A different continent- Australia : Day 5 (Port Campbell to Melbourne)

The next day was a rather relaxing day. We started off our day cooking at the airbnb 2 store townhouse with ocean views we rented for the night. The view is consider good.

We kick start our first destination by going to Loch Ard Gorge. That's a lot of walking involved. We finally reached to the beach area for a nice view. 

After Loch Ard Gorge, we headed to the Twelve Apostle. My favorite scenery is where u get to see the waves forming a nice pattern . 

After that, we drove straight to Melbourne. It took us almost 3 hours to reach there. We stay at an Apartment By the Bay in Docklands . Night view from the place we stay. We were warmly greeted by the host( Melissa) in Melbourne.  

A different continent- Australia : Day 4 (Adelaide to Port Campbell)

We stopped by Farmer's market to get some some fruits, vegetables. Some of the prices will vary according to the stall so be sure to survey around before buying. I really like the avocados and apples.

We started our road trip after the farmer's market. From Adelaide to Naracoorte Caves National Park (World Heritage site), it took us almost 4 hours (including the stops). We were considered late for the usual visiting hours so we barely made it for the basic tour. After getting the tickets, you can proceed to the caves and have a look. The cave structures are interesting and amazing for the basic tour we get. I would recommend people to come in early and take a more comprehensive tour.

After that we continued our journey for an hour plus, we had a dinner at a restaurant recommended by our air bnb host from Adelaide.  The restaurant was known as The Barn, situated at Mount Gambier, SA. We arrived early and waited for the restaurant to open. There was a fireplace to keep the guest warm while waiting. The steak in the restaurant was fantastic. Do remember, they charge extra charges if you request for sauce to go with the steak. We ordered few dishes and share.

After the well fed meal, we proceed to Melbourne. Another long 4 hours plus, we finally reached our destination.

A different continent- Australia : Day 2 & 3 @ Perth & Adelaide

Day 2 was a rather relaxing day. We walk around Perth, cooked breakfast and get ready for our interstate flight to Adelaide via Jetstar. We got plenty of food to eat there and that was great flight experience. Our departure time was around 5.40 pm, we arrived at 10 pm. Adelaide is 2hr 30min ahead of Perth. It took us some time to adjust to this. Fortunately, we had a family friend in Adelaide that drove us to our accommodation. We book our accommodation at South Terrace, Adelaide through air bnb.

Our family friend took 4 of us to Adelaide Central Market. They sell lots of fresh foods and vegetables. We had our breakfast at one of the food stalls. The western food tastes great. Especially the meat. Since the portion is big, 2 of us shared a meal.

We took some photos around the nearby area before heading to the family friend's house for lunch.
They prepared a hearty meal which includes their specialty mushroom soup, garlic bread and lasagna. We ate till our heart's content. They even made us a wonderful coffee liquor drink using Frangelico. They are such a wonderful family.

With our energy level full, all of us headed to the vineyard for wine tasting. Our chosen vineyard is "Two Hands Wines". We tried wine tasting. That was my first wine tasting experience and that was fun. I never knew I can actually drank so much wine. Haha.

As the sky started turning dark, we head back  for dinner at this Vietnamese Restaurant called " Little NNQ Vietnamese". The food was both unique and excellent.

We heard from the family friend that, Australia have large numbers of Vietnamese and Italians staying in Adelaide. This explains why the Italian and Vietnamese food are great.  After dinner, we took our rented car, the all new Mitsubishi Outlander.

I am one of the drivers, so lucky, I get to drive that wonder. Haha.

A different continent- Australia : Day 1 @ Perth

Our journey of 4 person began by a direct flight to Perth. 2 of us arrived and took transperth Central Area Transit (CAT)free buses to our hotel known as City Stay apartment hotel.

After checking in, we head towards to Kings Park.  The place is nice to walk around. However, do becareful of the bees. Their sting do hurt.

After that we took train follow by bus to Caversham Wildlife Park. Instead of taking a transit to the entrance point, we walked all the way up after the bus drop us. There were kangaroos around the park. They were quite shy and ran away when we were close

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We got to feed kangaroos, see the farm show (sheep shearing, cow milking), meet Wombat and friends (birds, snakes), see the Koalas.

For our next stop, we went to Cicerello's at Fremantle for Fish n Chips.

We visited the Old round house, an old prison. The scenery was nice from the Old Round House Area,

After we re-united with our two members, we took a rest and head out when the sky is dark. We were blessed to have a family friend guiding us around Perth that time. We saw The Belle Tower and Elizabeth Quay.

For supper, we had churros and chocolate at San Churro. The hot chocolate is full of flavor. Love it. End of day 1.

Challenge to the Max: Viper then Seoul (Day 3 & 4)

For day 3, we had usual toast at hotel. We chatted with the hotel manager, Mr Choi. He was friendly and gave us plenty of suggestions on what to do. We took a bus to North Seoul Tower. Through the bus you can see the various parts in the city.
Below the North Seoul Tower, there is a nice park for people to walk and enjoy the scenery. Due to the fact that this is still very early spring, there was hardly any trees with leaves.

 So not much of scenery at that moment. There is a platform where you can take nice pictures and and put your love locks on certain areas.

 If you are not going up the North Seoul Tower, there really isn't much for you to do there other than eating. So yea, off we go. As we took the bus here, we decided to go down using the cute, transparent box like elevator downhill.

As we walk along the roads, we are already at Myeongdong. Great, more shopping time. For cosmetics shopping, there was not many discounts going on. I bought the moisturizer/night face mask from Banila  Co since that brand cannot be found in my country as of now. We ate Dakgalbi for lunch. Luckily, we do not have to fry or cook our rice , noodles ourselves. Haha.

Next stop, Ehwa University and Dongguk University area, Both places are 1 stop away. Since those are students' area, the items sold are reasonably cheap or at least affordable. The snacks are impressive.

The have a wide variety of unique snacks that are not common in the usual tourist spot.
We stop by awhile at Ehwa University and spend most of our time at Dongguk University area.

That place was famous for cafe too. There were too many that we can't decide on what to eat. When it started drizzling, we rush into this budget bbq restaurant to have our Korean BBQ dinner. Food was ok for the price.

After eating, we continued our cafe hunting. We stop by a variety of popular cafes previous but could not find them during our second round. Hence, we went in to this cafe that gives us private room. Since everything looks so good, the price is amazingly pricey too. Since we were out of money for the day, we are back to our hotel.

The following day, Mr Choi informed that we can see Sakura at a nearby playground. We headed there and took some photos before packing and heading back. Mr Choi assisted us to carry out luggage down and advised us on the route to take for a better journey. We can actually take lift at one of the exit and head to line 1 for a cheaper alternative. We kind of went in the wrong train (Korea Train Express)  without buying tickets and ended paying more on the spot compared to taking the AREX express.  Yeap, blond moments for me. At least, the train was fast. Then we headed back to our country with a reluctant heart. I am going to miss Korea.