Elysian Gangchon Ski Resort, South Korea

Hi Guys, How are you today? I hope you guys all in good condition, healthy and happy. For anyone who feels sad and sick, please be strong, hang in there, and it sure will be passed. Anyway, in this post I will tel you about my experience when I and my friends went to Ski Resort in South Korea. Elysian Ski resort is the nearest ski resort from Seoul, and we can reach it with Train. So If you plan to go to South Korea in Winter, I think Elysian Ski Resort is must visited place to enjoy the real winter with snow.

Elysian Ski Resort

Elysian Ski Resort is located just an hour away from Seoul and the only ski resort in Korea that can be reached by subway. From Seoul you can take the subway (Gyeongchun Line) or ITX-Cheongchun Train and Stop to Baegyangri Station. Baeyangri Station is 2 stop away from Gapyeong Station (if we want to go to Nami we will stop at this station). At Baeyangri Station , there is sguttle bus to go to the ski resorst, it’s free.

Waiting for our train, so freezing cold at that time

When I went to Elysian and arrived at Baeyangri, I experienced my first snow, so beautiful and feel magical. As someone who live in Indonesia, winter and snow is so special for me, i can not forget it. FYI, I visited this resort at 16 January. We rode the bus, the bus park around exit station, so after arrived at the station just walk outside anf you can find the bus park there.

We didn’t play ski here, but if you guys want to play ski here you can check their website here and check how to and how much to play ski here. We play sledding slope here, yes childish game right, but believe me it’s so fun and me want to play it again and again. You can check the price here .

First time can hold snow like this, like shaved ice

If you don’t want to play ski and also don’t want to sledding then you can just play snow. There is area that full of snow, even there is no snow falling they have snow making machine to make it, so at that area that is so much snow and feel free to playing and rolling in the snow. This area is separated from ski area and sledding area, so don’t be afraid someone will hit you while skiing or sledding, you are safe to play snow here.

Winter Wonderland

My first Snowman

I am so happy that day, too many first experience of my life here. First snow, first sledding, first snowman, first making snow angel, and many more. As people who lived in country that don’t have winter, this experience is so unforgettable experience for me, despite how cold that day, i still enjoy it very much.

By. Lil Sis

5 Places to enjoy Autumn in Seoul, South Korea

Hi Guys, kali ini based on my own experince Autumn in Korea,  Lil Sis mau share 5 tempat yang wajib dikunjungi untuk merasakan musim gugur di Seoul, Korea Selatan. Di Indonesia, kita tau kalo sepanjang tahun itu kita cuma bisa merasakan musin kering sama musim hujan, nggak ada tuh yang namanya autumn, dimana daun daun berubah dari hijau menjadi kuning kemudian perlahan lahan gugur. Jadi emang menurut Lil Sis, pernah merasakan musim gugur di Korea itu salah satu pengalaman yang nggak bisa dilupakan.

Ya sebenarnya ketika Autumn, di Seoul ini lagi jalan jalan di pinggir jalan kita bisa banget enjoy autumn vibe nya, karena mostly pohon pohon yang di pinggir jalan itu berubah jadi kuning or merah gitu dan banyak daun daun kuning yang berguguran di jalanan. Sepanjang jalan mendadak instagramable pokoknya.

Tapi di postingan saya kali ini, saya mau menonjolkan beberapa tempat wisata yang menurut saya cocok banget didatangin ketika musim gugur di Seoul. Anyway it’s based on my own experience ya jadi kalo ada yang tidak sependapat mohon maaf ya. So, check this out :

AUTUMN IN KOREA – DAY 13 (SEOUL) – Itaewon, Dongdaemun, Lantern Fest @Cheonggyeocheon

So, Finally I arrived at our last Day in Korea. This post will be aour last post about our daily activities in South Korea Autumn 2014. I finished this post after 2 years, not something to brag i think, but at least I finished it. Yeahhh. So actually, we have 14 days in Korea, but the 14th day is nothing compare the other days, We woke up early , went to airport, and went home, nothing special activity, So in my Blog, Day 13 will become the last day. I will talk about Day 14 in last paragraph, for the ending of my Autumn in Korea post.

So, In our last day, we feel little bit gloomy, our day in South Korea will be finished, and we will start our routine activities in Jakarta again. And our last day in South Korea is so damn cold, I think the temperature is down drastically compare than the other day, actually in the night, I nearly be ninja with all the armor I used. So, today Mr Damz still has ambition to see idol, so He went to brodcasting company this time. He woke up in the morning and went there, we plan to meet at Itaewon in the afternoon. And the girl, we decided to packing our luggage. We clean up our thing and packed in in our bag.

Our Lotte Mart shopping result

AUTUMN IN KOREA – DAY 7 (SEOUL) – Changdeokgung, Gwanjgang Market, Namsan Tower

I guess some of you want to know more about my trip in Korea, so with all of my will I try to write this post diligently when office break in Friday. It’s long break because of Friday Prayer. Well, from Jongmyo Shrine we went to Changdeokgung Palace. Changdeokgung Palace was the second royal villa built following the construction of Gyeongbukgung Palace in 1405. It was the principal palace for many kings of the Joseon Dynasty, and is the most well-preserved of the five remaining royal Joseon palaces. The palace grounds are comprised of a public palace area, a royal family residence building, and the rear garden. Changdeokgung Palace was recognized as a World Cultural Heritage site by the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Committee in December of 1997. In Changdeokgung Palce there is a Secret Garden or Huwon. Huwon is the best place for the King and royal family to take a rest from political issues. It’s like place for relaxation, meditation, vacation for them.

