Day 8 - Last day in Seoul (Myeongdong & Noryanjing Fish Market)

Day 8, also our last day in Korea is good.  We found Myeongdong which is just a stone throw away from our hotel.  There were so many things to see there.  It makes you feel like buying everything!  Luckily it was our last day, I have no urge to buy anything.  Sort of immune to the whole Korean shopping scene.  Lols...  

I tell you, in Myeongdong, you will still gather a bagful of beauty products without buying.  Shops would simply hand out packs and packs of sample.  Speaking of which, I still have them in my fridge.

After our coffee, having so much more hours to kill before our midnight flight, we decided to go exploring for Noryanjing Fish Market :)  Once out of Noryanjing station, the husband asked, "so now where?".  I replied.."hmm.. follow the smell"!  Hahahaha.... And, we found it.

There were so many varieties of seafood.  Shellfish mostly.  So huge and clean...!

The many stalls in the market.

Fishmongers taking a break.

Obaasan taking a nap.  Do you notice their fishes are so neatly arranged?

Really, it is not easy to hold on to an octopus.  One hell of a slimy creature.  You have to roll its' tentacles round and round your finger.  Still, it will only be there for awhile before sliding off.

We bought some seafood and picked a stall to cook them for us.  There are plenty of shops/stalls/restaurant around the market.  Not sure if the seafood is cheap or expensive, but it was certainly worth the experience.  Dining in a small family run korean eateries, fresh seafood, plum wine, chit chatting with a old Korean who speaks fluent English... nice!

A fat cat eating cat's kibbles instead of fresh seafood all over the market.  I thought it's weird.  There should have plenty of fishes right?

A clam (si hum) that is as huge as my fist!  Eww......

From Noryanjing, stomach filled, a little tipsy, we decided to walk thru Namdaemun to get back to Myeongdong.  Basically, you can walk to anywhere.  They are all interconnected.  Pretty near to each other.  Namdaemun sell mostly household stuff.  Cheaper stuff.

Those ladies in red hat are actually tourist helpers.  They speaks chinese and English.  You can find them all over the place.  Nice... :)

The 'hi-tech' post vending machine which we used to post some postcards back for friends, family and myself (yeah, i tend to do that).  It weights your parcel/letter, tell you postage cost, print the stamps in stickers for you to stick on your parcel/letter before accepting it.  And.... it speaks English!  We were SO IMPRESSED!  Why didn't we have it here?!  Better to invest on a machine than on human that have to have 3 tea breaks and 5 prayers break right?

We thought this garfield look so miserable.  THe saddest garfield we ever seen!

ANother nice little shop in Myeongdong.

We left Myeongdong at about 8pm, grabbed out luggage from the hotel before heading for the airport.  Overall, it was a good trip.  We both had a great time.  After Korea, the husband sort of gotten a hang of the way I travel and he enjoyed every bit of it.  He was so hyped up for our next trip which is due in January 2013 and also which, has to be postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.

We were suppose to head back to Korea in January but this time round, it would be Seorak.  For skiing, hiking and hot spring!  We even gotten all our winter attire ready.  Lols.... Yes, we are that hyped up!  Nevermind, there will always be another time. 

These are my loots.  For 8 days, only these.  I think I am consider quite abnormal.  Most women I knew bought the whole korea back.  Lols...  Those huge gold boxes are not mine.  A friend asked to buy for her.  Even face masks, I bought because everyone was grabbing them as if they are like SUPER cheap.  Lols... Really, if you are keen, just buy expensive ones.  More worthwhile.  The cheap ones are all over here in Malaysia anyway.  

Overall, we spent less than RM6k for our entire trip - all air tickets, accommodation, transportation, food, entrance tickets, shopping... basically everything.  And we have all the time in the world, even afternoon nap, see things you will never see in a guided tour.  The beauty of free & easy.  :)  But then again, trip like these are more suitable for us and not if there are kids or elderly.  

And that, finally, wraps up our Korea travelogue!  (after 7 months) ha!