Annyeonghaseyo Korea Part 3 - Nami Island and Lotte World Star Avenue

Nami Island 

Third day arrived and I'm so excited that we are going to Nami Island. It is a long train journey and we didn't manage to get seat at all. The only time we are sitting, when we took a taxi from Gapyeong Station to Nami Jetty. Although still in the morning, but still there are so many people there.

We need to buy ferry ticket to the Island but actually you also can do flying fox to the Island. It cost around RM 100, I think. The ferry journey just around 10 to 15 minutes.

From my understanding, Nami Island is actually belongs to some company or a person, but since the Island becomes famous for Winter Sonata, the owner has let the Island to be visited by tourist. That is why the Island name is Naminara Republic.

I'm frustrated a little bit as when we are there, it was not autumn yet, because I know if it is in Autumn, the trees would be more beautiful. Nevertheless, the scenery is still beautiful. I just can't take my eyes on the small road with tall trees along it. It was a magnificent view.

Of course we took a lot of photos, jumping, hugging the trees and even we took photos at the scene of Winter Sonata. The drama was great, but I didn't like it much because it is too depressing form me. I mean seriously, so many tears and the background music make me stress.

After that, we went to have lunch at the only vege/halal restaurant there. We choose our menu just from photos. Don't know what we are going to eat. I think kak Ain choose a soup which I try to blow it before eating which turn out to be a cold soup. A very cold soup. I have this rice with egg and vegetable that is sooo hot that we need to have a special mitten to hold it. It taste ok and we meet a lot of Malaysians there as that is the only restaurant available for us. By the way, they also has some sort of "surau". It is above Chinese Restaurant.

Most of people there, especially the tourist quite taken to us, perhaps because we wear hijab. There is one uncle like gesture about the hijab, I guess, I said Malaysia. If he is asking my name, then to him, my name is Malaysia.

After soaking all the natural beauty we decided to leave before anyone leave as it will be crowded. We wait for the taxi and again, we saw something we've never seen before. There's a young couple on the first line and the taxi is approaching them and then come uncles who waited before us but at a wrong place, march to the couple and took their taxi. They have communication fight and one of the uncles push the young man. I was like woah, this is something. Luckily the couple gave up and gave the group of uncle their taxi. I just hoping there is nobody to steal our taxi later.

Ferry to Nami Island

On the way to the ferry

Zati ordering her lunch

Jump shot!

I love this view

Me and the famous snow dolls?

The cold soup

My lunch for the day

Winter Sonata mini museum

The famous couple

It looks so beautiful in Autumn

Lotte World, Star Avenue

Then we went to Lotte Mall for Lotte World Star Avenue. We went there because the night before we have chit-chatting with a Chinese Malaysian that have been there. My friends were quite excited to take photos with K-Pop celebrities, although they are only cardboard.

Kak Zubaidah and I enter a room where we could see a drama, and recorded with our voice. It was so funny, I can't follow the script. We tried so many times until we are satisfied. Here is the video for it. Please don't laugh.

Then we go photo crazy with all the superstar there. I know some of them, like Big Bang and 2pm. The place also got the artist memorabilia and also there is a part where we can write note to them, like send them an e-mail. It was quite fun, especially my K-Pop friend, Kak Ain. Oh, I just realised , here at Lotte World that they film Stairway from Heaven drama.

Where we recorded our drama

Me and Big Bang, I guess

Lotte World

Overall, it was a fun fun day. Can't wait for tomorrow journey. To be continue...again....