Maraemon Hotel in Korea

On the way to Mount Seorak (made famous by a Korean drama), we stayed a night at Maraemon Hotel. The hotel is located on a hill facing the sea and one could have a view of the sunrise.

The view of the sunrise from our hotel room.

We checked in the hotel after dinner and checked out early the next morning. So, it was so short that there was nothing much to write about this place. Well, that is one of the shortfall of a group tour.

Until the next time, cheers.

Lotte World in Seoul, Korea

We spent a whole afternoon at the famous theme park in Seoul, Lotte World. After a number of days sight seeing, it was a welcome change for the kids.

The theme park has both an outdoor and indoor park. Due to the winter season, we only visited the indoor park. It was huge and one could easily spend the whole day there.

The queues for the popular rides were quite long and one will be spending a lot of time queing during this peak season as there was a huge crowd too.

There were also a lot of rides and games for the younger kids.

As darkness falls the lights came on and it was also very beautiful.

A visit to the park is always fun for the young and the young at heart.

Until the next time, cheers.

Alpensia Town in Korea

The new Alphensia town is new and adds to the other ski resorts in Korea. We were very excited, especially the kids as they really wanted to experience skiing.

Being new, the place was not crowded (probably it was not the weekend) and everything works nicely.

We were brought to a place to rent our skiing gear, for those who want to ski.

The ski resort was beautifully lighted up during the night. Even the snow slopes look so beautiful.

The next day and the kids were full of anticipation.

The boys had a good time skiing and therefter, being hungry, we went to try Korea's own fast food, Lotteria. Not too bad.

At the resort, there was also a water theme park with very nice hot spring. One of the highlights of the trip was going out to the hot spring into the cold winter air. It was really very nice, feeling both hot and cold at the same time. Very relaxing.

We had a really good time at this place and hope we will be back again soon.

Until the next time, cheers.