Goyang~Ilsan Trip ep.2: Hanwa Aqua Planet

After 3~hour tour at the aquarium and the indoor zoo, we finally came to the end of our 7-hour trip.

Oh..we used the tickets we purchased  a month earlier via ticket monster...

A family trip to ~another~aquarium in Korea.

Fulfilled.

was it worth-visiting for the 2nd time? Yes for the attractions but No...for the distance from where we live.^^

Hanwa Aqua Planet. Mission Accomplished.

Daegu ~ Seoul: Done!!!

My Dinner before leaving for Seoul: after a 2-Day trip ..accompanying delegation from my university (Gadjah Mada University) to have some cooperation(s) with some institutions @ Gyeongsangbuk-do.

A sumptuous dinner, at least for me. 

Arrived @ Daegu Station. 

Waiting @ the platform for the Seoul-bound KTX.

Encountered this car-piled-up on the trailer train. Looked so cool. 

This picture is not really related..but..this is Seoul taken from the train I took ...on a different occasion. 

it's, too.

Gyeongpo Lake (part 2)

On our 2nd day @ Gangneung, we explored the area around Gyeongpo Lake-which turned out to be quite close to our pension. The lake is 6 km wide..and we could rent a bike to go around it. Or, we can just walk or run around it since jogging and walking track is available. It's still shivering cold that morning..and we're ready to explore the whole area. Are you ready, Freya? 

First, we noticed a flock ..no...a family of ducks freely began 

their morning activities. 

Now let us began what we encountered along the track that circled the lake:

First (joking)...it's a cat doll.^^ Yes, this is Eyra and Freya's cat plush-toy that they brought along to Gangneung for this trip. 

아버지 훙판서와 부인 유 씨.  

hmm I forgot what it was. 

But..boy..this one really cracked us up. 어릴적 동네 친구들. 

 I wonder how on earth they could expose this b*tt to the public. (just kidding). Of course, it's fun^^ 

재물을 누눠주는 활빈당원들^^

Korean Robin Hoods who shared the wealth^^ 

and yes...if we circled the whole area of the lake, we'd end up finding lots of statues with stories behind them.^^

Lotte World (part 4): Let's Dream Parade

Now I realized and knew as to why people keep on coming back to see what the parade @ Lotte World had to offer. They always change the themes so as to make people enticed of what they'd expect every day/night. 

The theme of the night parade was different from that of the previously held afternoon parade (Rio Samba Carnival). The night's theme was Let's Dream Parade.. 

luring people (mostly children, or adults as well??) to let themselves be soaked in the bluish and enchanting silver-ish lights that emanating from all corners of the whole dome... 

informing the already bedazzled onlookers to keep on guessing what they'd get. 

The anticipation was so high... 

and it didn't fail me, to the least. I simply admired the creativity that the organizers must have put in realizing the dazzling colors of 'dreams' 

It's a shadow puppet...basically. Yet, they made it into such a way to make me (at least) say " oh, right...why didn't we think of that before?" 

Or...seeing the tinkerbell trapped in the glass like that? Yes..it's a digitally-rendered tinkerbell ...unfolding in our eyes. Again..."wow, why didn't I think of that before?" 

And..what would a live-show trick to make us believe that the floats are indeed INSIDE the ocean? Bubbles... 

so..bubbles were spurting out everywhere to give us a depth of realm... 

.that they're all indeed the deep-sea creatures... 

what about...the trick to make us believe that the illuminating and fluorescent lights emanating from the animals skins are life-like? 

what about...animatronic and a long hand-held stick to keep the long neck of a giraffe look realistic? 

and the lighting also did the tricks. 

yes...mostly...the fluorescent lights did the trick to immerse us into the dream. 

This cute robot bug with its slick movement also did 'wow' the crowds. 

also the keep-moving and rolling eyes of Sebastian*-like creature....^^ 

And as for Eyra...she kept on clicking on the camera..or wait...was she recording? looks like she was.

*Sebastian= Little Mermaid's sidekick. 

Goyang City Museum

Not so much to tell about it here except the fact that it was well decorated and nicely put. 

I mean..who would've thought that these boxes actually tell stories of what Goyang City sees itself and how it evolves. I only got the phrases like 'Goyang City being the city of the future.