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Life Lately: Random Snaps from My Camera Roll

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South Korea Trip 2016 Part 3: KPop Immersion (JYP, FNC, SM & YG Headquarters), Hongdae

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South Korea Trip 2016 Part 2: Myeongdong Station Kpop Store, Namsan Tower, Everland

It's time for the continuation of our first full day in Korea and Day 2! For more South Korea travel stories, you can click here.

Day 1 Continuation (April 13, 2016) | Namsan Tower, Myeongdong Street Food Adventure

Myeongdong Subway Station

We passed by a Kpop album/merch store in Myeongdong subway station when we were on our way back to Namsan guest house. Since we are just your typical fangirls, we just HAD TO stop by and check the items. I was planning to buy GOT7's newest album (Flight Log: Departure) in Seoul anyway so we didn't exactly deviate from our plan. I bought both versions of the GOT7 album -- rose quartz and serenity! Buying in Korea is so much cheaper than joining country group orders because you don't have to pay for customs and shipping fees. 2 albums for PhP880/PhP440 per album? Definitely a steal since I'm used to paying at least PhP700 per album when I join group orders or buy in music stores in Manila.

Kwik and Jodie didn't intend to buy anything but they still bought Big Bang and EXO stuff (respectively) because... #fangirls. What other reason do we need, really?

Random story: I was so excited when I saw the piles of GOT7 albums and magazines in the store and I bet my excitement was written all over my face! While I was browsing through the GOT7 albums, the shopowner actually changed the music of the store to GOT7's Home Run, probably to suit my liking. So kind!! I even took a video to document the experience lol. Thank you shopowner 아저씨~

After spending 20 mins. in the Kpop store, we proceeded to the guest house to reenergize ourselves. We practically spent the day walking and our next schedule involved more walking so that lull period was a necessity!

Namsan Park + Namsan Tower

It was already 4:45PM when we felt well-rested enough to go to Namsan Tower. The cable car station to Namsan Tower is a 10-min. walk from the guest house so we walked to the station. When we got there, the waiting time for the cable car was 60mins! There was a long line already, which we honestly expected because it was peak hours. Since we didn't want to waste an hour by lining up and waiting, we decided to just hike the trail to Namsan Tower from Namsan Park.

It is a 1200m uphill battle to the tower and our goal was to reach the top in less than an hour so as not to regret choosing to walk instead of taking the cable car ride lol. It's also a good thing that the trail has stairs so you can opt to rest every once in a while. Although tiring, hiking to Namsan Tower was a idea I'd never regret! The beautiful landscape and sceneries that welcomed us on our way were absolutely breathtaking. The overview of Seoul, the cherry blossom trees, the cool air, the setting sun -- everything was perfect! It was also a blessing that we went there just before the sunset so we were able to witness the scenery at daylight, twilight-dusk and nighttime.