A Short Tour Around Seoul (Before Flying back to Singapore)

I woke up early this morning as Prof Chen and I decided to do a quick tour around Seoul before we try to catch the 1pm Airport Limousine to the Airport as our flight is around 4:20pm. After breakfast, Prof Chen and I met at the hotel lobby with our luggage at hand, we decided to check out early so that we no need to rush back and do a room check out at 12pm. I never check out my room as Derrick is still staying in Seoul until the 7th Dec and he need to go to his new hotel which he had arranged before the trip. We deposited our luggage at the counter and left for our short tour.

Prof Chen and I decided to visit Gyeongbokgung Palace; we were joined by Gustavo, his lecturer, Dr David Serrano from University of Puerto Rico from and Ayman from Stony Brook University. The 5 of us took a subway to the Gyeongbokgung station and bought the entrance ticket which cost 3,000 won to visit the palace. We were late for the 9:30am morning tour but we were fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the Mounting of Imperial Guards at the Palace. Ayman and the rest wanted to catch the next English guided tour at 12pm but this timing is out for me and Prof Chen and so we bid farewell to them as they were going to shop around the area first while Prof Chen and I tour around the palace.



Mounting of the Imperial Guards








After touring the palace, we decided to go to the Insa-Dong Culture Plaza to have a look. It is a very interesting street fill with activities and stuffs. Really an eye opener for me. I am very thankful that Prof Chen suggested visiting this place. We walked around and took a subway back to Cheong-Dam at around 1:30pm (yes, we are slightly behind schedule) to walk back to Hotel Prima. Same as last night, the temperature seems to be sub-zero and it is getting colder, luckily I am all prepared.



Street of Insha-Dong








After getting our luggage from the counter, we proceed over to the road opposite the hotel to take the Airport Limousine 606 to Incheon Airport. We board the bus around 2:20pm and reached the airport at around 3:15pm which is very fast. After getting my board pass, I am all set to go back to my homeland Singapore. I am going to miss Korea very much. It had been a new and fun experience for me. Looking back, it might be only a short 5 days but it is a memorable one. Alrighty, time to board the plane soon. Goodbye Korea. Cheerz.