Thursday, 4 December 2014

101 things to do in Korea!

Repost from : 101 things to do in korea

Food and Drinks:
1. Drink soju or makkeolli but in cocktail form
Yessss I had tried the soju but one small glass for me is enough :O I feel like my throat is burning while drinking it T.T

2. Buy makkeolli from the Hongdae makkeolli man (seen late night around Hongdae Children’s Park)

3. Drink beer and soju at a convenience store table
Instead of it, I drink Seoul milk and Jeju milk at the table xD 

4. Learn to make kimchi
And my kimchi was donated to charity already LOL

5. Drink coffee at Buamdong’s coffee street

6. Go to a makkeolli and jeon bar/restaurant on a rainy day
Coincidentally I went on rainy day :P And that's why I drink makkeolli during such cold day :D

7. Pick a live fish and eat it 5 minutes later at Noryanjin Fish Market

8. Eat bindaetteok and mayak gimbap at Gwangjang Market

9. Eat super spicy food that have made people faint
The tteokbokki gave me such feeling T.T too spicy!!

10. Eat at a restaurant that’s been around for a hundred years

11. Get full off of tasting samples at a Korean supermarket (go around 7PM for the most selection)
Yesss eat as much as you can in whatever supermarket! or even convenient shop :D

12. This super spicy tteokbokki truck
Already mentioned in no.9~ 

13. Eat live octopus at noyrangjin market

14. Eat tteokbokki at tteokbokki town (or any other food at a “food town”)

15. Grill your own galbi at some famous galbi restaurants
Definitely must give a try!! cheap and taste nice!

16. Eat and drink at a pojangmacha (tent)
I didn't eat over there but I take away the food~

17. Get super refreshing naengmyun at a jjimjilbang (Korean dry spa)
Nice experience there :D

18. Eat super healthy/delicious vegan food at a Buddhist temple

19. Eat ramyun at a convenience store like in a Korean drama
I eat at my hotel room cause outside too cold LOL 

20. Eat raw beef (육회)
Sorry, I can't eat beef... :)

21. Get smashed just to see if Korean hangover cures really work

22. Buy a roasted chicken off the back of a truck

23. Get Korean style fried chicken delivery

24. Order in a Korean style pizza (with potatoes)

25. Order meat at Majang Meat Market and eat it 10 mins later at a restaurant closeby

26. Try Korean street snacks – like hotteok or egg bread
Taste so so only, optional to eat.. 

27. Eat Korean ice cream
The texture definitely different! I love to eat it because it is hard to melt and not so soft as McD ice cream :D

28. Drink Banana Milk
I drink it like there's no milk tomorrow. LOL it is so cheap over there, but I recommend the original flavor. Some added strawberry flavor and I don't like it.. :O

29. Drink some free milk coffee after a Korean meal
Not every shop provides free milk coffee but plain water is free every where HAHAH

30. Go to a bar that’ll introduce some new Korean friends to you

31. Drink these drinks so you can drink all night without a hangover

32. Eat doo doo bread

Touristy Stuff
I didn't take pictures with them but I do take pictures of them lol
35. Check out the museum underneath the King Sejong statue
Not bad though :)

36. Take a Picture with the Gyeongbokgung Guards
Same as no. 34...

37. Visit an “old” neighborhood in Seoul

38. Take a tour of the President’s Residence, Cheonghwadae – the Blue House(reservations needed)
I just look it from outside...

39. Try on a hanbok (do it for free at the Tourist Culture Centers – Myeongdong, Insadong, etc.)
The hanboks all so niceeeeeee but i can only try on one set.. :$