The Admission Fee to Changdeokgung is 3000 KRW and for Huwon is 5000 KRW. So if you want to visit both place you must pay 8000 KRW. But if you buy Integrated ticket for 10000 KRW, you will get ticket for Jongmyo Shrine and 4 palaces include Huwon. So better buy Integrated ticket I think. But to enter Huwon, we must follow the tour , we can not enter as we like. There are some session in a days, one session is limited to 100 person. We arrived late there, so no more session for that day, we cannot enter the Huwon, we just see the entrance. *sob *sob

Changdeokgung Palace

Autumn in Korea – Day 7 (Seoul) – Blue House “Cheongwadae” , Jongmyo Shrine

Today we will go to Cheong Wa Dae or known as Blue House (청와대). It’s called Blue House because it has blue roof. Simple right. Cheong wa dae is presidential residence, it’s like White House in USA, or Istana Negara in Indonesia.  It’s open to public, so tourist can go there, with reservation before, tourist will be guided in groups and will be taken around the place. We were really curious about cheong wa dae, so we decided to take the tour. We reserved the tour via web. you can check it here. Foreigner must be reserved the tour at least 3 weeks before. We must enter our personal information like name and passport number correctly, because it will be checked and if we make a mistake, we can not enter the tour.

Cheong Wa Dae “Blue House”

AUTUMN IN KOREA – DAY 6(SEOUL) – First step in Seoul , Tosokchon

If you read my last post, I already tell you that we stay overnight at Jimjilbang. We didn’t get a good sleep there, but at least we got good experience.  We had flight in the morning, so we woke up early that day. Start with Miss Pepz, she woke up 4 am in the morning, she enjoy bathing alone, and dip her body in the hot tube without anybody see her. I woke up around 5 am and didn’t find Miss Pepz and Big Sis; I guessed they already went down stairs. I saw Mr. Damz still sleeping there; I let him sleep more because I thought it’s too early to wake up him. So I woke up and went down. I found Miss Pepz and Big Sis sat while watched television. Miss Pepz already took a bath.  So I decided to prepare myself too. I didn’t shower today. I already clean my self tomorrow night, so I just wash my face and brush my tooth. And then I followed Miss Pepz and Big Sis watching TV. We bought ramen cup to fill our cold stomach. After we finished, we checked Mr. Damz. He was ready too. So we met at the receptionist. Yesterday, we asked the receptionist to call a taxi for us. Thankfully she is so helpful, the taxi comes in time and we directly went to airport.

Flight Jeju – Seoul
this picture make me think I already leave earth atmosphere

Traveling to Korea – Preparation – 10 must have items

Hi  Readers….Lama tak bersua. Kali ini Lil Sis akan cerita pengalaman Lil Sis ke Korea, Korea Selatan tentunya, tempat asal muasal K-Pop, K-Drama, dan oppa-oppa yang ganteng ganteng dan unyu unyu itu. But sebelum Lil Sis cerita pengalaman Lil Sis dan Big Sis di Korea, ada baiknya Lil Sis menjelaskan perjalanan panjang sebelum akhirnya kita bisa berangkat ke negeri Ginseng ini. So, berawal di tahun 2013, pembicaraan ingin pergi ke Korea ini sudah mencuat, secara Lil Sis dan Big Sis salah satu pecinta Korea, dan sebagai fans yang baik, niat pergi ke Korea itu sudah lama sekali muncul dan kita simpan sembari menabung berharap suatu saat akan berangkat ke sana. Selain mengumpulkan uang mencari teman pergi juga is a must. Kami punya banyak teman penggemar Korea, salah duanya adalah Miss Pepz dan Mr Damz. Jika kalian sebelumnya pernah membaca postingan kami yang lain, nama Miss Pepz ini sudah sering muncul sebagai teman kuliner kami, perjalanan pertama big Sis ke Singapore salah satunya juga bersama Miss Pepz. Selain itu, ada Mr Damz, dia adalah teman sekantor Lil Sis dan Miss Pepz, sekarang sih udah nggak, baru resign Oktober lalu. Mr Damz ini salah satu K-fans juga, ngefans banget sama SNSD, Park Min Young, dan Running Man. Waktu RM ke Indo, doi bela belain nunggu di bandara Soetta demi ngeliatin para member RM yang kece kece, sukses ngeliat dari dekat sambil desak desakan sama massa yang juga punya tujuan sama kayak dia, akhirnya dia sukses deh berjabat tangan dengan VJ Jae Suk atau kwon Ryeol. Lumayan daripada nggak sama sekali.

Jadi bulan November 2013, muncul promo di salah  satu maskapai penerbangan, yang langsung saya sebutkan saja namanya, yaitu Air Asia. Kami menemukan tiket yang lumayan murah ke Korea, pp sekita 3jtan.  Perginya Rp 1,099,333,33 + Pulang Rp 1,959,517,33 = Rp 3,058,850.66. Ini sudah dalam rupiah, ketika itu kurs nya sekitar 11,4. Karena lumayan murah, maka tanpa pikir panjang lagi kami pun membeli tiketnya. Kami berangkat tanggal 3o okt 2014 dan Pulang 13 Nov 2014. Beli tiket untuk pergi setahun kemudian. Wow kan. Tiket pergi kami, dari jakarta ke Busan, sedangkan tiket pulang kami dari Seoul ke Jakarta. Kami memang berencana pergi ke Seoul, Busan dan Jeju. Jadi kami membeli tiket PP seperti itu, lalu bagauimana cara dari busan ke seoul ke Jejunya itu kami akan pikirkan nanti. hahahaha.dalam waktu 1 tahun itu tentulah kami punya cukup banyak waktu untuk persiapan.

Nah, apa aja sih yang perlu kami persiapkan untuk perjalanan kami ke Korea ini? Ini dia 10 hot item yang kami persiakan ke korea.