I have been a bit sick too, I can't seem to get rid of whatever s going on in my throat, and still don't have a voice. And strangely I keep getting nose bleeds... Too much information???
Sissy's second visit to Korea
Georgia came back for a quick trip before heading to Thailand for a family wedding. The weather was soooo much better for her this time around. We didn't do anything too different and interesting, but we did go into Gangnam on the Friday night with some lovely ladies for drinks and a dance. We went to Bling Stone first, a fab little bar near Gangnam station exit 6 I think (?) for some drinks. It was 15,000 won and you could drink as much as you wanted from a set cocktail list. So we got pre drunk and then went to Club Oz, supposedly the best new club around. It was all electronic music which is great if thats what you are into, but for me I need a bit of variation. We then headed off to a spot and got more drinks and food. We girls stayed at the Ja Guesthouse in Gangnam and it was really reasonable. The link for their Facebook page is here, and I would recommend it. Price was reasonable for the area and they had free breakfast. Always a winner in my books.
The next day we went into Seocho for H&M and Forever 21and had a bit of a shop up. It's a really beautiful area there, I would totally live there. Very green and European looking. If you get a chance check it out.
That night we got shit-faced in Songtan and then Sissy was in bed all the next day with a soju hangover. And that was her week done. I missed her the second she left. Now I am lonely at home again. Thank God I have my doggie, and great friends.
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| Gangnam |
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| Gangnam |
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| Milky (of course) |
Buddah's Birthday long weekend
Last weekend was a long weekend, and a group of us went to an island off the coast of Incheon to celebrate in style. We started the long weekend on Thursday night in Hongdae, drank soju and ate at Monster Pizza (best pizza EVER). We spent the night at Seoul Base Camp, a great hostel near Hapjeong station and walking distance to the heart of Hongdae. It was my first time staying there but the others have stayed a few times so the fact that they are repeat customers says it all I spose. Check out their FB here.
We were up bright and early (5am) to head into Incheon to catch the ferry to Deokjeok Do. We were actually going with a tour type thing, a big group of teachers and foreigners - I think there was about 150 people all up. We just paid some money to the organisers and they fixed the ferry and the pension (kinda apartment) where we slept. Ferry took over an hour to get there and I was feeling emo and hungover (if there is anything that will make me feel emo its boys, and that ALWAYS leads to feeling hungover) so the ferry was a little rough. I was feeling gross when we got to the island but it was so beautiful and sunny I soon forgot I was feeling sick and got onto the beach and enjoyed the day with friends. I got mega sunburnt, the entire weekend was a massive booze fest... Friday was really the only day of good weather but we enjoyed each others company anyway. The group of us wanna go again, either to the same island or a closer one and camp out and have a merry time.
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| On the ferry |
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| Looking the part (and carrying my bag) |
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| On the pier |
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| LUNCH |
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| Beach was great - sand was nice and plenty of room! |
We were the only people on the beach (the big group I mean) so we had the place to purselves. I felt pretty bad for the Koreans that live there cos as usual the foreigners ran amok.
Anyhoo I will try not to leave it as long between blogs. And I will endeavour to cheer up.
xoxoxox
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