We met up at changi airport and I was getting a very bad case of the butterflies cause I was afraid I would forget something important. (But I did not :D) So after checking-in the luggage-14kg, I was super relaxed.
It was night by the time we reached Narita International airport. KONICHIWA JAPAN :D
The toilets damn cool! The seats had a music button that made flushing sounds, butt-washing(with adjustable pressure) and heated seats.
We took a train from the airport to aikihabara and changed trains there. The train from Aikihabara was so packed that you did'nt need to hold the handrails.
Tokyo Khaosan Ninja 
A yamapi mineral jelly advert on the train :)
Bought my transparent umbrella! :D
Tsukiji fish market
The squids were bubbling!
The front of my right shoe look like it had been dipped in black paint, thanks to the combination of rain and market.
A very farmiliar store!
Kaminarimon Gate 
Asakusa is basically like the older part of tokyo. We saw loads of students, probably on a school field trip cause they were buying souveniers too.
100yen fortune telling. Did'nt realise what it was at first cause there nobody in charge of it. We figured it out after seeing what some schoolkids did. My fortune- Regular fortune:So far, "lost article will be found"- JR pass, "The patient will get well soon"-Grandma and" To start a new trip is good"-Malaysia trip girls? :D I'll cross my fingers.
Our wooden capsule beds :D 
When I was closing my umbrella and removing my shoes, dear ms JL followed the restaurant lady into the back of the kitchen! The lady got a shock when she turned around. AHAHA Damn funny :D No there was no secret backroom.
KAT-TUN poster for their upcoming concert at the tokyo dome. I realised from the photo it says "Meet me, kat-tun" if you look at the poster beside. :D
Pachinko place- these are seriously everywhere! Super duper noisy when you walk pass. all you can hear are coins dropping.
We were blown away by the high prices (eg $40 for a t-shirt at SALE) and so went to eat instead. (though not hungry)
Dessert! First time trying this- VERY SWEET. JL's omelete thing was very salty, though tasty.
The famous shibuya crossing :) It was seriously messy when everyone crossed in various directions, and we randomly walked because we did'nt know where we were heading anyway.
We saw a kamenashi look-alike giving out tissue paper on the streets! HAHA Same hairstyle and dress-sense :D Tried damn hard but was unable to get a shot of his face..
My mum ever the kanchiong spider rushed us to the borading gate, and we waited outside since it was'nt open yet.
Saw the Korea Air crew people also waiting to get in.
I totally could'nt sleep on the flight cause I can't sleep upright- my headkeeps rolling to the side. Watched bedtime stories(movie) with dad instead. I fell asleep for like 15minutes before the started serving breakfast- eggs and sausages. My parents did'nt like korean-type coffee, too dilute or something.
Day2
Arrival at Seoul Incheon Airport! And I saw a samsung advert with KimHyunJoong, Kim Bum and Kim Joong too :D Something about touchscreen onefinger touch.
Had sometime before the bus arrive so we went for our second breakfast. The counter girl thought dad was korean HAHA In what way does he look korean??
Apple pie and hot chocolate/coffee(dad still had'nt given up on the coffee). Coffee was still bad.
Self-cam using airport bench :D
It was seriously cold outside the airport- 4 degrees! At first when I walked out of the airport doors, I thought there was a group of smokers standing in a circle. BUT then i saw my breath turn to smoke! I keptblowing air after that. HAHA
We then made our way furthur up north.
And for the first time we saw SNOW! Turns out, they had wierd weather and it snowed 2 weeks earlier(super late) The slopes were covered in snow and it was so pretty!
Odaesun national park- it had a really beautiful stream under this bridge, pictures furthur down.
There were whole bunches of schoolkids, cause they were having their promotion/graduation holiday.
Woljeong-sa temple within the park.
Great view of the hills from here :D Korea is really mountaineous, everywhere we drove we could see high and low lanscapes.
Piles of snow!
The snow at this side sorta melted cause it was under direct sunlight so the ground was squishy.
Carved wooden elephants
What's this hole? Well, I saw a monk walking about at the bottom, so I guess it's where they stay.
Morning bell? HAHA No I actually did'nt ring it.
The water in the stream was moving fast cause the snow was melting.
Gorgeous view from the bridge! OH, and I overheard some of the korean school girls singing mirotic "Yeah~ neoreul gajyeosseo You know you got it! YEAH~" I find them much louder than Singaporean gals.
Selling groceries outside.
Dad was hoping the coffee here was better. But it still tasted the same so it was a let down.
Lunch at a family restaurant.
In korea, Ginseng= wealth.
Gangwondo speciality- chicken and potato stew
Found some pine fruit on the grounds outside.
