Fri, 27 May 2011.
9.30 am – We took a bus to Seorak National Park. Bought a rain coat for 6000 won coz it’s rainy. Just found out that my walking stick is broken, so bought a new one for 10k won. The entrance fee was 2500 won. I really enjoyed the walk – we took our own sweet time, stopping here and there to take some pictures, 1 hour to reach the waterfall, with 8 hikes and 5 bridges. Arriving at the fall, we had fun with the squirrel. On our way back, just realised that we can also borrow (or rent, not sure) the walking stick from the food stall inside the park.

The 2.4km walk to the Biryong Fall

12.45 pm – The walk down was a bit more tricky and in 1 hour, we arrived at the bottom. We ate some korean food which cost us 2500 won.. only suitable for asians I would say, it was so spicy even for me! Decided not to take the cable car because of the foggy weather – no point as the picture would not be so interesting. Instead, we head to the Sinheungsa temple which is also in the park. It was another 2 km flat walk and spent some time there just to absorbed all the stunning buildings and their interesting roof. Around 3.30 pm, we head back to the guest house.

The Sinheungsa Temple

04.30 pm- After lunch and all the stuff need doing, went out again to the Sokcho city centre. One thing that I’m glad about being here is we can get free drinking water from the hotel lobby for free. What we need to do is just to bring the water bottle. The journey from Seorak to Sokcho city centre is 30 minutes. We went to visit Sokcho Lighthouse Observatory. All the way from the bus stop, there were lines of restaurants with interesting sea creatures inside aquariums in front of it. Shocking.. another hiking to the top of the Lighthouse Observatory. But the view up there was worth it.

The crab

After spent some time up there, went down and tried udang goreng tepung. There was a slight misunderstanding there. Thought it was W500, but apparently it was W5K. Now.. that’s a lot of money to spend for udang goreng tepung yang tak de lah sedap sangat. But we just pay for it to keep the ‘harmonious’ scene (It was said that Korean really appreciate the harmony around the community etc).

06.45 pm – Took a bus to Daepodong (or Daepohang), thanks to a ‘anjumma’ (i.e makcik) which direct us to the right bus to take. Once there, there were lots of stalls selling seafood of all sorts. In fact, the udang goreng tepung were so much cheaper here. Anyway, earlier we ought to find a halal estaurant here, but we can’t find it despite an attempt from a family of Korean family with a ‘help’ from one angry neighbour. Finally, we decided to try a steam crab (W15K) and 6 prawns (W5K). There was this very nice Korean guy, Joseph and his sister who sitted next to ask. He has spent 8 years in the US previously to practise as a dentist and just came back recently. He bought us one big shell thingy and a small one. They were quite nice. From our conversation, he told us that graduate nurses earn about 2k USD and the rent will be around 200 USD per month, but with deposit to pay 5000 USD. Wow.. the cost of iving is quite low around here! Finally, at 9.15 pm, we head home in the freezing night. My conclusion for today, nothing can beat the delicious Malaysian food :D

The aftermath

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