and more photos in next post. Stay tune :) Thank you for reading. :)

[旅游小贴士 Travel Tips] How to plan a trip with parents oversea

2015-11-26T22:16:00.002+08:00

1. Plan on which countries you and your family would like to visit?
Some of the most popular destinations/cities that people travel to:
i) Korea - Seoul (Nami Island, Everland, etc), Busan or Jeju Island
ii) Hong Kong - Ocean Sea Park, Hong Kong Disneyland

2. Who are the family members you going with?
If you going travelling with budget, are your parents or family okay with NOT shopping and okay with staying in a hostel, home-stay or guesthouse.

As my family and I, we normally booking a guestbook with either 2 or 3 persons per room (we have 5 - 6 persons). By the way, you also can choose rent a hostel, apartment or a home-stay. For us, we just need a place to sleep and bath, because we go out early in the morning and come back late night after bath then sleep, wake up and bath then go out, we have not much time spend or enjoy in a luxury hotel so we choose a place that can sleep, bath and warm (travel in spring or winter time, need some place to keep warm).

3. Transportation

When it comes to transportation, there have few types you can choose, such as bus, train, flight, boat or renting a car/van. Travelling using a flight is out of the list since it's a budget trip, unless you wanted to travelling from one city to another city (e.g: Seoul to Jeju Island)

For bus or train, normally it's just like Malaysia "Touch & Go". So, you can easily get a card like nearby grocery shop or 24 hours shop. Like in Korea or Hong Kong, once you get back your luggage, even can get in airport (actually many shop have sell it). p/s: I have no idea how about the transportation for Europe country, so far my family and I haven't been Europe country yet.

Another way, you can choose to renting a van/car or drive by your own. This option, you will get to see the best view or you can just stop anytime and take beauty photos. But I will not choose this way because sometimes parents are too worry their kids drive in an unfamiliar roadside and if we drive in countries like Korea or Japan, the first thing we need to know their language. Besides that, renting a van sometimes is more expensive then taking public transport and some they are charging by hours.

4. Plan a Date
If you really want to travel with your parents or family, you must sacrifice your time for them. Sit down with them and discuss, don't always give excuse as no money, no time but once you earn enough, you have no time or no chance travel with your parents.

As us, brother is a primary school teacher, so we have no choice, we need to ask and plan in School Holiday or either we sacrifice him, book and go. That's easy, but make sure plan it like at least few months in advance, so that you could save a lot money on your flight ticket, also have time to plan your schedule and save some pocket money.

5. Use a proper map
Plan your trips properly by using a map. When I plan my schedule on Korea trip, I'm using konest.com (韩巢) for my Korea trip (Busan, Jeju & Seoul) to check all the place, from here to here, from there to there. But I'm using Google Map for Hong Kong & Macau. Well, Google Map is a good option that show the time of the journey and it's accurate.

Capture the map and write down the way how to reach the destination (By Google Map)

By konest.com (韩巢)

6. How many days you need?

You don't need to stay in every cities of the countries, you can just visit or having some food in the place and continue your journey (not all place need 1 days to explore it). As in Korea or Hong Kong, many place that subway/train can be reach, so you don't need keep moving guesthouse.

There are many websites these day that allow you to book or either you can choose to book your guesthouse or room together with your flight ticket, this may save some money.

PETRONAS Twin Tower - KLCC @ Malaysia

2015-11-18T22:17:00.000+08:00

I have been stay in Malaysia for almost 24 years but I have never been to PETRONAS Twin Tower (for sure I visit Petronas Science and KLCC before), even KL Tower I have just step in one time before when my primary school, so I'm not really sure how is the KL Tower. Come back to PETRONAS Twin Tower, I have been plan to visit it long time ago, but never have the time until the day I visit with my sister and visit it while waiting my sister friend and travel to Penang. But actually it's a nice place to visit, but night time will be nicer, all the lighting and weather. By the way, the ticket will be cheaper by using MyCard (Malaysia IC) to purchase, besides that if you have student ID will get more discount. Furthermore, there have a time limit for tourist/traveler to visit, look around and take photo (if not mistake, 15 min given to visit and take photo).

Translator / ex-plainer (English & Bahasa Melayu)

From the top

Enjoooyyyy! :)

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Korea Traditional Culture Experience Center (韩服体验) @ Incheon International Airport 仁川机场

2015-09-23T14:30:00.000+08:00

Besides Craft Experience (文化体验馆), the another place that you can spending time is Korea Traditional Culture Experience Center where it's the place to let tourist try Korean Traditional HanBok, means that if you time is too rush for trying HanBok and you wish to try, maybe you try it before boarding back to your country.

