Gyeongbokgung palace is the place that Elaine wanted to see in Seoul, the rest 4 (including me) is not the fans of historical place, while Elaine loves it so much (she always thought she is a princess of something like that in her previous life, haha.)
So here we make Gyeongbokgung aka the palace of Korea dynasty.
The easiest way to get to Gyeongbokgung is subway, just stop in Gyeongbokgung Palace Station, follow the instruction, the palace is 5 to 10 minutes walking distance.
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If you're not ready to spend one whole day in this palace like us do, i would suggest you to plan the below places in the same day.
* Gyeongbokgung - 2 to 3 hours for brief visit, if you're a fans then one day.
* Insa Dong - culture commercial street, good for souvenir shopping. 1 or 2 blocks away from the palace)
* Sam Cheong Dong - culture village, old resident area, good for photographing. Beside Insa Dong
We didn't go to Sam Cheong Dong because we rushed to a musical show "Jump" in the evening time, will blog it later.
Back to Gyeongbokgung.
Adult entrance fees is 3000kw per person, about RM10 which i think this is fine, because the income go for the maintain cost of the palace.
One thing that didn't mention in the official website (or i missed it) is the changing of guards (video) below, i don't exactly know the time of changing of guards, but that day we went we saw it quite frequent, like once an hour.
If you're ready to spend whole day i bet you will see it anyhow hahahahha.
Now we see some photos.
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| You will see this man sitting in the middle of road and no one horn once you step up from the subway. |
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| the man with the stone. yea i dunno what is it. |
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| 3 virgins they mean it, if you know cantonese. hahaha. |
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| walk thru the man and you will see the entrance of the palace. |
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| Me and John |
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| Changing of guards |
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| Guards stand still after the performance |
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| The tickets. Counter is behind the gate |
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| Lots of people |
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| The focus is the handsome police on the left. |
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| There we start the walk |
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| Original door from the past time |
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| Not allow to entry |
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| One of the corner. |
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| I feel like in the old century |
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| historical wall |
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| Another hall. Actually a lot of halls |
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| Much larger than Beijing palace |
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| cute kid |
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| Cant imagine how big is the door? |
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| Now you see it hahahaha |
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| I will never stay in palace. Hall to room take me 15 minute walking distance |
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| Another cute kid found |
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| Me |
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| I believe this has been restored |
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| Me again, ok bare with me please |
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| Some animal? |
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| Huge lake in the palace area |
I know if you're not into historical place, this post is bored, I promise the next one will be more interest.
I will try update soon, but my lappy's keyboard went mad, n and b and space bar have no respond at all =(, i'm blogging with the net book now, which is relatively small and inconvenience.
Alright got to go, bai!
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20121017, 0919pm
Rach in watching tv and blogging mood.
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