My husband kept pulling me away to avoid getting squeezed or getting in their way. And it was pretty obvious we were the tourists as all the students are females and I am travelling with the husband. ;)
The university's compound was beautiful, how I wish I could study there too. There was a garden and an auditorium next to it which we had mistaken as a cathedral initially.
After taking pictures, we went around shopping there as I found out the prices of the clothes there are among the cheapest and most affordable in Seoul since the target customers are mainly the students. We even bought the cheapest banana milk there for only 900won! Other places sell it for 1300-1400 won.
I ended up buying 3 long-sleeved shirts there for about 5000-10000 won each (RM18-36). Be sure to check that the items you bought are made in Korea. There are a lot of shops selling China-made clothes/bags/accesories there. I only buy from shops that displayed the prices of their items out in the open as I know they are bound to charge tourists exorbitant prices. It is not easy to haggle price when you cant speak Korean.
We found a cosy place to take our lunch- Budae jjigae (army stew). It was the most delicious meal we have had since touching down in Korea yesterday. And price was affordable- 11000 won (~RM40) for two. The thing that is nice about eating in Korea restaurants is that they always serve you a free side dish and free drinking water so you don't have to spend extra on the drinks unless you want something else.
My husband likes Edae a lot and wanted to come back if we had the time but unfortunately during the entire Korea trip, we only manage to visit Edae once unlike Myeongdong.
Once our tummies are filled, we headed to Myeongdong once again to try on Hanbok for free.
Then, it was time for more picture-taking at Ihwa Mural Village. It was a residential area but the whole village was full of wall arts everywhere. Very colourful and beautiful. Lots of Korean locals were there taking pictures too.
After about two hours there, it was only about 4pm, so after resting a bit we decided to be spontaneous and head to N Seoul Tower to watch the sunset before going to Dongdaemun.
We stayed until about 6.30pm, then we took the subway to Dongdaemun. We took subway Line 4 from Myeongdong but took the exit 14 of Line 2 as both lines are linked from within. The place reminded me a little of Orchard Road in Singapore. Buildings are pretty with lots of lights but things were expensive.
I also managed to redeem some freebies from Doota Mall - a cute designer make-up bag and a discount voucher booklet. Do not forget to print out your vouchers to redeem them before going~
**2015 voucher can be printed here: http://www.koreagrandsale.co.kr/en/companies/375
Dongdaemun shopping was divided into retail and wholesale.
Section 1- Retail shops
- open 1000-0500
- 2000-0800/1700
- Jeil Pyeonghwa. Heungin -30-40year-olds
- Designer's Club, Migliore Valley, Nuzzon, Gwanghee- Teens and youth
We even waited till 8pm to enter the wholesale shopping centres but there were no prices displayed and when I asked for the price of a decent looking locally-made shirt, the price the ahjumma offered me was 330000 won (RM110). Dongdaemun was not the shopping heaven I thought it would be. I did not purchase anything at all from there.
We went inside Dongdaemun Design Plaza to have a peek as the building looks very futuristic and amazing from the outside with lights flashing on and off on the entire surface. It looks like an alien space craft if you ask me. We left Dongdaemun before midnight so that we would still be able to take the subway before it closes its operation at midnight.
No comments:
Post a Comment