The way to Korea Traditional Culture Experience Center (韩服体验):

Nearby 121 boarding gate

在121号登机门附近

Here the ending of my Korea 2013 family trip. :) hope you get some info from my blog to have fun in your trip :) Enjoyyyy!

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Craft Experience (文化体验馆) @ Incheon International Airport 仁川机场

2015-09-23T14:27:00.000+08:00

If you have a lot time spending in Airport and not sure what to do, maybe can try do some Korean Traditional Craft thing in Incheon Airport, this may let you spend some time before boarding. By the way, they have a lot different type of craft thing, you can choose yourselves :)

The way to Craft Experience (文化体验馆):

Nearby 29 boarding gate

在29号登机门附近

Enjoyyyyy!

[首尔 Seoul 2013] The Jin Cook @ Gangnam Seolleung Station

2015-09-13T10:58:00.000+08:00

After come back from Seoraksan National Park (雪岳山国立公园), we searching our dinner nearby Gangnam area. We just walk around and found this restaurant and having our heavy dinner with Soju (First try Soju, I cant take it, the taste are so strong). The owner quite friendly. Besides that, a customer in the restaurant found that we are not local and treat us some drinks, although it's just Coca-cola, but feel warm and nice. :)

The way to go The Jin Cook @ Gangnam Seolleung Station:

Seolleung Station Exit 5 got straight till 2nd junction turn right

宣陵站5号出口直走到第二个路口转右

P/S: I have no idea the restaurant still there or not, I went there is 2 years ago on year 2013. Can try to take a look there, it's a 24 hours restaurant, by the way if the restaurant no more, there still have other restaurants around that area. :)

The Jin Cook

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Seoraksan National Park (雪岳山国立公园)

2015-09-13T10:49:00.000+08:00

The way to go Seoraksan National Park (雪岳山国立公园):

1) Take subway to Gangbeon Station Exit 4 and over the road to DongSeoul Bus Terminal

地铁江边站 4号出口, 过马路到东首尔巴士总站

2) DongSeoul Bus Terminal > Sok Cho Intercity Bus Terminal (Around 3 hours)

东首尔巴士总站 > 束草长途客运站(속초) (大约3小时)

3) Sok Cho Terminal > Take 7 / 7-1 bus > Seoraksan National Park Entrance (Around 30 min)

束草长途客运站 > 搭 7/7-1号公车 > 雪岳山入口下车 (大约3小时)

Seoraksan National Park (雪岳山国立公园)

Enjooooyyyy! :)

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Mango Six Posco Branch @ Gangnam

2015-08-29T10:55:00.000+08:00

Before we when out for dinner, brother search this cafe on internet where the TV drama inspire my brother do so (in guesthouse TV showing Korean drama "The Heirs 继承人"), so after dinner we follow my brother printscreen photo that get by internet go to Mangosix. As their shop name "Mango", so mango is their main point, so we try their mango. Soon, Malaysia will have a branch too, nearby The Cube Puchong but not sure when will be open. :)

The way to go Mango Six (Posco Branch)

1) From subway Seolleung Station (宣陵站) Exit 1, walk straight to Dunkin Donut and turn right.

2) After turn right, go straight till 2 junction (left side) and turn left

3) After turn left, go straight passby a church then you can found it

click the photo and see more clear :)

Mango Six (Posco Branch) @ Gangnam

Enjoooooyyyy! :)

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Bongchujjimdak 凤雏炖鸡

2015-08-29T10:48:00.000+08:00

After have a rest at 24 Guest House Gangnam, around 6 - 7pm, we come out again and search for food. Once we searching for the location of the guesthouse, we actually saw this restaurant and passby it, besides that I also read some information or blog in internet about this restaurants, comments and review quite okay, so decide have a try. They have a chinese worker who can translate korea and chinese. By the way, if you cant eat too spicy food, please ask them dont make it too spicy, the normal one quite spicy but very nice :)

From Seolleung Station (宣陵站)

From 24 GuestHouse Gangnam

凤雏炖鸡 Bongchujjimdak

Enjoyyyyyy! :)

