We were quite drained from the previous days and such we decided to go more relax with our timing ....waking up later and keeping one venue on our agenda today..... Nami Island.
To go to Nami island from Insadong, we can opt for a direct shuttle from Tapgol Park (Insadong) or by train. As we missed the shuttle timing and it needed reservation, we took the subways which I think we needed at least 3 transit and lastly a 5mins taxi ride to the ferry port. The total journey is about an hr with the last transit abt 30mins. It was a refreshing and interesting ride with scenery thru an suburban area with hills, farms with people fishing and kids tubbing along the rivers. (My kids and even us Singaporean adults will enjoy it)
Namiseom Island was formed as a result of the construction of the
Cheongpyeong Dam. It is a half moon shaped (462,809㎡) isle, and on it is the grave of
General Nami, who led a great victory against the rebels in the 13th year of
the 7th king of the Joseon Dynasty, King Sejo (reign 1455 ~ 1468).
A special feature of Namiseom Island is that there are no telephone poles. This is because all electric wires were built underground to keep the natural feeling of the landscape. The complex is 553,560 square yards and famous for its beautiful tree lined roads around the isle. The island gained fame and even more popular for its locals (couples and families) and tourists to visit, being the shooting place for the Winter Sonata drama.
The island transforms every season. And it seems at its most beautiful time at Autumn and Winter.
A special feature of Namiseom Island is that there are no telephone poles. This is because all electric wires were built underground to keep the natural feeling of the landscape. The complex is 553,560 square yards and famous for its beautiful tree lined roads around the isle. The island gained fame and even more popular for its locals (couples and families) and tourists to visit, being the shooting place for the Winter Sonata drama.
The island transforms every season. And it seems at its most beautiful time at Autumn and Winter.
You can choose to take the ferry or flying fox (thrilling!) into the island.
Example of Monkey SEE Monkey DO.
The island is really great for relaxing and enjoying the nature, especially for us, family with young kids. Lush garden, scenic pine trees queued to a picture perfect background, catching glimpse of wild rabbits, peacock, geese, squirrels and ostriches. The island is surround by a lake with boating (swan boat & speedboats) and water sports activities(Water-ski, banana boat, etc).
In the middle of the isle, there is a grass field about 316,320 square yards. It is composed of education and training facilities, camping sites, swimming pools, restaurants. The park is sectioned into different facilities/theme.
We first hit the playground area and took a sky-bicycle ride.
Next! One of the reasons that attract us here ........ Family bicycle ride thru the island. It was bumpily fun!
After returning the cycling, we continued to explore the trails of the island.
Myn was too exhausted from the excitement after the ride.
Shiokness found in the hot summer weather.....
A couple of interesting sculptures in the park.
There is an area where many stones & pebbles are being piled up. Do not know what does the piles means.
For good luck? For health? For beauty? For love? For career? For wealth? For happiness?
I WANT Everything!!! =o)
Or could it be just a scene in the Winter Sonata drama that the female & male leads did and everybody started doing then..? LOL!!!!
Next is Speed-Boating round the island!
Soon, the sky was getting a little dim.
We would like to explore more but we are not too sure when is the last ferry and everybody seem to start leaving the island.
We quickly capture a few more shots along the way to the port.
Leaving the island ......
We will definitely visit again, perhaps during the autumn/winter season, to once again be spell-binded by the beauty of this place.......
Tired and hungry. It's dinner time before our 1 hr journey back to Seoul town.
We settled for Korean *Dak Galbi...which turned out to be Dear's favourite Korean meal for the trip.
*A popular Korean dish generally made by stir-frying marinated diced chicken in a gochujang (chili pepper paste) based sauce, and sliced cabbage, sweet potato, scallions, onions, ggaennip, and tteok (rice cake) together on a hot plate
It was a pleasant and fuss free meal as all the ingredients are placed in hotplate the staff helped us to watched over it and stir-fried it through out. There wasn't any splatter of oil (which I hate for hotplate/BBQ)
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