We then went for ATV rides! Funstuff man! The person in charge has damn cool- he could ride on 2 wheels and was standing on only one side of the ATV.
We followes the guide through the trail where it was a bit more challenging. I got stuck at one of the rocks and rammed my accelerator over it HAHA
Next was target shooting using pellet guns over quite a fair distance.
Dad stepping up to the plate- he manage to bullseye after getting used to it. My gun had no power and I was shooting in arches, making it difficult to aim.
This whole place was covered in snow!
Drove to Gangneung which had 3km of cherryblossom trees. Cause of the unusually cold weather, it had'nt fully bloomed.
Saw a clown on stilts!
We roomed at the Seorak Hanwha resort on Mt Seorak. We got a double bed and twin beds so it was pretty spacious.
The resort was actually next to waterpia theme park which had both SPA area and park area. Mum did'nt what to go for the SPA cause everyone had to be naked so we went to the park where we could where swimsuits. And it was shiok!
The water was all heated and it was so relaxing after all the cold weather.They had so many different types of jets to massage you- feet, entire leg, back, back and leg etc. I went to try out this super long winding slide ride- a bit wierd while I was in the queue cause all the people in line were guys. Dad wanted to ride but was deemed too old (over 50).
We then proceeded to the outdoor area, which had rock pools of different temperatures along the slope. The 45 degree one was burning, so we went to the sauna. Afterwhich we found a 40 degree pool which was just right (still too hot for mum though),so me and dad warmed in the pool. The view of the mountain from there was great!
Last picture of locker I took, could'nt bring around a camera with people walking around naked.
Ice-cream! ChocolateFudge(Me), CofeeChoc(Mum) and CookiesNCream(Dad). This is half-eaten.
Dinner at a restaurant nearby- BBQ pork.
Was watching TV and saw Superjior's Kangin and a few other farmiliar comedians. They were supposed to flip a swith with their feet to see who could get the best heights.
Day3
View from the balcony in the morning
Breakfast was at the hotel- they even had seaweed and kimchi!
We went to Yeoju factory outlet which had loads of designer labels with discounted last season goods. Some of the labels like Gucci/ Prada/names-we-never-heard-before were still way too expensive after discount. Eg, S$1300 for a top. Bought cool shoes from puma and adidas LE vest, while mum bought a shirt.
Adidas 2 level store
Lunch- Tofu and chicken stew
Bused to the Korean folk Museum- recreation of traditional Korean village of the past. They were selling various herbs at the stalls.
Women spinning silk from real silkworm cacoons. The bugs can actually be eaten too BLEAH D:
You tie your wishes here after you've written it down. :)
This is what they used to grind grain in the past. It's really heavy and abit wobbly.
Imperial guard of the past! HAHA The helmet was too big for me head.
Scary weapons
Torture of wrongdoers/ opposers of the king
Courthouse i think
Stoves in the past
Cute performers- some of them were swinging some ribbon from their hat too.
Next we were off to Everland! Something like a korean disneyland.
They were having a flower parade.
My first time riding on a cable lift down to a different part of the park- quite relaxing actually. Me and the folks were super pumped up, "It's here, it's here! Get ready ah! 1, 2, 3!"
This is the highest wooden rollercoaster in the world, largest rollercoaster in Korea. 77 degree drops!
I may be smiling here but I was so frozen by this time my body was shaking. All I had on was a miserable tank top and jean under that thin trenchcoat! (Not enough warm clothes brought) The wait was a LONG 1.5 hours. We kept thinking the sign outside was lying since we could see the lie ahead, and kept thinking we were gonna reach soon. Important lesson:0-12 degrees is very cold.
The ride was damn fun! I've never been on rolercosters other than the one in escape theme park so it was a super jump in thrill level. When I raised my hands while joing down those two 77 degree drops I felt like I was going to fly off the freaking carriage. FUN :D
Picture! WAHAHA My hair was flying so high i look bald.
We went into some kiddy haunted house that we thought was supposed to be scary. It was quite cute though :) We bought some corndogs and churros on the way. Coffee tried by dad was still bad.
The twist ride was super fun! Thank goodness I remembered to shake off my shoes at the beginning. They would probably have landed on the roof of the other building HENG. And they had announcers in cute uniforms too. Had no idea what jokes they were telling though. 
Let's do the twist! Like we did last summer.. Yeah.. Let's do the twist, like we did last year.. Such an old-school song :D
This whole part has a rock and roll theme, so this is actually a giant guitar ride- it flips people upsidedown very high in the air.
The view at night was seriously beautiful!
We hid from the cold in the candy store. It was seriously freezing since the sun had set.
