Life between trips

TRIP DATE: 20 APRIL 2017 Day 9: Shopping and  head to Juno hair salon at Ewha Womans University Station Breakfast/lunch/dinner at Lotte shopping supermarket To Do: Juno Hair Salon Ewha Womans Univ. 7 Road 30, 3rd Floor, Junho-hae-dong Univ. 2, Daehyun-dong, Seodaemun-gu Seoul Always wanted to try doing my hair overseas and with korean salons locally charging a premium i thought it would be better for me to try out a authentic korean salon instead.  Service is great with lots of attention from the main hair styllst. The hair stylist will have a specific work station to work on and for general things like hair steaming or perming you will be brought to a designated area to do it. I like that they have a central area where friends can enjoy tit bits and talk to each other while the hair stylist tends to you. Prices menu is also very clear and standard.  The hair stylist also did not push for sales and at the end of the session i was given a discount car...

TRIP DATE: 14 APRIL 2017 Day 3:  Seoul: Changdeokgung (UNESCO World Heritage)  and Buchon Hanok Village Breakfast at Paris Baguette @ Myeong Dong,  Late lunch at random food place near Insadong, Tea at random hanok place at Buchon Hanok Village, Dinner at Tosokchon Samyetang at Jongno-gu To do: Changdeokgung 99, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea Opening hours:  Palace: 9:00-18:00, Secret garden : 10:00 - 17:30  Closed on Mondays Fee: KRW 3,000 (Palace), KRW 8,000 (Palace and Guided tour of secret garden) The weather forecast for today is rainy and when we got to Changdeokgung its still sunny. We missed the timeslot for english tour so we have to wait till 12:30 pm for the chinese tour to begin.  I paid KRW 8,000 which includes a guided tour of the secret garden. By itself, the palace is a little boring. But with the secret garden tour, it adds a little new dimension as there are ponds and pavilions and even a...

TRIP DATE: 13 APRIL 2017 Day 2:  Seoul: Princess Hanbok, Gyeongbokgung Palace and Yeouido Spring flower festival Breakfast at Isaac Toast Myeong Dong, Late lunch at random food place near Jongno-gu, Dinner at Old School Seoul Bulgogi at Mapo To do: Princess hanbok 52-6 Anguk-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea There are several hanbok rentals that i found online but i finally decided to go to this place as the owners can converse in mandarin and all the photos shown their website show pretty hanboks.  Upon reaching, we are told there are 2 tier of clothes - basic and premium. As price difference is only KRW 5,000 i decided to take the premium costing KRW 20,000 per pax. Everything is provided including the locker to keep your things while you walk around in your hanbok. The purse is also given to us to put our stuff.  My hair is also tied by the lady there.  The company is quite strict with late comers. We are late and h...