[首尔 Seoul 2013] 24 Guest House @ Gangnam 江南

2015-08-29T10:47:00.000+08:00

For me, this is the most comfortable guesthouse compare to previous guesthouse / hotel, although it's share toilet, but I still feel comfortable sleeping here and warm, it's just like own house and the workers are very friendly, by the way they provide breakfast too but we never ate it because of one day we out early went to Seoraksan National Park (雪岳山国立公园), another day around 4am we out and take van to Incheon International Airport back to Malaysia, by the way the workers help us book the van in the early morning and it's come on time. :) Workers there, can speak english although not much, but still can communicated and some simple talking. It located in Gangnam but not exactly nearby the Gangnam Station, but nearby the station beside Gangnam Station call Yeoksam Station (驛三站). Please refer the steps the way to go below. :)

The way to go 24 Guest House @ Gangnam 江南

WAY 1: Take subway to Line 2 Seolleung Station (宣陵站) Exit 5 > Go straight and turn right after passby CAFE des VERTS > Follow the road until see a GS 25, after that look around will saw it.

WAY 2: Subway Yeoksam Station Exit 5 > go straight and turn in to the small road of KFC > after passby gongcha turn left and go sright till CS25 and turn right.

P/S: got a little bit hard to found it, but I'm using the WAY 2 to reach there. I think you need to do more research on finding the easier way. :)

24 Guest House @ Gangnam 江南

Enjoyyyyyy! :)

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Palsaek Samgyeopsal @ Sinchon (新村站八色五花肉)

2015-08-27T10:43:00.000+08:00

After check out from Alpha Guest House @ Sinchon, try to find something to eat before check in another guest house in GangNam, once come out from the small road to the main road of Alpha Guest House, I just say I about this retaurant online, and my family got a little bit lazy to find other restaurant and just in (because we carrying a lot of begs). Luckily we have decide to go in, we only know that it's a famous restaurant that alot of TV show have film it. By the way, the waiters ask where we from and she say Malaysia will opening some branch soon. Around 1 year after come back, Malaysia first branch of Palseak Samgyeopsal in Sogo KL, after that next branch at Scott Garden? I'm not sure with that, but I have try Sogo KL branch before. :)

The way to go Palsaek Samgyeopsal @ Sinchon (新村站八色五花肉):

Way 1: From Alpha Guest House, just walk out to main road

(almost same way as Way 2 after out from the small road)

Way 2: Sinchon Station Exit 6, cross the road infront of "7-11" then turn right, go straight 120m. (As Photo A below)

Way 3: As Photo B below. Sorry it's chinese word. :)

Way 1

Photo A

Photo B

Can see from the photo, 8TV film it too! :)

Enjoooyyy!

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Lotteria

2015-08-26T10:43:00.000+08:00

Lotteria just like Malaysia KFC, I feel Lotteria better and nicer, cannot say "moon at outside of own country is more round", I just say the truth, but some KFC branch still provide nice chicken, anyway once go Korea any part, you can just try it and their cheese stick are BOOM, TRY IT! :) You can find it at Incheon International Airport and even in Teddy Bear Museum in Jeju Island, basically every town in Korea also have one branch of Lotteria, try search it online :)

P/S: I have it at Incheon Airport and in Teddy Bear Museum Jeju, also ate it at Busan too in 2014! :)

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Ji San Ski @ 芝山滑雪場

2015-08-26T10:41:00.001+08:00

In Nami Island and EverLand, we meet a bad timing that cannot experience the snow, but luckily at that moment outside of Seoul have some mountain place that already have snow and allow to ski, at the first time, Ski is my last choice plan or last minute plan means that if the day or any day too free, we just plan to ski. But then my family says that "We Must Go!", as Malaysia is a hot country without 4 seasons, so that my family wanted to try something that Malaysia dont have, so this plan going on and it's not a last choice plan, it's the plan in schedule list. It's a nice experience and it's my first time too, although feeling cold, fall down many times and tired, but it's still nice too play, luckily my family wanted to ski, if not I think I will regret why I din plan it in schedule! So, if got chance or meet the timing, dont feel it's far or expensive, sometimes you have just only one chance to try, play and experience those thing you cant have it in your home country. Enjoy! :)

The way to go Ji San Ski Resort:

1) Take subway to Gangbeon Station Exit 4 and over the road to DongSeoul Bus Terminal

地铁江边站 4号出口, 过马路到东首尔巴士总站

2) To the ticket counter puchase bus ticket to "Icheon" (Korean words as : "이천"

到柜台买 "利川" 巴士票 (韩文为: "이천")

3) To 27 platform find car plate of "Icheon", around 1 hours reach Icheon Terminal Bus Station

去27号月台找车牌"利川", 大约1小时到达利川巴士站

4) Reach "Icheon" Bus Terminal and take No.12 bus (can use T-money), around 40min *to last station

利川巴士總站下車→搭12號公車(可用T-money), 車程約40分鐘。*最後一站

5) Once you get in to the bus, tell the bus driver to SKI or Ji San Resort, the driver will know it.

