Friday, July 4, 2008

3rd Day at Korea - Sightseeing Day

I stayed an extra day after the conference for sightseeing. Igor, Thanet and myself took a tour package to see some of the famous places in Seoul.

In the afternoon, we went to Changgyeonggung Palace near Seoul; I was smitten by the Secret/Forbidden garden – the King lived a damn good life (with concubines some more); but the poor Queen was ‘trapped’ within the four walls of the palace – can’t even imagine.

Changgyeonggung Palace

The Secret Garden at the palace

A 'pose' at the Insadong street

How cute!

The celebration at Insadong Street

Later in the evening we took evening tour - cruise & the 63 Tower. Since it was summer, it was not really like a romantic cruise - since it was still bright at 7 p.m. But, it was beautiful anyways - with the buildings as the backdrop of the setting sun. It was totally beautiful.

At the Han riverside

The 63 Building

Later we went to the 63 Building; inside of which there was displays of various beautiful fishes - it was totally a different experience. A good one! It was as if you are in a different world - the 'sea-world' - the ambience was so calming and relaxing and totally romantic!

At the Aquarium in the 63 Building

The best part of the aquarium was that there was a place to lie down and watch all the fishes move about in the huge aquarium in front of you - it was totally therapeutical - I drifted to my own world; and the best part was the underwater acrobat show - this lady is awesome - dancing so swiftly and gracefully surrounded by all the fishes and shark - she's amazing! It was totally romantic too with the love songs at the background.

Me lying in front of the aquarium - I was in Heaven!

The underwater acrobat show at the 63 Building

Then we went up to the 60th floor of the 63 Building - the observatory point - and the whole Seoul was visible - totally breathtaking.

The view from the top - amazing!

All in all - I had a blast in Korea and was entertained by the friends I met in the conference and the amazing food and sceneries along the journey. Certainly looking forward for more conferences to come!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Its a nice sight seeing you have enjoyed in Seoul, Korea.

AGAPE said...

thanks, Seelan; it was a great trip :)

Anonymous said...

I think you have benefitted a lot from conference and seminar that you attend abroad. This will sharpen ur knowledge more wider. You are generous to share your experience in this blog, i really enjoy reading it.

AGAPE said...

i m glad to share, seelan; and thanks for your kind comments :)