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Station: Eungbong Station, exit 1

Eungbongsan, Seoul Winter 2020

I kept on thinking that I should post more of my different travels the past months and not just those places from South Korea, but then I'd see one place in a drama that I'm currently watching and then here it goes, a blog post about it. I'm scheduling another post which will include the KBS building 'cause I saw Jamjam's appa (The Return of Superman) there before. Saranghaeyo, Moon Hee Joon! HAHAHA. 

Not that this was a scene in Crash Landing On You per se, but it's one of the places I noticed in the intro video whenever it's played in Netflix. Took a photo of it which will be uploaded last on this photo set.

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Eungbongsan, Seoul Winter 2020

Going to the pagoda is easy if only we didn't take the longer route to get there. It has an elevation of 95.3 meters and there's a staircase so it's easy to get to the top. From the train station, all you have to do is walk straight to the staircase. 

Eungbongsan, Seoul Winter 2020

But despite the map that we had in our phones, we still took a wrong turn and ended up walking the longer way. But yeah, it was because of that that we saw this bridge. 

Eungbongsan, Seoul Winter 2020

The staircase from the wall climbing wall was pretty steep so we rested for a while before continuing our "hike." Went there last January so it was freezing and we had this very heavy coats on so it was more challenging than usual. lol. 

Eungbongsan, Seoul Winter 2020

We got to the pagoda eventually.

This should be a familiar view especially to people who've watched a lot of Kdramas. Scenes in "Weightlifting Kim Bok Joo," "Are You Human?" were filmed here as well. 

Eungbongsan, Seoul Winter 2020

It was noon when we got here and no one else was there. Haha. There are a lot of crowded places in Seoul but then you'd still be able to find places that doesn't have a lot of people especially if you're travelling on a weekday.  


Here was a sign that this place is a photo spot but didn't know how the photo should look like. lol.


Namsan Tower 

Eungbongsan, Seoul Winter 2020

Going up the pagoda is not allowed. 

I remembered eating kimbap in of the pagodas I saw in Busan before.

Eungbongsan, Seoul Winter 2020

I still get excited for South Korea trips.

It's still a happy place and I think that it will always be. <3


So from here, Seoul Forest is just across the river. We again, took the long turn, but if you're going to SF then that pedestrian bridge is the one you should look for. 


I've seen photos of this staircase in spring and autumn but yeah, I haven't experienced going around Seoul during those two seasons. Haha. This is the Seoul that's familiar to me. Seoul during winter. <3 I can use another week-long Seoul trip next year. HAHAHA! Well, my three years visa would expire next year but I am thinking of renewing. 

Eungbongsan, Seoul Winter 2020

If you're on the right track, this is what the staircase should look like when going up to Eungbongsan.



Crash Landing on You opening scene <3


Two more mountain in Seoul that are often used as filming location for Kdramas:

Naksan and Seoul Fortress Night Hike
Namsan Tower
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 Kdrama Feels at Naksan Park (낙산공원)

If there's one thing that I'm sure Korean drama fans like me can agree to when making a South Korea travel itinerary, that is finding the shooting locations of our beloved dramas. 

Well, I tried to find several shooting locations of my all-time favorite drama, "Fight For My Way" when I was in Busan...


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Aside from the markets and malls that you can see when exploring Dongdaemun Area, there are two walking tours you can do that start here.

One is to walk along the Cheonggyecheon Stream all the way to Seoul City Hall or go to this gate called Heunginjimun Gate also known as Dongdaemun gate and start hiking your way up to the Seoul Fortress. 


However, if you're not into hiking then you can just stay in the area on the above picture called Seonggwak Park then go back to DDP. The view is already beautiful from this area but if you're into the legit Kdrama setting then you'd have to walk further up. 


There weren't a lot of people that day early evening so we were able to take lots of photos. 


While you have this narrow walkway, you can always walk on safer left side and just walk a bit here for, you know, photo ops. :))


If only Intramuros felt this safe at night then we'd have a place here in the Philippines to compare this with. 


View from Seonggwak Park.


 By the way, Ihwa Mural Village is in this area as well. 