Korean word: 지산리조트에 도착하면 알려 주세요. 감사합니다! (Reach Ji San Ski Resort call me)

上車後跟司機說SKI或Jisanresort司機就知道了

手指韓語：지산리조트에 도착하면 알려 주세요. 감사합니다! （芝山滑雪場到了叫我）

6) Once reach the station, need walk to Ji San Ski Resort, follow the sign broad and turn left

(after get down from bus walk around 15 ~ 20 min, on the way have a lot shop selling ski products)

抵達後還要步行到芝山滑雪場,跟着指標然后左轉

（下車後差不多要走15～20分鐘，途中有非常多的滑雪用具出租店）

7) Walk to J Centre that way, ticket counter at infront of carpark

請往J Center的方向走，售票處在停車場前面

8) 2nd flood beside restaurant, have a Information Centre, can ask about return bus information

(Once all the members gather together, go down from elevator, walk straight, a little house beside carpark to register - before 5pm) *it's a free bus back to Seoul

2樓餐廳旁的information詢問到回程接駁車的訊息

(只要你們全員到齊，從手扶梯下去，往前走，到停車場旁的小屋登記就可以了) before 5pm

P/S: it's the way that I reach Ji San Ski Resort and take the free bus back to Seoul and we get down from Gwanghwamun station and take subway to Dongdaemun have our dinner. :)

DongSeoul Bus Terminal 东首尔巴士总站

Icheon Terminal Bus Station 利川

While waiting for the bus and have a break at the coffe shop in Icheon Terminal Bus Station - TOSPIA

On the way to Ji San Ski Resort (after get down from bus)

Sorry, i dont have any photo about the shop of selling ski products.

follow the sign broad and turn left

Walk to J Centre that way, ticket counter at infront of carpark

Ji San Ski Restaurant

After Ski, we have food in the restaurant. As Malaysian call "Food Court", it have a lot of different Korean dish you can choose, even have coffee shop too :) and it's manual purchase your meal in the machines, and take food in the counter once call your number. :)

Family photo before leave this place! :) Capture by a Korean Stranger xD

****P/S: REMEMBER!

2nd flood beside restaurant, have a Information Centre, can ask about return bus information

(Once all the members gather together, go down from elevator, walk straight, a little house beside carpark to register - before 5pm) *it's a free bus back to Seoul

Enjoyyyyy! :)

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Caffe Bene

2015-08-26T10:41:00.000+08:00

Caffe Bene, consider as our Korea Trip 1st Korean coffee shop we had it. Actually before went to Korea, I have search a lot about coffee shop, this is the one people recommend the most. The first time we had it in Jeju International Airport, we found that still have a lot of time before taking our flight back to Seoul and we wanted to find one coffee shop and chill, and I suggest my family to have a try at Caffe Bene, so here we are. The 2nd, 3rd and etc have it at Sinchon, after that Malaysia have open their branch in Sunway, last year in Busan trip, me and my family have caffe bene again! Actually Caffe Bene have a lot of branch right now and whole around the world.

Enjoyyyy!

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Original Chicken Restaurant @ Dongdaemun 陈玉华一只鸡 @ 东大门

2015-08-20T10:40:00.000+08:00

Do not plan any place to eat, we just like see what eat what. But then, after Everland feel hungry and I suggest to eat original chicken "陈玉华一只鸡", and we try to get there, actually we walk long long away, but then still manage to reach the place. The restaurant have alot of customers, once we reach there, need to wait too, take number card and we have 6 person so got abit difficult to get a big table. For me and my family, we like the taste of the soup, chicken, rice cake and etc, its look so simple, but the taste not that simple. Guess what, the next day, after ski, we come back again for dinner/supper! Maybe this is not nice for you, as every people have different taste, so once you try then you know. :P After Dinner/Supper then walk around Dongdaemun area.

