MY’s Hostel Stay: HK Jeju I, Jeju-do

HK Jeju have 3 branches in Jeju-do, two of them are in Jeju city and the other one is in Seowigpo City. I spent my 3 days 2 nights stay at HK Jeju 1 which is located near to airport and the underground shopping street(5-10 minutes walk).

Price

There are 6 types room in HK Jeju I(Single, Double, Triple, 4 beds room, 4 beds dorm and 6 beds dorm) with attached bathroom in each rooms, including the dorms. And the price range from 15,000 to 80,000 Won per night depends on the room type. Breakfast(bread and coffee) and wifi is included in the room rate.

Room
Fyi, same with other hostels that we stayed during our vacation, HK Jeju 1 do not have lift.
We stayed in the 4 beds dorm and the room is bigger than the one we stayed in Hong Guest House(you can read more about this at HERE). The price is 19,000 Won per person per night.

Pictures

The exterior and the main door of the Hostel

Our Bedroom(4 Beds Dormitory)

The door on the right is the toilet

MY’s bed.. The blanket so comfy~

The common area where we took the breakfast at.
I like to sit at here and chat with other travellers.

Remarks
There is a desktop at the lobby and all the customers are free to use it and international calling service is available at this hostel too.
One of their workers able to speak Chinese and she is kind to help us whenever we have any queries.

For those who interested with this hostel, do visit:

The official website for HK Jeju: http://www.hkjeju.com/

The website page for HK Jeju 1 at HERE.

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MY’s Hostel Stay: Myeong Dong Hostel, Seoul

I stayed in Myeong Dong Hostel on the first night of arrival.

Location
1 minutes walk to Euljiro-1-ga station.
Just cross the main road beside the hostel and you are in Myeong Dong area, and it took around 5-10 minutes walk to Cheongyecheon,GwangHwa Mun Square, and Deoksu gong.

Price
We booked the 4 beds female dorm with shared bathroom(22,000Won per person). They only have 2 female dorms and the toilet is clean. So, no worry about the cleanliness.

Room
The room have 2 bunk beds and I think the room size is ok for me la, since we still have spaces to move around after we opened up the luggages.

Pictures

The exterior of the hostel

Front door of the hostel

MyeongDong Hostel is certified by Seoul Metropolitan Government

The reception counter (I got this image from Google Image)

This is exactly the dormitory room that we stayed for 1 night. (I got this image from Google Image)

Remarks

The reception table of the hostel is on the second floor and there is no lift in this 3 storey building. So, be aware of this if you are travel with big, heavy luggage. 

Overall, MyeongDong hostel is located in the centre of Seoul City where you can walk to most of the tourist spots at the area.

For those who interested to know more about this hostel, just click into their website at HERE.

PS: All the hotel reviews in my blog are not sponsored, I just write out to share my experience. So, if you appreciate my review, please click on the adverts available on the top, so that I can have more income to travel and share all these wonderful experience with you. Tq.

Explore Jeju-do with The Local Tour Guide

When we were planning our itinerary for the South Korea Trip, my mum insisted to spend 3 days 2 nights in Jeju-do while me and my sis was keep on saying "Objection" because we thought that Jeju-do has nothing special to see but only scenery. However, my mum won the battle.

And, you know what, after coming back from Jeju-do, I would say, Jeju-do worth a visit, and I definitely will visit the beautiful island again.

WHY? Because of the beautiful scenery. Well, I am lame. Earlier I was refused to spend more time in Jeju-do because there only have scenery, but now, I would say, the scenery in Jeju-do is magnificent, beautiful, unique and that’s why she is honored as one the Seven Wonders of the Nature in the World.

Accurately, we spent only 2 days in Jeju-do since we took the earliest flight back to Seoul on the third day. So, to save the time and cost of travelling from places to places, we hired a taxi tour guide.

After sending out several emails to the tour guides, we are lucky enough to have Xuan ShiFu(玄庸昊师傅) as our tour guide on the second day. According to his colleague, he is the number one Chinese taxi tour guide in Jeju-do. If you ask me to grade him, I would give him 101% because he is a nice tour guide. I will let you guys know more about him in my upcoming posts on Jeju-do.