It's a place kinda similar to Busan's Gamcheon Village with all the wall paintings so it's worth the visit especially for your #IGgoals. I suggest going here around three to four in the afternoon so you'd have enough time to roam around the village when there's sunlight to see the artworks and then later on see the nightscape after sunset. 


Namsan is on the opposite side of Naksan. 

There's actually a lot more hiking trails if you're talking about the whole Seoul Fortress but I've only done Namsan and Naksan so far.


Pa-cute. HAHAHA! 


Hanyang is Seoul's name during the 14th century. 


The entire Seoul Fortress.

I don't know, Seoul feels like a small place but there's too much to see. It's like they packed in so much in this area yet it still feels like there are a lot of open spaces.

 I mean, you have your countless high-rise buildings and all those modern stuff going on and then you'd have several big parks and traditional palaces AND YET, it feels like it's not too big 'cause everything feels like walking distance. HAHAHA HIRAP MAG-EXPLAIN, BESH. Baka kasi malamig lagi kapag nagpupunta ko doon kaya masaya maglakad, feeling ko malapit lang mag lugar.



The entrance of Ihwa-dong Mural Village from Naksan. 



내가 존재하는 이유는 뭘까
사랑이 뭘까 난 그게 참 궁금해
사랑하면서 난 또 외롭다
사는 게 뭘까 왜 이렇게 외롭니
또다시 사랑에 아프고 싶다


I have no list of the Kdramas that were shot here but this place surely is familiar, right? Though mas madali lang kasi talagang tandaan 'yung Namsan dahil siguro sa tower at hindi naman kasi nababanggit masyado kung saan 'to pag pinapakita sa drama, maganda lang 'yung view.


We continued and reached the summit but the surprising thing is that even if  we didn't have a lot of people walking with us uphill, we saw a lot of people in this area. Guess what? You can take a public bus to the summit!!! hahaha!


Ito 'yung malakas maka-Kdrama talaga. 


'Yung mga eksena na medyo seryosong usapan ng characters tas maghihiwalay na sila kasi walang forever... :)))


We didn't know where this was headed the time but we didn't want to go back to where we started so we just continued walking. There would always be a bus somewhere that will take us back to Seoul Station if we got lost and couldn't find any way to go back to the hotel by foot. 


This place is a new neighborhood for the both of us so it was fun (my friend and I like walking around so this is our kind of fun.lol). The gate above is called Hyehwa-mun which is also a part of the Seoul fortress gates. We didn't know where exactly we were at that time but we just followed the road signs pointing to Seoul Station and soon enough we found ourselves in a busy street of Hyehwa (near Changdeokgung). We saw a Gong Cha branch so we took a break but upon resting, we decided to walk again rather than take the metro simply because it's not everyday that we get the chance to explore a foreign city by foot on a winter night.


A lot of walking again then we finally reached the entrance of Cheonggyecheon Stream from Gwangjang Market in Jongno-5. For that night, we walked more or less six hours 'cause we took the looooooooong route from Dongdaemun to Seoul Station which is only 15 minutes away via subway.




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If you're taking the Cebu Pacific flight from Manila to Incheon. Most likely, you would not be able to catch the last trip of the subway nor the limousine airport buses. If you're travelling in group that can share the high cost of taxi then that would be good but if if you're not, then your next best option is to wait for the 12:15 AM bus to Seoul Station and from SS ride a cab to your hotel. I heard, though, that some passengers opted to stay at the airport and wait for the subway's first trip. 


Above is what I wrote in a blogpost during my first trip to Korea in 2018. A lot of things has changed since then... link: here.


This is the sign that would greet you once you enter the airport - make sure all the documents are filled out so you can head straight to the immigration counter lines. 


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For Cebu Pacific and Air Asia flights, you'd still have to take an airport train to another terminal where you'd pass through the immigration and claim your luggages. When we were in Korea last September, we flew with Jejuair so we arrived in the morning. That time, the line in the immigration was crazy but it wasn't "crucial" since we had a lot of transportation options to Seoul. 


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Anyway, more and more people are going to Korea nowadays that the immigration still has a long line even it it was almost midnight for this trip. We exited the airport past 0:15. We initially thought that we would be able to ride the next trip but hindi nga pala Pilipinas 'yon na may standing. Haha! 

