Hispanic in Korea - Diary Vlog 10 Latin American Cultural Center Museum

Hello there! I went to the Latin American Cultural Center Museum in Gyeonggi-do. It took about 1 1/2 hours to get there from Seoul. I live in Gangnam so I had to take the the green line (2) to Seoul National University and transfer to the orange line (2) to Samson station. That itself is an hour but then we took 1/2 hour bus ride once we got to the city.

This place is VERY remote. Once the bus drops you off you have to walk about a mile until you get to the destination.

Directions

Samsong Station (Subway Line 3), Exit 8. Take Bus 053/333/330/703, and get off at Goyangdong Shijang (Market). More detail: http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=1265684

BUT, once I got there I appreciated that it was so remote. THE AREA IS GORGEOUS. It is completely covered in beautiful flowers and greenery. I loved it. The land is so spacious too so they could spread out the sculptures and you could literally spend the whole day just walking around and basking in the glory.

I highly recommend this place if you are Latin. There are so many ancestral pieces - it's just magnificent.

You have to walk a bit to get here. As soon as the bus drops you off walk to your left. Keep walking you will come to a hill and see this sign!

This is the only Latin Center in Asia!

My friend Dani! Look for her YouTube Channel

Amazing Mayan Mural

Very cute catholic style church. We couldn't film inside :(

Hispanic in Korea - Diary Vlog 9 Hwacheon Ice Trout Festival

The ice festival was held in Hwacheon - about 3 hours away from Seoul. It was so much fun! There were so many activities like ice fishing, bare hand fishing, sledding, tubing...

I had never seen that much ice before we even got to see ice sculptures. Winter in Korea hasn't been that bad!!

Jordan and I tried the bare handed fishing... it was literally the dumbest/coolest idea ever. I don't regret it but IT WAS FREEZING. I think I was in the water for a total of 1 minute haha. You can see me in the video getting out asap.

After we did the deed

Before the actual bare handed fishing... when we realized...SHIT that's cold

I actually caught a fish ice fishing!!!!

Overall it was super fun and I would definitely go again. I went with the group Wink (When in Korea) from Facebook. Check them out!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/wheninkorea/

Hispanic in Korea - Diary Vlog 8 Seoul Lantern Festival

I went to the Seoul Lantern Festival! It was being held at cheonggyecheon stream near Insadong. This stream is such a beautiful walking path. There are so many couples everywhere though!! Rightfully so, it really is such a romantic place. The scenery is gorgeous, there are other couples everywhere, plus you could get to know each other once you are walking down this path. It takes about 1 hour to walk down the path one way.

Directions:

Go to subway station Gwanghwamun station then take exit 5. Walk straight for a couple of minutes and you will see it on the left.

It's getting super cold here in South Korea!! I can't believe how freezing it can get and the wind is brutal! I will try to vlog/blog more often. 

Here are some pictures of the night.

Huge traditional home made of pure lanterns

My awesome coworker/friend and I trying to take pictures in this lighting

America wasn't left behind!

Hispanic in Korea - Diary Vlog 7 Deokjeokdo Island

We went on a trip with Seoul Hiking Group. It was our first time going with the Facebook group and it was so much fun. There were some bad moments like a crazy bus driver, people being lazy, and some of the food was no that great BUT I still had a wonderful time and we met so many wonderful people that we have kept in touch with.

The island itself is a little secluded. It took up about an hour and a half on ferry to get there from Incheon. When we got to the island we hiked up to the other side and there was only about 30 people on the beach so it was super fun. We made a bonfire, ate smores, danced, drank... all of which was great.

photos by Ujwal Sadare hiking group member on Facebook

Hispanic in Korea - Diary Vlog 6 Busan

Busan was AMAZING. I really enjoyed being a bum on the beach for three straight days. It was the life! Unfortunately a lot of things were closed because it was a holiday. Chuseok is the Korean "thanksgiving" so everything ended up being closed. We didn't get to actually go inside the opera house nor shopping :(. Even so, it was still so much fun and I really want to go back.

Yes we even had a wonderful view while eating Burger King! haha

Hispanic in Korea - Diary Vlog 5 Hongdae

Hongdae is a great place to party! This is definitely the place to go if you just want to party all night. There is a university (Hongik University) in this town so everything is catered towards young adults.
You can begin the night by going to the Hongdae Children's Park. This is a great meet-up place as there are so many people here playing music, standing around talking, having rap battles... you name it! There is so much going on in this park that you can spend easily 2 hours there. I recommend meeting your friends here and then heading out to a club.

Directions to Hongdae Children's Park:

Exit 9, Hongik University Station (Subway Line 2).

Go 150m straight, and cross the street.

Turn left, and go 500m straight towards the Hongik University entrance.

Turn right to arrive at Hongik Children's Park

Then we headed to Club 2M. This place was super fun. It was a rave type club but everyone was just having a blast non-stop dancing. There is confetti blasts thrown at you, lights galore, and you get several different glow sticks throughout the night given to you.

Directions to Club M2:

Get off at Hongik university station(Line 2) and take exit 9. Walk straight onto the wide street on the left. Turn right after 2 small blocks. Keep going straight on the street with many restaurants and cafes. Cross the street and keep going straight toward Sangsang Madang(상상마당). Turn right at Sangsang Madang and turn right again after 1 block (Saemaul Sikdang(새마을식당) is on the corner) You will find Club M2 on your left.

We then stayed at Happy Day Spa (Jjimjilbang) and that one is located at:

If you leave the Hongik University subway from exit 9, walk straight along that street until you get to the Marigold Hotel building on your left. The jjimjilbang is down one level.

The Jjimjilbang is very interesting... on weekend nights it's about $15. The spa is separated by women and men but the common area is co-ed! So be careful! I woke up with some Korean guy's arm around me...haha it was innocent but it really woke me up startled. 

But seriously Hongdae is super fun! If you get the chance you should definitely go!

Hispanic in Korea - Diary Vlog 4 Everland

EVERLAND WAS SO MUCH FUN! My friend Viviana and I spent about 7 hours there and we didn't get to see everything! There is so much to do there. I really wish that we had more time. By the late afternoon though we were really tired and our phones had died. There really isn't a place to charge our phones so take an extra battery!!

The place is huge so be prepared to walk!!!


Here is the link for the coupon:
http://www.everland.com/web/multi/english/everland/everland_guide/ticket/Tickets_and_Coupons.html