Hong Kong : 2 Bedrooms Apartment, 1 min to Prince Edward MRT

**Travel on 19 July 2013 - 22 July 2013

Due to high request from friends who's traveling to Hong Kong very soon and searching for affordable accommodation...

Below is my highly recommended apartment to stay in Hong Kong if you are traveling 3 to 4 pax :")

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/623505

In front of our apartment.

Accommodation in HK is usually very expensive and the bedroom space is really small..
If you pay slightly extra more money for 4 or 5 stars hotel, only then you can enjoy the spacious and the facilities there.
But to me, i'm a very stingy person..so if you're to advise me to pay extra money to stay a nicer hotel; it will always be a No-No to me.. Haha

Hostel : Busan Guesthouse Sum Nampo

There are lots of hostel available in Busan.
But to get the best strategic location, walking distance to most places and most important is the toilets must have separate doors if you don't like bathing openly with the other ladies like below :

I don't mind bathing with the others ladies since i really love Jjimjilbang  (찜질방) a lot.
Jjimjilbang is actually a large, gender-segrategated public bathhouse in Korea, furnished with hot tubs, showers, Korean traditional klin saunas and massage tables.
And you actually need to bath nakedly without your undies & bras at all.
It's a cultural shock when i first tried it, but after a while you will feel it is totally normal & really comfortable walking around and bathing nakedly with the other ladies..
Frankly speaking nobody will ever notice you are actually naked.

Coming back to the hostel in busan, you actually need to double check the hostel's bathing area if you don't want to bath openly with the others ladies since you will be sharing toilets if you're staying dormitory.
And since i have few others friends who backpacked with me who are slightly shy, so getting a private bathroom with doors is a total must.
After few search, at last i found a great hostel with ensuite bathroom with doors in our 6 pax dorm , include simple breakfast, walking distance to nampo shopping district & have our very own *touch-and-go* subway card !
What more can you asked!

So, Busan Guesthouse Sum Nampo is our choice.

In front of Sum Nampo Guesthouse

Seoul Day 1: Ann Guesthouse & Hongyik (Hongdae) Area

Day 1

At last the moment that we've been waiting for is here. Our flight to Seoul was at 8:50am which was consider early. It was nearly a 6+hour flight which frankly speaking, i hate flying because of my plane sickness. Yet because i heart traveling a lot, i don't mind suffer a little on the plane to reach my destination. Hence, all i did was just sleep during the whole time.

The moment our plane touch Incheon Airport, we took subway to Hongyik Station which cost us KWR 3,850 (RM 10.55); which is only a 46 min ride.

You can check out this subway website whereby it will clearly let you know how long is your journey from one station to the other & the cost of it :

http://www.smrt.co.kr/program/cyberStation/main2.jsp?lang=e

Complicated with colourful lines subway :)

This Seoul MRT map does indeed looks complicated with colourful lines.
Hence it is always advisable to plan your itinerary well so that you won't be wasting your time taking MRT more than sight-seeing.

Single Journey Ticket @ KWR 3,850

In MRT heading to Hongyik Station

 Since we're staying in Ann's Guesthouse (http://www.annguesthouse.co.kr/), it's building is connected to "Hongyik station". Meaning, once you reach Hongyik subway, you just take a lift up to your unit. But if you're a first timer to Ann's Guesthouse, you won't know where is the lift situated until you met up with Ann (the owner), and only then she will show you where the lift is.

Nevertheless, Ann has clearly stated the ways to reach her guesthouse in her website hence you won't get lost. As for the rates, it is extremely budget for travelers as us. Since we're traveling in 3 pax, we took the "Family Room for 3 pax @ KWR 90,000 (around RM 257.49 for 3 pax/per/nite)