Day 19: Qingchengshan Railway Station
1月23日, 中国 ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Apparently we were way too early. The bus was not starting until 8am. The shuttle bus station is just next to the railway station at platform 3. We were the first 2 passengers and the bus would leaveもっと詳しく
Day 19: Qingcheng Back Mountain
1月23日, 中国 ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
After a 35 mins shuttle bus ride, we were here at Qingcheng Back Mountain. To start the hike, we had to walk through the ancient town.
Day 19: Hiking at Qingchengshan
1月23日, 中国 ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
The hike at Qingcheng Back mountain was pleasant but the weather didn’t co-operate. The whole day we felt that we were in a foggy rain forest. The back mountain is more about nature and scenery.もっと詳しく
Day 19: Back to Dujiangyan
1月23日, 中国 ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
After a full day hike, we were finally back to Dujiangyan again for some rest.
Day 20: Lidui Park Station
1月24日, 中国 ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Today was a super light day. We just moved ourselves back to Chengdu before getting on the long train ride the next day to Qingdao!
Day 20: Xipu Railway Station
1月24日, 中国 ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Back to the Xipu Railway Station in Chengdu. A short metro ride to our hotel for our final stay in Chengdu.
Day 21: Chengdu East Station
1月25日, 中国 ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Our longest seated train ride so far in China starts this morning! 12-hour on a seat from Chengdu to Qingdao!
Day 21: Qingdao Railway Station
1月25日, 中国 ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
From daylight to dark on the train, we finally arrived at Qingdao! Now we have to get some rest and get ourselves prepared for the ferry ride to South Korea the day after tomorrow 🇰🇷
Day 22: Walk around Qingdao
1月26日, 中国 ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
Another light day just checking out the city. We came across a beach with a lot of people feeding the gulls. Qingdao is a very interesting place as it’s full of European architecture. It was ruledもっと詳しく
Day 22: Army Navy Museum
1月26日, 中国 ⋅ 🌙 1 °C
We walked along the coast in Qingdao and came across this Army Navy Museum. It’s free of charge and we could pass through the area and visit a light house at the far end. In this museum, it is allもっと詳しく
Day 22: Qingdao Light House
1月26日, 中国 ⋅ 🌬 1 °C
Apart from the light house, we enjoyed a foggy night view of Qingdao. It was too cold at night and we didn’t dress properly. So, we did a quick visit then run back to the metro station to get usもっと詳しく
Day 23: Qingdao Int’l Cruise Terminal
1月27日, 中国 ⋅ 🌬 -1 °C
Here we are at the Qingdao International Cruise Terminal for our ferry to South Korea. We were advised that the ferry may be delayed due to heavy wind weather condition. We could wait on the boat butもっと詳しく
Day 24: Stuck on the boat!
1月28日, 中国 ⋅ 🌬 -4 °C
Originally our ferry was scheduled to depart on January 27 evening and we would be going overnight on the boat with a target arrival schedule at South Korea on January 28 at 10:30am. But after 24-hourもっと詳しく
Day 25: Incheon Int’l Cruise Terminal
1月29日, 韓国 ⋅ 🌬 -4 °C
After almost a day of delay, we were finally here!! South Korea 🇰🇷 The delay allowed us to meet some interesting people from South Korea! What a fun boat ride!
Day 29: Suwon Hwaseong Fortress
2月2日, 韓国 ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
Our very first site to visit in South Korea! Hwaseong Fortress is a Korean fortress surrounding the centre of Suwon, the provincial capital of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It was built from 1794 toもっと詳しく
Day 29: Starlight Library
2月2日, 韓国 ⋅ 🌙 2 °C
Can’t believe this library is in a shopping mall! (Starlight COEX mall) It is a place to let people to read books and have some down time. The design is amazing! We only passed by this shopping mallもっと詳しく
Day 32: Jongmyo Shrine
2月5日, 韓国 ⋅ ⛅ -8 °C
It is a relatively cold day. We didn’t have enough winter gear to deal with lower than -10 degrees. So we did a quick tour in town to the Jongmyo Shrine.
Jongmyo is the supreme state shrine whereもっと詳しく
Day 33: Changgyeonggung Palace
2月6日, 韓国 ⋅ ⛅ -8 °C
Changgyeonggung Palace was first built by the 4th ruler, King Sejong for his father, Taejong of Joseon Dynasty. It often served as residential quarters for queens and concubines. So it was an officialもっと詳しく
Day 33: Changdokkung Palace
2月6日, 韓国 ⋅ ⛅ -4 °C
Just next to the Changyeonggung Palace, it’s a UNESCO World Heritage, Changdeokgung Palace. It was the second royal villa built following the construction of Gyeongbokgung Palace in 1405. It was theもっと詳しく
Day 33: Secret garden
2月6日, 韓国 ⋅ ⛅ -1 °C
After visiting the palace, it’s time time to visit the secret garden just behind the inner hall of Changdeokgung Palace. It could only be visited with a guide and with a scheduled tour. It wasもっと詳しく
Day 35: Hyehwa Gate
2月8日, 韓国 ⋅ ⛅ -10 °C
We started our day and passed through this random gate in the city called Hyehwa Gate. It’s so easy to find a historical gate in Seoul by just walking around randomly.
Day 35: Jeongneung Royal Tomb
2月8日, 韓国 ⋅ ⛅ -8 °C
Jeongneung in Seoul is the tomb of Queen Sindeok of the Kang clan, second consort of King Taejo. Queen Sindeok married King Taejo while his first wife was still living, but after she died and Kingもっと詳しく
Day 35: Hoeamsa Temple Site
2月8日, 韓国 ⋅ ☁️ -4 °C
This is a surprisingly nice site to walk around. There is a museum attached to the archeological site which provided more information to us.
Hoeamsa Temple, which was built by the Indian monk whoもっと詳しく
Day 37: Sokcho Bus Terminal
2月10日, 韓国 ⋅ ☁️ -3 °C
We took the bus from Seoul city center to the Sokcho Bus Terminal to go to Seoraksan National Park for a day hike.
Day 37: Seoraksan National Park
2月10日, 韓国 ⋅ ☁️ -4 °C
A nice hike at the Seoraksan National Park! Even though it’s a bit windy, the view and scenery was incredible!






































































































































