If you are planning a trip to Jeju-do, do contact him at love-jeju@hanmail.net.
The price that he quote for us is 130,000Won for 8 hours(exclude entrance fee,parking fee and the tour guide’s lunch) pay 10,000Won for extra an hour. (He work extra 3 hours and only ask us to pay 20,000Won, some more he gave us a teddy bear keychain). Fyi, if you are hiring a tour guide in Jeju-Do, you need to pay for his lunch.

We and our beloved tour guide, 玄庸昊师傅.
Picture taken at Trick Art Museum.

Other tour guides that have nice testimonials are:
Mr Sin Dong-Chul (enkasin4353@naver.com)
梁先生(datoucn@naver.com)
Richard Kim (skimsr@hanmail.net)

Jeju Island: Yong Du-Am

Yong Du-Am(Dragon Head Rock龙头岩) is located around 10 minutes away from the Jeju International Airport. As the name implies, there is a large rock that shaped like a dragon's head at here. There is not much to do and see at Yong Du-Am but it is a tourist spot to do photo taking. Fyi, free admission to this tourist spot.

So, legend story is expected on how the Dragon Head Rock came from. “Legend has it that a dragon stealing precious jade from Hallasan Mountain was shot by an arrow from the mountain god. As he fell down upon Yongduam, his body sunk into the ocean and his head turned into rock, leaving him forever enshrined looking towards the sky.” (I copy paste this from a visitkorea)
Well, if you dislike legend but you love science, Yong-DuAm was created by strong winds and waves over thousands of years.

Besides snapping a picture with the Yong Du-Am, take a picture with this rock is a must too.
My Chinese horoscope is Dragon that’s why I pointing my head. So, Dragon head human come to Dragon Head Rock(Do you get what I means?)

The rock that looked like Dragon Head facing the sea alone.
Due to the shooting angle, it looked like a Bunny head instead.

Jeju-do is a volcanic island so the rocks we seen here are mainly black in colour 

because they are lava rocks.
By the way, do becareful when you are walking on the rocks.
What’s special about the Jeju-do is that I cant smell or sense any salty taste/feeling when I was there, special huh~

There are ahjumas(aunties) that selling seafoods under the tent.

Last but not least,

Dol Harubang at the Yong Du-Am.

MY’s Hostel Stay: Hong Guest House, Seoul

After coming back from Jeju Island, we stayed in Hong Guest House for 3 nights which located near to Dong Dae Mun.

Location
The hotel is located in a small valley behind the main road. It took about 4 minutes walk from Jongro 5-ga subway station to reach the GH.
The GH is roughly 10 minutes walk to the shopping malls such as Migliore, aPM and Doota.

Price
Due to some booking error in their website, the GH gave us a 6 beds dorm for 4 of us.
Price range from 18,000-55,000 Won depends on the room type.

Hotel and Room
The hotel is a 4 storey building without lift, and it is run by a group of friends. They are the receptionist, the persons that do the housekeeping, and provide laundry service.
Every dorms/rooms in this GH come with attached bathroom. The room that we got is in the 4th floor and it is small in size as the room is squeezed with 3 bunk beds. The sun rise at around 4am during the summer in Korea, and too bad is that this guest house do not have curtain on the slightly big window, so I was awaked when the sun rise but I still able to fall asleep back.

Pictures:

Spot the Hong GuestHouse signboard at the small lane. It is easily access to.

Exterior of the guesthouse

Our room, 3 bunk beds for 4 of us.

Every room/dorm have the attached bathroom. They cleaned the room and toilet everyday.

The notice board that gives a brief introduction on those nice spots around the city.

So, my simple review on this GH is as below:

PROS

(1)

Very near to cheap nice foods as compared to MyeongDong area. 

Able to get a plate of kimbap (饭团) at 2500W at a restaurant nearby.

(2)

Near to the shopping malls that operate until late night!!! <3 <3

(3)
The staffs are helpful and friendly.
A pretty lady(I forgotten her name) helped us to find out the ways to Banpo Bridge.
The staffs also throw out a simple party at the rooftop for those who interested to join.

(4)

They did the housekeeping everyday.

CONS

(1)

The room that small in size

(2)

No lift and reception is at the 5th floor so it is not convenient for elderly and those with heavy luggages

For those who interested to know more about this GH, just click into their website at HERE.

PS: All the hotel reviews in my blog are not sponsored, I just write out to share my experience. So, if you appreciate my review, please click on the adverts available on the top, so that I can have more income to travel and share all these wonderful experience with you. Tq.