I spent 5 days and 4 nights at the Hilton Garden Inn, Puchong earlier this
month.
Everything about the hotel was excellent - clean room, fast check-in process, and yummy breakfast. However, the only downside was its
location. Despite being supposed to be connected to a mall, the mall was
virtually empty.
My room was on the 16th floor, Room No. 1621.
The view from
my room was facing the housing area. Can you see the LRT Puchong Perdana Station, with the white roof in the middle?
My daily breakfast.
And on the morning of my last day there, I had a good swim in the pool on a rainy day. It was so calming, with no one else sharing the pool.
Will I be staying at this hotel again? For personal trips - no, but for business trips, why not, when you only need a good place to sleep.
Last week, while taking down the laundry from our back, I saw this pineapple almost lying on the ground. It was all orange/yellow, subtly peeking out amidst the
sugarcane leaves.
Since it would rain soon, I quickly grabbed my parang and chopped the pineapple's stem.
Look at how big this pineapple is.
Alright, this might not be the sweetest pineapple from my backyard, maybe due to lack of sunlight, it was covered by the sugarcane leaves. Still, it is good to have fresh produce from my own little backyard garden.
Dongdaemun district is known as the largest shopping district
in Seoul with a total of 26 shopping malls holding over 80,000
stalls.
We visited the Dongdaemun area on two separate
occasions.
The first time we went was on Monday late afternoon. We
took the train from Myeongdong and reached there at around 7pm. Our main purpose
was to go for an evening stroll along the Cheonggyechoen River.
While walking to the Cheonggyechoen, we were amazed by the
beautiful architecture of Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), the well-organized row
of shopping malls along the main road, and even the 3D display screen looks for different here. We fell in
love with this area.
Back to our walk that evening, the weather was great, with a
beautiful orange sunset, we took plenty of photos at DDP, Cheonggyechoen, and
Heongginjimun gate.
We had our dinner at 9+pm at Dotta mall, and most of the
shops were ready for closing at that time, we knew that we had to come back here for more
shopping.
So the next day, we went there again at 3pm, this time mainly for shopping. Much of my Korean shopping was done here, and I
was overjoyed to have discovered a haven for exceptional, locally crafted
leather goods. I bought two handbags, a purse, a card holder, and a
pair of leather shoes, all were Korean Handmade. Besides leather goods, we also
bought some clothing items.
We're truly grateful we made our way to Dongdaemun-gu;
otherwise, our trip to Korea might have been a bit of a letdown with not much
shopping done.
Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)
Cheonggyechoen
Heongginjimun gate
I wish it was autumn.
My new handmade leather shoes bought from Hyundai Department tore, Dongdaemun.