Late Night Bus Schedule Incheon

There's a different queue for the bus going to Gangnam Area, I wasn't able to take a photo of the schedule though but for Incheon Airport to Seoul Station:


00:15
01:05
02:00
02:55
03:45
04:40

Going back to the first paragraph in this post, back in 2018, there were only less than 10 passengers that were with us for that night bus. Now, we started waiting for the 1:05 bus but was only able to ride the 2:55 bus. We waited outside for almost three hours on a -3 degrees Celsius weather. I mean, I'm for it considering we went there for the cold (freezing) but still, wearing four layers of clothing wasn't enough - thank God for heattechs. :)) Okay naman ako the rest of the trip. Grabe lang talaga nung gabi na 'yan. Our hotel was again, Maru Guesthouse, so we had to walk from the bus station and I accidentally bit my tongue thrice the whole 15 minutes walk 'cause I was shivering.

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Well, if you have a budget for transportation, you have more options actually; cab, carpool, or private transfer.

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For us, we had to wait 'cause this airport bus only costs 9,000 KRW. 



The easiest way to pay for the buses and trains in Seoul is by using Tmoney. You can either get one from Klook or buy at the convenience store in the airport. I'm still using the Tmoney card I bought in 2018. Fares for those who have Tmoney cards are lower than just paying in cash. Also, take note that for buses, you won't be given change if you pay in cash.


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Late Night Bus Schedule Incheon

This bus 6001 is the limousine airport bus and a trip costs 15,000 KRW. Operating time is from 4:50 to 20:22 and comes every 15-25 minutes. 

Late Night Bus Schedule Incheon

To everyone riding the late-night bus from Seoul Station, here below are the time of departure in SS.

22:55
23:45
00:40
1:35
02:25
03:20


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Although I wasn't able to visit all the shooting locations of Fight For My Way that I had in mind, I was able to walk at Seoullo 7017 for several times when I was in South Korea mainly because it's where I am supposed to walk at to get back to my hotel from Seoul Station. lol. :)) 



If you're a tourist, this is a main attraction. In reality, it's a newly-constructed pedestrian walkway beautiful and good enough to actually be tourist attraction. There are several establishments/stores here but they were all closed since it was already late. 



I wasn't able to walk along the entire "pedestrian highway" so the pictures here are taken near the Seoul Station area. I spent two hours walking there while waiting for snow. haha! 



During winter, if gray/white clouds "fill" the entire sky, snowfall is possible. While waiting, I decided to walk around the vicinity of my hotel until I reached this pedestrian bridge. I didn't immediately realize that it was Seoullo 7107 but I soon did as soon as I saw the blue lights. 



I knew of this place when it was shown in the Kdrama, Fight For My Way. When I came back to the Philippines, it was also in one of the episodes of 2 Days, 1 night... got so kilig!!! Hahaha! It was a place in Seoul that I recognize and I was able to walk at. 





Going solo in Seoullo 7017.

At times like this, you'll be thankful for couples because you get your picture taken in exchange for taking their pictures. Haha! Talk about being a third wheel anywhere. 





Everything in and around Seoullo7017 is beautiful. Imagine seeing a lot of places in Seoul while walking here. You can reach Namdaemun from Seoul Station if you continue towards the end of the skybridge. 



It's also a great place to be able to see Seoul downtown's skyline. 







Seoul Station at my back.



Seodaemun



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It was quite late back then but walking along Seoullo 7017, felt really safe. Unlike the footbridges here in the Philippines, no need to put your backpacks in front and briskwalk for safety. Lol. Hopefully, maging safe na rin sa Philippines!









Seoullo 7017 during morning




This place would so look good during Spring. I wonder what it looks like now? :)) I am hoping for a South Korea part nth, universe! Sayang naman multiple entry visa ko kung hindi ko magagamit.... winter, spring, summer, fall. 





As for the snow, it did. I think it snowed almost the whole night. <3 My heart is full!! That was already the transition of winter to spring but I experienced snowfall two times. 


The snowfall that I experienced that night was a heavy one and it was accompanied by lightning and thunder. Worth the wait!



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