Day 2 (Dec 23rd, 2010)
7 am, we had a luxurious breakfast in Fraser Place with tons of delicious foods & fruits before headed to Donghwa Duty Shop (1 block away from Fraser Place) by 1 jumbo taxi only (^_^) to catch 8.30am free shuttle bus to Yongpyong Resort(shooting location of famous Korean Drama Winter Sonata few years ago). I registered our names 1 month prior depart to Korea in below website http://english.visitkoreayear.com/english/benefit/benefit_07_01_01.asp 10 days prior departure date they sent me a confirmation email plus free returned tickets. Ticket & Passport must be showed to bus driver in order to boarding into the bus. This picture was taken in bus waiting area in Donghwa DFS.
The bus dropped us right infront of Yongpyong Sky Resort at 11.30am, we walked 10 minutes to Greenpia Condo inside Yongpyong Resort Area & stayed there for 1 night. The condo was very spacious with 2 styles bed rooms(western style & ondo/traditional Korean style), wood floor with heater, 1 living room, 1 dining room complete with dishes, microwave, refrigerator, gas to cook, washing machine and a veranda to enjoy the mountain view. The condo could accomodate 12 persons. I took a picture of the condo & incidentally deleted it few weeks ago. Below picture of condo taken by my aunt, only captured a tiny part of condo.
We spent our day in Yongpyong Sky Resort walking & playing around ended with rode a gondola to dragon peak(a worth and a must place to visit). It was snowy & windy up there, the weather was absolutely cold & freezing us out while we taken photos outside the peak. But we all enjoyed and had fun.
Day 3 (Dec 24th'2010)
9 am, checked out from Yongpyong resort. Found 2 cabs to Gangneung Station as we were rushing catch the train. I'd been interested & planned this route ever since. Yeah, to board Seaside Train operated by Korail passing thru station "Jeongdongjin" which has listed in The Guinness Book World Record with seaside proximity.
The train provided 2rows seats facing to the window with large glass to enjoy the beautiful scenary of the East Sea. With such limited seats, to get first row passangers must come earlier to buy tickets.
Before reaching Samcheok the train stopped at Jeongdongjin station next to the sea and gave us chances to take pictures.
Reached the last station Samcheok, we took cabs to Samcheok railbike station for another experience. the length of rail is about 5km.
It took about 3 hours to reach the final as we were stopping to eat Korean Ramen in the middle of the route. At last from samcheok bus station we headed back to Gangneung bus station, had dinner and boarded into a bus heading to Sokcho, arrived there midnight, took a cabs directly to hotel Kyoyuk Munhwa Seorak Hwekwan. The room was spacious n cozy with ondol style. This picture taken outside the hotel.
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