Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Beautiful Spring in South Korea - Gahoe Bukchon Hanok Village (Day 2, 05 Apr 2013)

Yesterday was a big day for our country. After I done my part as a citizen for my country for the GE13, I patiently waited for the official result to be announced until the very end (1:00 am). Therefore, I took a day break from updating my blog...

Continue with my Day 2 South Korea trip... After we had our delicious and cheap Toppokei lunch at Anguk, we went to Gahoe Bukchon Hanok Village 北村韩屋村. My friend told me that this traditional Korean residential area are mostly owned by rich people... I think this place is really good for photo shooting due to its unique and traditional design of the Korean architectures. We were not dare to make noise while taking photos, because we worried we would disturb the residents here.

According to the information pamphlets of Gahoe Buchon Hanok Village, there are 8 famous photo spots. But, we didn't went to take photos of all those 8 spots, because in order to cover all the 8 photo spots, we had to walk a lot (including some slopes)! The places was quite crowded by the time we reached there, however the sky was quite clear for photo shooting :)

Passed by a flower shop that sells many beautiful flowers
Bought a cheap scarf here :)
Went into the Information Centre to find out the direction to Gahoe Bukchon Hanok Village 北村韩屋村. Can get a lot maps booklets here too...
Bukchon 3rd View - Gahoe-dong Museum Lane (Gahoe-dong 11 zone of Hanok residences )
Gahoe Bukchon Hanok Village 北村韩屋村 - Unique and traditional design of Korean houses
Gahoe Bukchon Hanok Village 北村韩屋村 - A car garage behind me
Gahoe Bukchon Hanok Village 北村韩屋村 - Very crowded street! Spotted a pretty gal :P
Bukchon 5th View - Gahoe-dong Alley (harmony)
Bukchon 5th View - Gahoe-dong Alley (harmony). Finally, lesser people on the photo spot street :)
Bukchon 5th View - Gahoe-dong Alley (harmony). Traditional door knocker, don't dare to really knock on the door! Haha :P
Bukchon 5th View - Gahoe-dong Alley (harmony)
Bukchon 5th View - Gahoe-dong Alley (harmony)
Bukchon 5th View - Gahoe-dong Alley (harmony)
Bukchon 5th View - Gahoe-dong Alley (harmony)
Bukchon 5th View - Gahoe-dong Alley (harmony)
Bukchon 6th View - Gahoe-dong Alley
Bukchon 6th View - Gahoe-dong Alley. Can view the Seoul city from here, but the sky was getting gloomy :(
Gahoe Bukchon Hanok Village 北村韩屋村
Beautiful white plum flowers. First time seeing plum flowers which just started to bloom :)
Another beautiful blooming pink plum flowers
Spotted a helicopter was flying from the Cheong Wa Dae 青瓦台 (Presidential office of the Republic of Korea)
Bukchon 4th View - Gahoe-dong Alley (Old & New). Can see a lot traditional Korean roof tiles of the houses
Gahoe Bukchon Hanok Village 北村韩屋村 - Look for the photo spot emblem on the roads and surroundings. Then you can take a perfect picture :)
Seoul Education Museum (free entrance) - While we were looking for wash rooms, we stopped by at the outside of this museum and rested a while on the bench, without visiting this museum. Our legs were too tired after walking too much in the Gahoe Bukchon Hanok Village 北村韩屋村 :P

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