Taroko National Park 太魯閣國家公園

My third visit to Taiwan

but its my first time to Hualian~

Taroko is situated in Hualian

and was a 'great' visit because raining all day :(((

Argh!! next time will try to visit it in spring~

 Nice View~

December

December~ Christmas month

No celebration since 3 years ago

♥I miss her♥

Dubu Dubu

Really miss korean food so much~

Have to go there soon♥

Sakae sushi~

My favourite♥ 

Sakura Blossom~

Gangneung Danoje Festival~

Third destination

GangNeung~

 never thought of going there before

but i added into my list because of Danoje Festival~

and not much survey i can do as not many people share about GangNeung

 the most important is accommodation and transport
Had book a room near Gyeongpo lake as we did not know that it is situated far from the city centre^^
we took train from Busan to GangNeung
at 6 in the morning

 still on the train 

but the scenery really nice...

would like to stop at every station if i could^^

we did pass Jeongdongjin~

Great place for Sunrise 

would be in my itinerary for next visit

 Finally reach GangNeung-shi

 Walking from hotel 

still dreaming that i can walk to the city centre^^

we did not reach city centre but we found Dubu Village

the tastiest Dubu a.k.a Tofu i ever had in my life~

 No choice

we took cab to the event place~

cost less than KRW 10000

 Parade at night~

first experience in Korea

It was GREAT^^

Souvenir for myself~ 

KRW15000

本粥본죽(Bon Juk) ~

Korean Congee 

its not on my 'to eat list'

but

accidentally found it on the way to Namsan Tower

i love korean food

as they will give us lots of sidedishes... kimchi^^

Vegetarian Juk~

Taste not bad... can have a try

 My SeaWeed Oyster Juk~ 

at first i wanted to try pumpkin porridge but its too normal

i can cook it by myself^^

Busan~

After Haeundae Sand Festival

we headed back to Busan Station

Quite tired and lazy to walk around searching for food

Decided to have our dinner at a cafe opposite the station...

the don't have menu in Chinese / English

but they still provide a paper which have Korean Chinese translation

we had to find by ourselves on the menu

and ended up i ordered instant noodle instead of rice roll~

but i still managed to get two correct~

Korean rice cake (ddukbokki)

wrong choice i ever made

i always want to have cold noodle (naengmyeon)
but not in Busan as the weather there was colder compare to Seoul

Nolboo Budaejjigae挪夫部队汤

Nolboo Budaejjigae

branch near DongDaeMun~

we walked from JongNo-Sam-Ga to DongDaeMun

quite far (may b we lost)~ but since it was first day in korea... nvm

ordered the normal one

add on cheese and instant noodle~

nice but quite spicy^^

best to have it in winter time

Haedong Yonggungsa Temple 海東龍宮寺 @ Busan 釜山

Really fully utilized the only day in Busan~
Initial plan... pay 10000KRW for Busan Bus Tour
Unfortunately, closed on Monday...
sSo, need to take Metro and Bus

Took nearly one hour to reach there~
From Busan Station
From the bus stop, need to walk uphill for about 15 mins

We were quite lucky because the weather that few days so nice

Neither hot nor cold~

But the sea breeze quite strong^^


Quite amazed as its the temple near the ocean a.k.a DongHae

if I have time, sure I will take one day

coz the place have many great views...

need to get an extra battery for my BabyKim^^



                            
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Street Food @ Korea

Gaeran Bbang a.k.a

 Egg Bread / Muffin 

Hoddeok 

Crispy and sweet pancake~

but i prefer the Hoddeok at JungGang Market~

If wanna try out tastier Korean Street Food, better choose the store with long queue~

Dakkangjung @ South Korea

One of the famous Korea Dish

DakKangJung a.k.a Spicy Candied Fried Chicken

Bought it at JungGang Market

But the one i bought not from the popular shop

as i can't finish one large box of fried chicken by myself~

i just wanna try it but this one not so nice :(

Bibigo~

 Its quite hard to be vegan in Korea~

So, Bibimbab would be the best choice

especially those can let us choose our own toppings and sauce^^

 

one of the Bibigo branch near GwangHwaMun Square

Because of language barrier~

we just ordered by pointing at the Chef's choice menu

Chef's choice B : Brown rice + Tofu + Green Sesame Sauce

 



 Chef's Choice C : Barley & White Rice + Spicy Pork + Ssam Sauce

I m so in love with this healthy fast food~

would like to try others for next visit...

need to do some preparation so won't end up order Chef's choice again^^

 

Add on : Fried Mandoo~
 

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Taejong-sa太宗寺 @ Busan 釜山

 Taejong-sa

Located at Taejongdae Park~

Just after the station for light house if you take the tram

 possible to walk from the light house to the temple 

but quite tiring~

                           
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TaeJongDae Park 太宗台 @ Busan 釜山

 Natural Park of Busan

Great Place for photo shooting~
Need to take long time if want to walk around the park~

as i walked a lot that day and reached there quite late d

 i decided to take the tram... 1500KRW

u can hope on and off  as long as u keep the ticket^^

TaeJongDae Observatory

 Jiwoo Love Story in Busan Photo Exhibition~
At the Observatory~

The Light House

YeongDo Marine Cultural Space

Ferry Boat Quay~

Ferry cost 10000KRW per person if not mistaken

Sinseon Rock and MangBuSeok Rock (Rock of theFaithful Woman)~

Directions:  From Metro Line 1 Nampo-dong station (exit 6), Take bus 8, 88-A or 88-B to the last stop. 

Jagalchi Fish Market 札嘎其水产市场 @ Busan 釜山

Planned to visit here in the morning

but lacks of time~

we only spent 2 days in Busan

First day, we reached there about 2pm d

spent that day at Haeundae Beach~

The market really clean

don't have that kind fishy smell~

can buy the seafood from the street outside the market

and go to 2nd floor and they can cook the seafood with minimal fees~ 

or u can just select the store located at 1st floor

just buy from them and they will cook for you

so easy~ saw so many Koreans were having their dinner their after working time~

Gwanghwamun & Gyeongbokgung 光化門&景福宮~

Just walking down the Gwanghwamun Square

and u can find Gwanghwamun

Entrance/Gate to Gyeongbokgung Palace

Royal guards at the entrance

they stood still even a lot of people taking picture with them

they are not allowed to move

so profesional~

Its free to have a walk here~

but if u want to enter the palace

3000krw

 i didn't enter as i visited the palace few years back

and left for next or may be next next visit^^

The gate to the National Folk Museum of Korea


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