TRAVELING TO PHUKET - PHIPHI - KL - SG MEI 2013

This my 3rd time in phuket island. And this time I travel with 10 friends . So I rent a van for this trip. Phuket is not my main destination I want to explore phiphi island with small boat (speedboat) so I be able to visit beautiful private islands that I not be able to visit before (read my last post about phuket trip)

1st Day
We just arrived in the afternoon so doesn't have much to do. We just go to Bangla street n Patong beach street and looking for a diner before we going back to hotel.

2nd Day
We wake up so early because wi will be pick up at 7 AM. We take some quick breakfast and buy some snacks in the convenience store In front of our hotel. And the van is coming at 7.30 AM and go directly to Harbour . From our hotel need 1 hour to catch the harbour so we have to go early. 

After we arrive in the Harbour we have to wait the another tour partisipant in the tour booths.  And the tour company serve us with a light hot drink and some fruits. They provide another snacks but not for free. And they direct us to go to the boat and start our phiphi tour.

The first stop is maya bay (famous beach from "the beach" movie), phiphi ley, viking cave, and monkey beach. We allow to swim n exploring in maya bay for 10mns and just looking around in the another place.

The second stop is phiphi don. We take some Lunch there   and we going back to boat to continue the trip. Before arrive in phiphi don the boat stop in the diving spot so some friends is going to snorkeling for a couple minutes. And after lunch the boat is stop in another coral spot and some people jump in the water to do snorkeling. 

The last stop is khai nok island . This island not to far from phuket island so from phiphi needed 40 mins to go to that island. And just 15mns from phuket island. So thisk time we allow to stay longer than before. We give 2 hours to exploring this place. After finish all the trip schedule we going back to hotel.

3rd Day
We will be pick up at 7.30 am to go to Hatyai. we going to Hatyai by minivan for 7 hours journey. to continue our trip to Kuala Lumpur we have to go to Hatyai and then continue the journey by train. from Hatyai to Kuala Lumpur it's really along journey we need 14hrs to arrive in Kuala Lumpur so i choose the sleeper train to be more relax.

4rd Day
We arrive in Sentral Kuala Lumpur at 8 AM and directy to go to our hostel in Bukit Bintang. we didn't plan to spend a night in KL. but i booked the hotel just for left our luggage and clean up our body and continue our trip to going to Singapore at night. so we just have 10Hrs to exploring KL.

i just want to shopping in KL. so the girl's are going to shoping and visit many malls in there. the one of landmark in KL is Petronas Tower so we going to Surya KLCC to take some picture with that tower. after that our time is filled by shopping ^^. we going to Surya KLCC, Sungei Wang, Pavillion, BB plaza. and all the people add many new items on their belongings.

5th Day
After arrive in Singapore Station we take a taxi to go to our hostel in New South Bridge Road. Some of my friend neeed to take a rest before we going out to the city. but i have to accompany my friends to go to Universal Studio Singapore. i have been that park so i want to skip to visit that in this time and i plan to visit Garden By the Bay.

TRAVELING TO KOREA FEB 2013

Finaly i can add my blog about KOREA...^^
Honesty it was the ones of my BIG dream to visit that country, so i am too excited. i was travel in there totally for 6days.. and i had a full schedule in everyday hahaha...

1st Day
i got a promo ticker from AirAsia for this trip. i just have to pay Rp. 3.400.000,- (340USD) for return ticket from Jakarta to Seoul. it was a good price for us. oh ya i have 2 friends to company me on this trip.
flight to seoul it takes 7 hours from Kuala lumpur, i am using air asia so i have to transit in Kuala Lumpur. so totaly flight from jakarta to seoul is almost 9Hrs. i took a evening flight at 16.30PM then arrive in Seoul at 09:30am in the next day.

2nd Day
After arrived in Incheon i directly looking for T-money in the confiniece storet (7eleven). t-money is a transportation card that use in south korea. it can be use in subway, bus, or vending machine to buy some drinks or snack. so i took subway to go to my Hostel in Hongik University area (Arex).  To catch Seoul city is need almost 1 hours from Incheon Airport. too many ways to go to this city from airport, you can useTaxi, Airport Limousine Bus (10.000₩/one way) if you use subway you just need (3,700₩/oneway), so i decide to use the cheapest hahahhaa...

After 40 Mins i arrive in Hongik University station. so i just tap my t-money and directly go to my hostel. i took exit No 2 from the subway station, because from the information that i get if i bring a big luggage i use that. not all the exit subway station use the elevatore to going upstair so better to looking more information about that if you feel so hard to use it. because it's not a short distance to going upstair hahahhaa. i heard korean goverment want to make their people is keep healty so they use many ways for their people to keep exercise during all they activity. but for me is lilte bit hard ^^

when i going out from the station i get shock with the weather. ya i came from tropical country so the winter breeze is killing me so bad.. is realy cooooold!! , so i walk so fast to go to my hostel building. fortunately my hostel is not too far from that station.

i stay at HONGDAE HOSTEL. this place is realy recommended !! surely i love this hostel. good location, good rooms, and good services ( nomu nomu chua ^^ ). they have a 'secret' elevator to go to subway so that was so cool.

the first place that i visit is Seoul station, because i have to change my KTX e-ticket and reserve some ticket to BUSAN. i have a plan to go to Busan in the next day. but unfortunately i didn't know if next day is a public holiday in Korea, the morning ticket to go to Bisan is sold out and i got the evening ticket that will be arrive in busan at 19:00PM and we should come back to seoul at 11:20PM. but we don't have any choice so we took it. and i think my plan is failed. because i have arrange our full day trip in Busan but we can't do that cause by ticket that we have.. it's okay i think i should come back to busan and spent  more day in there hahahaha...

