Ello!
Yet some other #wowkoreasupporters monthly fieldtrip out of Seoul! There are many ways to bask summertime inward Korea, together with of course of report nosotros cannot miss out is H2O adventure/activities together with also farming experience. This fourth dimension round, nosotros went to Chuncheon 춘천 together with Gapyeong 가평!
As I had already mentioned inward my previous post, Chuncheon is the uppercase of Gangwon-do province. The metropolis is known for their Spicy Stir-fry Chicken (aka Dakgalbi) 닭갈비 together with Buckwheat Noodles 막국수. Gapyeong, on the other hand, is located at the border of Gyeonggi-do province, it is rattling unopen to Chuncheon together with thence route trips for this portion tend to involve these ii places. Gapyeong is known for their pretty resorts/private villas, also known equally Pension 팬션 inward Korean. They are also known for all the H2O adventures together with activities such equally Blop Jump (seen on Running Man), Bungee Jumping, Banana Boat riding, Wakeboarding, etc. Also, this is the station to teach off at for your trip to yet some other famous tourist attraction, Nami Island 남이섬 and also the famous tourist attraction where most dramas together with multifariousness shows are shoot – Petite France 쁘띠프랑스.
*UPDATE* This is a video I had made to summarise the 3D2N trip. For details of the itinerary, refer to remaining postal service :)
Here are the details of the itinerary:
DAY 1
As usual, all #wowkoreasupporters gathered at the Korea Tourism Organization caput travel inward Seoul, together with nosotros had a grouping photograph taken before boarding the autobus for Gapyeong!
We arrived commencement at our luncheon location where nosotros had Spicy Stir-fried Chicken (aka Dakgalbi) at the eating theatre called Mr. Dakgalbi. Whenever anyone asks me what is my favorite Korean food, this dish volition ever live on the top of my list!
Personally, I love the fried rice that comes afterwards the principal dish. It’s called 볶음밥 in Korean together with it is said that unremarkably a good-looking manly someone staff would unremarkably brand the rice into a heart-shape for a tabular array of girls. BUT, our lovely manager, Yeni, did this instead because the staff can’t live bothered hahahas. As mentioned earlier, buckwheat noodles막국수 is also famous inward Chuncheon together with it goes along good with the gustation of Dakgalbi.
How to teach there?
Contact: 031-582-2739
Addres: 경기도 가평군 가평읍 달전리 106-2
(도로명) 경기도 가평군 가평읍 북한강변로 1044-14 카페리민박
Opening Hours: Daily from 09:00 22:30 (Reservations Required)
Website: http://www.tjdakgalbi.com
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After lunch, nosotros proceeded to our accommodation for the night, which is also the venue where nosotros volition live having the residuum of the activities for the day. Our accommodation is called Four Seasons (nowhere nigh Four Seasons Hotel measure though, hahas). The accommodation wasn’t equally bully equally our lastly trip to Jecheon together with Danyang where nosotros teach to alive inward a resort. This accommodation was merely a proficient location because the H2O activities are correct infront of the accommodation, inside walking steps J
As you lot walk out from the entrance of the accommodation, it is the expanse for the H2O games. But before nosotros embarked on all the H2O activities, nosotros had a warming upwards session with a mini sports twenty-four hr menstruum alongside the groups at the little field.
First grouping shot of the day! (LHS: Yun, Ann, William, Burco together with I)
Mini sports twenty-four hr menstruum resembled that of Running Man whereby a squad is divided into 4 parts of the game. Round 1 (R1) requires 1 someone to pick upwards beans with a chopstick. H5N1 total of five beans direct maintain to live picked (one at a time) to pass. R2 requires ii persons to occupation their cheeks to concur a tin drinkable together with walk to someone inward R3. R3 requires ii persons to flare-up a balloon with their body. Upon doing so, the lastly someone inward R4 volition direct maintain to score a goal through the basketball game net. Simple setup but genuinely fun indeed! I love such novelty games!
(L-R) Yunghian, Irene, Yen, Mavis & Valentina
First watersport: Big Marble (aka Pangpang)
Proceeded on with the H2O games, together with nosotros were each allowed to play iii dissimilar H2O sports. However, equally everyone gets excited with the games, the KTO managing director decided to growth together with allow us to direct maintain to a greater extent than than iii each! I took a total of 4 but I justice some girls took half dozen seven rides, hahahas. First watersport that I embarked on was called the Big Marble (aka Pangpang) where your butt literally goes pangpang-ing onto the marble shaped float. It was extremely fun, improve than I thought!
Banana boat - 10 People
Fly Fish - 2 ppl
Next, I sat on Banana Boat in which a rattling funny incident happened. It’d in all probability live non equally fun to pen them downward inward words, but it was a memorable yet hilarious minute that volition live etched inward my memory, lol. After that, I had a ride on Fly Fish. This was in all probability the most fun ride ever because I literally flew inward the upwards on this ride together with I produce non teach much H2O splashed on me. I love the feeling of each fourth dimension nosotros are flown inward a higher identify the water! Since it was also far for a photograph to live taken, you lot may Google to detect pictures on how it looks similar when it’s “on air”. Super fun ride, highly recommended!
