Sunday, January 1, 2017

Namdaemun Market, Cheonggyecheon Stream and Dongdaemun Street, Seoul (4 December 2016)

1. Namdaemun Market 


Continue to Day 4 of our adventure in South Korea, where the weather is sunny but the temperature is still cold. We walked to Namdaemun Market which is about 15-20 mins from our apartment. There's plenty of places to get reasonably priced souvenirs and street food. 

Interestingly, some of the Korean shopkeepers were able to speak Malay. However, I do find the older stall owners to be quite brash and unfriendly so it kinda a turn off from "window shopping" at their stall. However it is an awesome place to buy toys. There's a lot of novelty toys but the price is not as expensive as Japan. 





The twins took off their coats half way because they were feeling "hot" 

2. Cheonggyecheon Stream and Dongdaemun Street

In the evening, we decided to take a stroll and take the train to Dongdaemun. It was an adventure from making the kids carry their own stroller up and down the stairs on the subway, accidentally taking the "wheelchair lift" and almost getting squashed. Thinking back it was tiring at the time but super fun...







The Korean city council did a great job in keeping the stream clean and safe. I cant imagine taking a similar stroll next to the Klang river without the bad small river :p