We bought jellybeans cause dad kept asking if we wanted any- which meant he wanted us to get some. They had watermelon! My favourite jellybean flavour :D
Dinner- This sort of BBQ pork was damn good! :D Once it was cooked you wrap a piece in lettuce, add some kimchi, chilli, and garlic and popped it into your mouth. SHIOK 
Roomed at Yangi Pine Resort after a long day
Tatami room- Me and mum set up the futons. Kept shifting them around cause my dad needed to be near the power point, and my mum did'nt want to be near the open window but i wanted to be. I must say, the "pillows" are as hard. Would'nt want to get into a pillow fight with these!
Day4
The hotel decorations were damn cute!
Seeing these remind me, I saw loads and load of birds nest cause many of the trees were bare from winter.
Lee minho advert :D
Kimchi making
There are over twenty different spices added and they always remove the seeds from the chilli as it's supposed to be bad for the gut. The kimchi we tasted from the various restaurants we had been to all tasted different cause each one uses their own recipe.
Tried on the traditional hanbok :D Tour guide seemed to like the way dad looked- prosperous belly. HAHA
View from the highway
Saw cherryblossom trees! But they were'nt fully bloomed due to the cold weather. Still was pretty though.
Bought a bottle of warm soy milk cause it was cold. Dad's warm canned coffee was not bad. Finally.
Super huge charismatic church. See that huge cross? There's a huge nest right in the centre.
For lunch, we had ginseng chicken :D Rice and a piece of ginseng was stuffed into the chicken. The soup was really tasty.
Ginseng wine- it was good against the cold.
Humongous crab display
Insangdong antique street
We went to a rice-cake museum, where they displayed all the different types of rice-cakes and how they were made. 
Dongdaemun markets and shopping malls- it would probably take you 3 days to see all the shops here. The number of stores seriously made my head spin. Bought various clothes and was still searching for boots! They had tons of boots but were all super high cut. The low ones did have the fold and were wrong material/non-pointy heel. Maybe I was being too specific HAHA
Cheonggyecheon stream
Dinner of BBQ pork- super salty but damn tasty
Day5 
Amethyst gem factory
Pork and squid in the pan, and korean mixed rice for lunch. You actually pour chilli sauce and stired it in with the different type of veg. The food was good as usual.
Cheong wa dae - residence of the president
Bused down to Gyeongbokgung palace - built during the Joseon dynasty(1395). It was actually destroyed by fire during the japanese invasion from 1592-1598 but was restored around 1852 under King Gojong.
Changing of guard ceremony 
Here the ground was sloping the middle path being the highest ground where the king would walk, the lowest was where the lower authority people would walk.
Geunjeongjeon-the throne hall
My dad the warrior! HAHA
The architecture of the windows and knobs was supposedly what gave the king inspirations for the hangul lettering after its separation froom mainland china- which is why korean lettering are quite simple with squares and circles.
Anyone home?
The cherry trees here were fully bloomed! WOHOO
The view was gorgeous!
Myyeongdong street- fantastic for shopping! I seriously want to go back to korea for shopping again :D
Korean street food
Kim Bum! :D
We randomly chose this restaurant since it seemed popular.
Decided on seafood and beef shabushabu
The night view of the streets was awesome
Some herb selling place- parasite plant that grows from carcass of dead bug supposedly good for the liver.
Sinchon ladies street- Made hip initially due to the patronage of girls from universities and schools in the area.I finally bought my boots! WOOHOO And at only 18000won! (About $16 with exchange rate there)
The jackets here are seriously cute. They had one with skeleton printed such that when you zipped it up the hood was its head. There was even one with Homer simson.
Last minute shopping for seaweed and other korean snacks at a provisions shop.
Lee min ho! :D
Last photo with our tour guide and photographer
Off to the airport. 안녕히 계세요 to Korea!
Our super-huge combined luggage! The brown box was super light cause it only had seaweed.
Checking in our baggage
Late lunch at Italian Plate
The pizza was surprisingly good!
We went shopping in the duty free area after lunch and guess what! ... I FINNALLY BOUGHT DBSK's MIROTIC ALBUM! :D :D Super happy! Was looking for it but we hardly passed any music stores in korea.
Bought cheesecake and many other tidbits to finish off remaining Won. OH and finally understood what the red button on the side of the toilet seat is for- to change the plastic covering. And I only found out after I used it for the last time in korea at the airport. I kept wondering why there were 2 flush buttons.
Their airport looks seriously cool and way more sophisticated then ours. We've got some work to do to catch up. It's a lot more convenient for people doing transfers cause all the check-in stuff is at the beginning, after checking in the baggage.
This looks normal but tastes like grass. It was supposed to be korean mixed rice, but was nothing like the real thing. So I ate chips and cookies instead.
Watched Marley and me on the plane.
Home sweet home 