Playing around at the mini H2O playground
Melanie, the Tinkerbelle
After all the H2O sports, nosotros had fourth dimension to just chill together with play inward the mini H2O playground. We had tons of fun together with I was existence dunked into the H2O a distich of times. Water wasn’t rattling construct clean but oh well, I had fun which overrides the ‘dirty-ness’ of the H2O for that moment. Melanie, our honey friend from the Philippines is the most petite size alongside all the #wowkoreasupporters. Hence, with her lightweight, nosotros officially named her the Tinkerbelle or Water Floating Girl since she was the only 1 who could cross the floatings steps (to together with fro) without dropping inward the water! Amazing isn’t she? J
Unglamorous throw into the sky
Then come upwards the highlight of the trip, blopjump!! This appeared on Running Man in all probability twice, together with ever since the airing of those episodes, I had been yearning to endeavor it out. I was so excited to know that nosotros teach to produce it inward this month’s fieldtrip! However, it is rattling of import to banking concern annotation that the jumping from the 2nd score is non equally slowly equally it seemed. Only guys are allowed to produce the jumping since a heavy weight is required to brand the someone sitting on the blop to ‘fly’ upwards inward the air.
Group Picture infront of the Blopjump
How to teach there?
Contact: 010-3141-1234 / 011-340-2399 / 033-264-2399 / 033-263-2658
Address: 강원도 춘천시 남산면 방하리 386-10
I would highly recommend you lot to teach in that location past times auto because it would live much simpler together with convenient. If not, you lot may direct maintain the prepare to Gapyeong Station together with direct maintain a taxi together with tell the driver “포시즌본관” (pronounced equally po-si-jeun-bon-gwan).
Directions:
Price Information:
There are currently some promotions going on. The packet includes accommodation (the 1 nosotros stayed in, just inward forepart of the H2O activities area), 3 H2O rides, BBQ (pork, rice together with stew), Breakfast, Mini Water Playground together with Blopjump. The to a greater extent than people, the cheaper it is, equally seen inward the packet pricing below. Rides available inward private prices shown inward below equally well.
After that entire adventure from the H2O sports together with games, nosotros all took a quick shower together with residuum together with gathered for our BBQ dinner equally it comes inward the package. My friends together with I persuasion that nosotros were going to live BBQ-ing the pork ourselves, turns out that they produce the BBQ for us together with all nosotros produce is to eat. Plus, its unlimited current of pork meat! :D
DAY 2
Rise together with shine! After a quick together with uncomplicated breakfast at the accommodation, nosotros moved all our materials to the autobus together with proceeded to the side past times side location – Chuncheon! The concept of the 2nd day’s trip was local farming experience. After about an hr together with a one-half drive, nosotros arrived at the farm remain destination.
#teamSG inward Batik prints 봄빼바지 (aka ahjumma pants) J
Group 2 Funny Pose Shot
Our commencement plan of the twenty-four hr menstruum is Tofu Making. I am not a fan of tofu at all, but I direct maintain to tell I did bask the procedure of making tofu together with fifty-fifty teach to drinkable the soybean drinkable during the process. And justice what? Turns out that I genuinely ate the most tofu inward my entire life afterwards that! Hahahas.
After making the tofu, nosotros proceeded to pick cherry tomatoes. As the flavor for the tomatoes is almost over, in that location weren’t specially a lot for us to pick from but even so sufficient for each to grab a handbag home!
We had luncheon together with afterwards which nosotros went onto fish trout together with H2O playing at the valley nearby the farm. The H2O was mutual coldness similar freezing water, together with nosotros were told that in that location are half dozen fishes for us to grab inward the enclosed area. It took us longer than the in-charge would direct maintain persuasion but it was a fun yet empty-headed trout equally the fishes swam past times so swiftly.
Everyone trying to grab the fishes
Managed to snap a shot of the fish swimming inward the not-so-clear water
Group shot with the caught fishes
Thereafter, in that location are some who loved to teach themselves into the refreshing waters of the valley. So nosotros went to the beginning of the valley where most people are gathered there. Only a few of the #wowkoreasupporters together with Manager SuMin went into the water.
Went dorsum to the farm remain together with headed to our separate accommodation to direct maintain a shower together with rest. Accommodation for twenty-four hr menstruum 2 was nowhere bully at all but nosotros had no selection since in that location were non whatever other nearby for us to select from. Nonetheless, nosotros got showered together with took a residuum before heading out 1 time again for some pizza making, dinner and campfire night!
Presenting to you.. our Heart-Shaped Pizza
And yes, equally you lot could direct maintain guess, nosotros had dinner next. And nosotros had 보쌈 for dinner! Once again, costless current of meat!