After we finished about the train ticket we plan to visit Deoksogung palace but we change it. because i think is too late to visit that place in the evening . we spend alot time to arrange our train ticket so we dont have a much that to explore that huge palace, so we going to Gwanghwamun square. 

3rd Day

In the next morning we wake up not too early. we ready to leave hostel maybe at 12am. we have to check out and leave our luggages on the office before we going to Busan. oh ya i met a friend in that Hostel. she's name is Gene she cames from Canada. she was a exchange student in Sohang university. she be able to check in at her campus dormitory. but she was came too late so she spent her 1st day in Seoul in the same hostel and room with us. she was so kind and friendly, we talk alot in the morning during 'ladies preparation' hahaha.. so she have to check in at her campus in the next day. that was a short time but we already become a friend. she have a free time at the weekend before she start the study in the next monday, so we made an appoitment to hang out in the weekend.

after help gene to catch some Taxi to go to her campus we decide to visit Deoksogung Palace. because we still have a time before we going to Busan. we want to see the changing warrior ceremony on that place. but unfortunately they delay the schedule until 3pm, so we can't, because our train will be leaving at 4pm.

At 4pm we already sit on out seat in the Korean bullet train (ktx). it was so great vehicle in this century. normaly we need 5hrs to go to Busan from seoul, but with KTX we just need 2hrs n 40mns. and you can use the hi speed wifi facility on that train.

We arrive in Busan at 7pm, and the weather is killerrrrrrr... is to cold for us. we just going out from the station and we found the odeng store in front of that building. so we decide to take a meal there and the taste is so yummy and so warm on that time hahahaha..

We just have a short time to explore Busan in the night so we plan to go tu Jalgachi Market,BIFF Square and Yodusan park after that we going back to Station and take a last train to go to Seoul. we bought the oneday railpass for this trip so we should come back in the same day. if we dont we need to buy another ticket. and the price is lilte bit expensive. for example one way fare to go to busan by ktx is more than 50.000₩ and if we buy a railpass we just need to pay 52.300₩ for one daypass and u can use all the type of the trains exclude citytrain (subway). so we took ordinary train to go back to seoul and we can sleep at the train because will arrive in seoul at 5am.

4th Day

We check in back in the same hostel as before. after we got a room i need a time to take a rest. oh ya i met a friend from indonesia . He's name is Gery. He was so amazing because he do solo traveling in korea hahahaha...and becoming a friend now..

this was a last day for gery to on his travel time so he wants to go to Gyeongobokgung palace, Hannok village, and looking for souvenir in myeongdong. but me and lisa still feel so tired. so geri and Lintang going first and we made appointment to meet somewhere. but unfortunately we change the plan because me and lisa spent alot of time to going around Hongik University area hahaha.. we shop some make up, shoes,etc... after that we going to myeongdong to continue our desire for shopping ^^...

we coming back first to hostel, and the another couple is coming in a few mins hahaha.. ya that was geri and lintang with all the new stuffs ^^.. geri going back to his room for packing his luggage because he have to go to airport in the early morning. after that he just coming to our room for chit chat with us and saying good bye because he just leave in the next morning.

5th Day

Today we have an appoitment to hang out with Gene. and she said she will bring her new collage friends to company her so we are so excited . we make prominse to meet in Sinchon station. after we met we decide to take a lunch first because we are so hungry ^^.. so we go to Seoul station to go to Lotte mall and looking for food court.

and then we plan to go to Namsan Tower and we just need to go back to subway station and take exit No.4 and catch to bus number 3 to go to Namsan . when the bus start to hiking we are so amaze with te view from the hills. that was so wonderful.. cinca iputa ^^

we bought the ticket to go to observatory deck and enjoy the bird eye view to seoul city from there. Namsan tover is the one of famouse high building in this world. this place is use for the drama scene often. because that i realy want to go there hahahaha... the ticket to observatory deck is 8.000₩. and if you buy for teddy bear museum too the price is 18.000₩ for 2places.

to many couples in this place. because that ones of romantic place in Seoul. and they have a belive if they put some lock which witten of couple's name so the love story will be everlasting. so many people put the lock with they own wishes including my friend Lisa. she put couple lock on the lock wall hahahaha... and just see what happend in the couple months or maybe in the couple years ^^

the day is become dark so gene and friend decide to go back home. but the one of them who's name is Daniele still go with us to go to visit YG Building . ya Daniele is a VIP's too like me and lintang hahahah ( VIP's is the name of BIGBANG fans). she love Taeyang, lintang love GD, and me love T.O.P oppa hahaha... elleine is also love bigbang but she didn't go with us to go to YG building because she so tired. we didn't see any artist there but i'm so excited and happy even just see their office hahahahaha

6th Day

Today we plan to go Gangnam - gu (it caused by Psy) hahhaa...
we didnt get any interest place there so we just take a pictures in Gangnam lettering and go to shopping in gangnam underground mall. and got some good stuff there hahaha... and then going back to myoengdong to buy some souvenirs for our family

7th Day

Going to Incheon airport at 06:00am then arrive in Jakarta at 20:00pm

that was my first time trip in Seoul so i think the trips wasn't max like my another trip. so i think i will come back in another time because i have many thing's that i want to do in there hahahhahaa...