40. Take a cable car up to N Seoul Tower

41. Go to an amusement park: Lotte World/Seoul Land

42. See the Han River Banpo Bridge rainbow show

43. Take a tour of the DMZ

44. Stay at a hanok guesthouse and sleep on heated floors, ondol

45. Buy traditional souvniers at Insadong

46. See the 5 Royal Palaces

47. Climb Bukhan Mountain
I do climb a mountain in Korea but not this mountain lol

48. Go to a Han River Cafe

Activities:
49. Have an all-night movie marathon at Dongdaemun

50. Go 1AM shopping at Dongdaemun street market

51. Watch street performances in Hongdae

52. Stay at a Buddhist Temple (try Haeinsa, one Korea’s most famous)

53. Hang out at dog, cat and sheep cafes!

54. Drink tea in a hanok

55. Get your fortune told (사주) by a Korean fortune teller (for some, need to know your time of birth)

56. Make Korean Friends while on your trip

57. Play board games at a board game cafe

58. Attend an e-sports tournament

59. Try on a dress at a dress cafe

60. Be mega entertained at a multibang

61. Watch a DVD at a DVD Room
There's a DVD ROOM in jjimjilbang :)

62. Sleep at a jjimjilbang, put a towl on your head like Princess Leia
I didn't sleep at there but do put the towl on my head.. my korean male friend did it for me haha 

63. Go to a bath house and have someone scrub you down really hard (to get rid of dead skin)

64. Read a book at a really quiet study cafe

65. Go clubbing with college kids in Hongdae

66. Go clubbing with the pretty/handsome/rich in Cheongdam

67. Win some money at a Casino (foreign passports only)
Sorry I'm still underage.. haha 

68. Take sticker pictures with friends

69. Bike along the Han River

70. Get fishies to nibble your legs clean at Dr. Fish
No... I can't accept it.. Who knows if the fish are just cleaned a customer who has HongKong feet *only chinese will understand* ? O.O 

71. Learn to cook some Korean food
I cook the korean curry.. but still.......indian curry the best :P haha 

72. Have a gimbap picnic at Han River Park

73. Go to a Korean baseball game

74. Watch old Korean men play Janggi and Baduk at Tapgol Park

75. Watch a 4D Movie

Shopping:
76. Go crazy and shop for Korean clothing brands at Myeongdong

77. Collect free cosmetics samples in Myeongdong just by walking in
Not all cosmetics shops.. beware of it.. lol

78. Shop at the Hongdae Free Market for Indie Designers (Hongdae Children’s park, every Sat 1-6)

79. Buy a Starbucks Korea tumbler

80. Buy cheap clothes at underground shopping malls
Yessss and their shoes are so cheap :D

81. Buy lots and lots of cute stuff
Cute like hell and I have to control myself to not spending too much on it!

82. Find a sock truck and buy, buy, buy!
Hahaha and I still regret that I should buy moreeeeeeeeeee

83. Buy mega cheap glasses

84. Bargain with street vendors
If you dare enough then go ahead, but most of them prefer to give you free gifts instead of bargain over the price. Korean aunties and uncles are fierce lol. 

85. Buy couple shirts with your gf/bf (or just friend :))

86. Buy the latest gadgets at Yongsan Electronics Market
I suggest to buy the Samsung cameras instead of phones cause some of the phones can only use in Korea unless you get to buy an unlocked version of phone. Even their Samsung phones are slight different then the version they sell in other countries. 

Miscellanous
87. Pay for a drink with a t-money card

88. Get yelled at while exchanging your money into Korean won
No WAY... I'm polite.. (HAHAHAHAH)

89. Write on the walls of a famous cafe/restaurant

90. Practice your Korean with a taxi driver

91. Work out on public exercise machines

92. Make a free phone call using the subway’s smartphone for giants

93. Dance to 90’s Kpop music

94. Get treated by a traditional Korean doctor

95. Try some aegyo while in Korea
LOL when I bargain the price with korean aunties using korean to aegyo.. and I'm succeeded :P

96. Learn a new phrase in Korean and say it in Korea!
Thanks to my korean male friend! :)

97. Dance Gangnam Style in Gangnam

98. Sing so much at a noraebang you lose your voice

99. “Hack” some free wifi
There's free wifi any where. I even can surf net while I'm on the bus travelling to my destination..p.s NOT PUBLIC BUS YOU KNOWWWWWW 

100. Score tons of free stuff just because you can

101. Visit You Are Here Cafe (Run jointly by Eat Your Kimchi & TalktomeinKorean)





And that's all for my experiences in Korea.. Definitely will pay a visit to Korea again! :)
Teeheeee <3

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