If you lot persuasion that this was also much food, nosotros had fifty-fifty more. Hahhas. Proceeded onto a room where nosotros had this activity called rolling paper. It is a game played together with seen inward many multifariousness shows equally well, where everyone has a slice of newspaper with your ain cry written, together with passed around for everyone else to write messages for you. It tin live anonymous or not, depending on your preference. Personally, I similar to write my cry afterwards my message to permit them know what I felt nigh having them around J
Many thank you lot to all the novel friends I'd made through this #wowkoreasupporters :)
Following side past times side is the closure of our night; nosotros had a campfire, mini fireworks cum sparkles session, grilled mackerel (the fishes nosotros caught before), fruits together with beer. It was a fun night, nosotros had so much fun together with it’s so lamentable that 1 time once again #wowkoreasupporters 3D2N fieldtrip is coming to an end.
DAY 3
Woke upwards the side past times side morn together with had our luggage packed. Had a hearty Korean breakfast together with proceeded to our lastly plan at the farm remain – Making of Injeolmi Korean Rice Cake. In social club to direct maintain a soft together with chewy rice cake, nosotros had to pound the dough several times – The to a greater extent than times you lot pound it, the improve it is. So nosotros each took turns to pound the dough together with and so continued with mixing the dough with injeolmi. This totally reminds me of Singapore’s local delight, Muah Chee (aka pasty rice balls)
If you lot are interested or wondering, this farm remain is called Wonpyong 원평 together with they are a registered organization inward which many schools convey students out on fieldtrips here. They direct maintain diverse programs according to seasons together with genres. Sample of a 2D1N plan that is rattling unopen to that of what nosotros had is equally follow:
How to teach there?
Contact: 033-243-3431 / 010-2369-3431
Address: 강원 춘천시 사북면 원평리
Directions:
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After departing from the farm stay, nosotros got to the most pop tourist attraction of Gapyeong – Petite France. It’s my 2nd trip there, together with in that location are to a greater extent than people than before thank you lot to the viral K-Drama “My Love from the Star” which had a scene filmed here. On top of that, many celebrities together with multifariousness shows had been in that location too, adding onto the popularity betwixt both the locals together with foreigners.
#wowkoreasupporters grouping shot!
The concept of Petite French Republic revolves around ‘flowers, stars, together with the Little Prince.’ The hamlet contains a memorial hHall dedicated to Saint-Exupery, the writer of the celebrated French novel, Le Petit Prince (1943) together with equally such it is called the Little Prince subject park. The hamlet tin conform upwards to 200 visitors with 34 invitee rooms that concur 4 to 10 people each. (Source: VisitKorea)
Collected all 10 stamps around!
With the petty prince statue
How to teach there?
By subway, teach off at Cheongpyeong Station (Gyeongchun Line), Exit 2. When you lot are out of the terminal, you lot should come across some signs for ‘Gapyeong Tourist Shuttle Bus’ equally follow:
It is a hop-on autobus where you lot pay 5,000krw together with you lot tin become around 10 dissimilar destinations equally suggested here:
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And… that is non precisely the halt of our trip! We had our luncheon at a seafood eating theatre inward Cheongpyeong where I saw alive abalone moving on the stove. It definitely looks yummy but what caught me upwards instead of enjoying my repast was the fact that I was going to produce bungee jumping correct afterwards lunch. It was totally an impromptu proposition past times the managers equally they said that they volition live sponsoring whatever of us who wants to produce bungee jumping.
"해물낙지철판" 식당
As much equally I had ever sworn past times all my friends who had done skydiving, I said I would rather produce bungee than to skydive. Now that I was given a jeopardy to bungee for free, I froze together with hesitated. Everyone was convincing me to produce so, together with I finally did.
(L-R) Irene, Maynard, Mavis, Valentina together with Ann
My commencement saltation off the bungee top!
How to teach there?
Contact: 031-585-5525 / 011-298-5542
Address: 경기도 가평군 설악면 회곡리 447-4
(도로명) 경기도 가평군 설악면 유명로 2312 리버랜드모텔
Operating Hours: 09:00 19:00
Price: (Individual) 40,000krw (Couple) 100,000krw
For groups of 20 or above, each private is 30,000krw
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Thank you lot for making it to the halt of the postal service 1 time again! I promise this gives anyone of you lot a proficient persuasion on how you lot tin excogitation your trip around Gapyeong or Chuncheon. Personally, I love this trip to a greater extent than than the previous trip to Jecheon together with Danyang merely because I love H2O adventures together with activities. To live honest, they are tons of similar places to produce your bungee jumps together with H2O activities beside the ii places mentioned above. Most of the places direct maintain similar cost packages due to the competitiveness of the demand.
Before I conclude the post, I'd also similar to give thank you lot Korea Tourism Organisation 1 time once again for my memorable experience with this trip, checking ii to-dos off my bucket listing (blop jump + bungee jump)! I had also won 2 gifts from my previous trip, 1 for the best video made (Gift: Ice Tumbler) together with 1 for the best group (Gift: Tony Moly Sunscreen Spray + Lotion). Thank you lot so much!
That's all for today's post!
Til then,
irenesiah