A Short Video from Our Incheon Trip

This is short video I took as we ventured out @ Wolmido Amusement Park. This is Apollo Disco: The most sought-after ride in the park. It's so hilarious. What made it even more temptingly hilarious is the comments made by the DJ who blatantly and overtly made jokes and over-the-top ridiculous comments about the passengers taking the ride. He simply kept on picking on the passengers one by one until they blushed and lost control and forgot to get a grip on the handrail and fell off....^^ 

Even..just staring and watching at this ride is an experience in itself. 

Practically, it should be on everyone's must-do list when it comes to visiting this 'tiny'* amusement park. *not so tiny, actually.

The thing was that..we were drawn by the sheer sound of joyous 'ooh and aah' as well as the intermittently uproar of laughter ...

which turned out to be oozing out of this Apollo Disco ride.

More Stories from Incheon Trip

The pictures are for decorative purpose only. It has no relation to the stories I am jotting down here whatsoever.

It took us 2 hour from our home in Seoul to reach Incheon Port. We took the subway at around 12 and reached the city at 2 pm. Then off we spent 2 hours at Incheon's China Town. 

After 2-hour tour in China Town, we took no.2 city bus that transported us to Wolmi island. 

Then we spent 4 hours at Incheon Port and Wolmido including a cruise ship for 4 of us. It was a worth-trying cruise should anyone want to visit Incheon. 

We booked the 6 pm cruise earlier so that we could have ample time to explore more of Wolmido before boarding on the ship. 

Fed the birds, strolling along the sea-side lanes full of restaurants offering mainly seafood, especially the 회 (hwe) or live seafood (which) at times are eaten raw.  

But what we did mainly was enjoying the afternoon with the whole family in a comparatively different setting than that of Seoul.

After all, it's one of the cultural and social immersion program that we design for our kids to know and explore more of the country they live in currently, i.e. Korea. 

That's why we travel to see more of what this country could offer us for the sake of our first-hand experiencing and living in Korea. 

Wolmido @ Night

 

Freya, please look at the camera. We're trying to make a pic here. Oh..what were you looking at, dear? Pls...just for a sec...could you just please take a look at the cam just like what your sister's doing?

Oh, well..it didn't work. 

Oh...there. Good girl. But..wait...Eyra...could you just take a look at Mama for a while. Say Cheese. Hmmm...then..it's Eyra who got distracted. 

Oh, well.... 

There you go!!

All of you focused on the camera and...

ok..done!

But...Eyra did a pretty good job of 'faking' that we WERE NOT tired.

hahahaha..we're so exhausted of tossing ourselves around

 in this sea-side amusement park.

'Till we met again, Wolmido. 

Cruising under Incheon Bridge (part 2)

Let the excitement begin. It's just concrete, some may say. But...let put aside any thought but our simple and sheer joy of being on ship that would take us in this trip in the first place. Now..we came closer to see the Incheon Bridge. 

Some couples indeed made the best use of the moment to share their stories. With this backdrop or frontdrop(?)^-^ they were like absorbed into their own worlds only they knew existed. (oh..my..what am I rambling about???) 

Ok..let me get serious. This is the Incheon Bridge that spans about 21 km long. Hmm it IS huge. That's why I deliberately took a snapshot like this so as to make it look cute.^^ 

While young unmarried couples held their arms in enjoying the moment, the old one was just standing a bit apart while doing so. ^-^ 

But...the view was just as breathtaking....(I assume;) 

Ok...let me get serious again..: This is just when we were crossing underneath the Incheon Bridge. In reality this would look so massive, though.

Once again..I took a snapshot like this so as to make it 'cute'. 

Oh..what a tiny little adorable bridge you are.  

The clear water with a perfect blue sky ....melted into....mesmerized into the concrete construction of this massive Incheon Bridge was a captivating sight to behold. 

Especially when the seagulls kept on following us all along. 

This gave me another surreal feeling of it-is-a-good-thing-that-we-booked-the-trip. 

For what? To experience all of this.  

Not everyday that we could see and feel the breeze of the open sea.. 

Even when it only lasted for 90-minute.

The traces of the water gave us a point of what to expect next...

On Board the Venus Cruise (part 1)

Freya:"The wind's blowing so hard, Daddy..palli..palli" 

Yes, we're on the upper deck and of course the wind's blowing fast enough to fly my hat... 

Why don't we take pictures here as well? 

After all, it's what we came here for, right? Taking memorable moments while we could. 

My verdict: Eyra and Freya would ask me again as to whether we could take a cruise again.  

Because even on board the cruise, they still did what they started to like doing: feeding the birds that kept on following where the ferry went to. 

I bought them the shrimp crackers for them to throw away into/feed the birds. 

Seemingly Surreal Pictures at Sea (part 2)

 

Tiny cars lined up on a ferry with black dots of birds swirling around the propelling ferry into the far-flung sea. A toy-like ship toyed above the sea. 

We were passing this ferry at a speed so fast that I got to take the moment of capturing this cute little ferry. Though it was not small in reality, it does look small in this picture..making it one of the surreal pictures I took during vacation. 

This one looks so so..but let me post it here anyway.

Venus Cruise @ Wolmido, Incheon (part 1)

 

Finally, it's 30 minutes before departure. Yes, we booked 4 tickets to board the Venus Cruise. The 90-minute cruise would take us to see Incheon sea, Incheon bridge and other islets that dot the area. 

That is the cruise ship we were about to board. 

It is actually different from what I thought. it does not look like a cruise ship, rather it is a cruise ferry--that's more like it. 

After showing our tickets at the entrance, we were ushered into the cruise. Hmm...it's gonna be so much fun. 

First..let me take your picture, first, gals.

"Hope you have a great adventure" 

The entrance into the cruise ferry. We were led to the 3rd floor directly. The 1st floor was a dance floor where we'd see the variety shows from Russia and China during our 90-minute cruise. 

This is what 3rd floor looked like. We managed to secure a table and 4 chairs circling it. A perfect spot to view the sea and what it offered to us. 

The kids received welcoming candies to 'seal' their mouth:)-:) 

With..a smile on our face..we were ready to explore more of Incheon by sea route. 

Wolmido (Part 7): Riding on a Mercedes Benz ^-^

 

It was indeed a Mercedes Benz. There were other luxury cars for the kids to enjoy. This remote-controlled car is for rent at Wolmido. Kids surely wanted to try on one of these. 

As for Eyra, it seemed to 'small' for her but ...as usual..she kept on insisting that she would be fit into it. And she was right. 

But..comparing the scale of the mini car and its surrounding, we can see clearly how small the car is. Once again...the monorail that dotted the landscape said something like: "Visit us again, someday". 

Mama...with their kids. 

They seemed to have their own world of imagination. 

"I love it!!"

Now let me get this straight: I wanted to try it on. But come on..I wouldn't fit into it. So..let's just take a picture with Daddy, too.

Wolmido (Part 6): A Ride on Mercedes Benz

5,000 Won/20 minutes.

One Mercedes Benz was enough to satisfy their curiosity. 

"This is how it works, Sis" 

'You work on the remote control while I drive, Okay?"

They took turn to operate the mini car.^-:) 

Eyra seemed to be too big to take on this bid of riding a car, even when it was a Mercedes Benz.^^ 

"Sis, come on..it's my turn" 

"Why don't we ride it together?" Eyra sulkily offered an idea. 

"Nope, you go ahead riding on it, Sis.' I'd better watch something else. 

But..since nothing else did matter, Freya took the steering wheel and got ready to take the car for herself. 

"Make it quick, Freya. We need to board the cruise ship pretty soon."