The way to go:

1) Jongno 5(o)-ga Station Exit 5, walk around 240m (refer to photo 1)

2) Dongdaemun Station Exit 9, walk around 180m, IBK bank turn left walk straight 60m (refer to photo 2)

P/S: I think I'm use the way of "Red line in photo 2", passby one part of Cheonggyecheon (清溪川) and turn to food street (not really can remember the road after food street, just follow the photos or search more information from others website, you can reach too :P)

Photo 1

Photo 2

One part of Cheonggyecheon (清溪川)

Food Street

Original Chicken Restaurant 陈玉华一只鸡

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Everland 爱宝乐园

2015-08-20T10:34:00.000+08:00

The MUST place to go in Korea "EverLand", one times is really enough for it, because the ticket quite expensive, but that time I using discount papers, so the ticket price will be cheaper than normal ticket (Print the discount papers, click HERE). Before go to Korea read a lot of blog or websites says that Everland can play or experience the feeling of snow, but too bad, that time still on Autumn time do not have any snow games, but the weather still very cold and nice, no faith with the snow. By the way, EverLand is a place nice to walk or play, especially for family, a group of friends or couples. The trips is too rush, so either choose to Everland or Lotte themepark, at the end choose Everland, will find others chance to Lotte World :)

The way to go EverLand

1) Gangbyeon Station Exit 1, walk left to the playground will saw a bus stop to Everland.

从地铁2号线江边(Gangbyeon)站1号出口出来, 沿着左侧前行. 沿着公园走一段看见车站后乘坐循环巴士.

2) GangNam Station Exit 5, cross the road to middle bus-stop take bus 5002-around 45min

(as photo below ↓)

地铁2号线江南站5号出口 5002路巴士-大约45分钟

****P/S: I'm using the 2 way to Everland :)

Outside GangNam Station Bus-stop (江南站外的巴士站)

EverLand (爱宝乐园)

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Ewha Womans University 梨花女子大学 & Ewha Women Street 梨花女人街

2015-08-15T10:33:00.000+08:00

After dinner in Alchon @ Ewha, we go straight to Ewha Women University to have some look. It's a university that only have female, I just saying nonsense, from the university name also can know it. Just walk around and take some photos, and walk to Ewha Women Street search some street foods. By the way, after Ewha street, we try to walk to HongDae University street, walk around 1 hours cant reach and we turn back to Guest House. Ewha and Hongdae are near, but i have no idea the way to go, we follow hongdae sign broad to go, so if you want to walk from hongdae to ewha or ewha to hongdae make sure you have do your homework search for the direction. Good Luck :P

The way to go Ewha Womans University

From Ehwa Station Exit 2/3 and go straight

梨大站出 2/3 号直走

Ewha Women University 梨花大学

Ewha Women Street 梨花女人街

Capture not much photo because we keep eating while walking, do not have another hand to take photos :P

Enjoyyyyyyyy! :)

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Alchon @ Ewha Women Street

2015-08-13T10:32:00.000+08:00

After settle down in Alpha Guest House, we out for searching food. The day is the day where I do not done or do any research of foods or anything, because Sinchon is near to Ewha (梨花) , Hongdae (弘大) where those place have a lot of street foods or even restaurant, so we decide go Ewha Women Street to searching food, before out from Guest House, saw a restaurant call Alchon near to Ewha Station, its a "bimbimbap" and it's cheap compare to others restaurant, since we havent decide what to eat then after reach Ewha Station we straight follow the advertisement book to Alchon have our dinner.

The way to go:

From Ewha Station Exit 2 / 3, go straight and turn left (after passby BR junction).

梨花出2/3号, 直走左转 (经过BR的下一个路口)

Alchon @ Ewha

Enjoyyyyy!

[首尔 Seoul 2013] Alpha Guest House @ Sinchon

2015-08-12T10:31:00.000+08:00

After back from Jeju Island, we heading to check in our 2nd Guest House in Sincon. For me, it's a place that convenience but then a bad thing is when night time the room is cold without hot heater and we live there for 2 nights, by the way the owner got abit hush, but we cant say anything about that because it's the cheapest guesthouse we book and quite near to subway and a lot of place. It's another experience when travelling, sometimes will meet a lot of thing that we wish not to happen, so just accept it and be careful booking next time :) And the Guest House very near to Palsaek Samgyeopsal @ Sinchon (新村站八色五花肉) !!

Alpha Guest House @ Sinchon

Enjoooyyyy!