Winter In Seoul, South Korea – Day 4

It was my fourth day in Seoul. I woke up around 8:30AM, I think. Jenny is already up by the time me and Jojo got up. Our group will then be split into two. Me and Jojo were scheduled for a day trip to the Demilitarized Zone a.k.a DMZ and Jenny will go to War Memorial since she already went to DMZ days before we met each other.

We left the house around 9:50AM, just enough time to catch the 10:34AM schedule of train that departs Seoul Station bound to Dorasan Station (DMZ). Jenny committed herself to help us first in purchasing our tickets since the procedure is quite complex. haha

We reached Seoul Station around 10:15AM. We queued for our tickets. The lady forcing us to pay the original price of 16,000KRW for the DMZ Pass even though we were showing her the promo posted on their website. Promo stated that Non-Koreans are eligible for a discount and must pay only 10,000KRW. We were running out of time for debate. We decided to shift our plan and go somewhere instead.

We left the ticket counter and went to McDonald's to book DMZ pass online. I had a second thought if I still want to visit DMZ tomorrow since I need to leave Seoul Station by atleast 6:00PM to catch my 9:00PM flight back to Manila. Then I decided to give it a shot since DMZ train will arrive in Seoul from Dorasan around 5:30PM, I had 30 minutes leisure time, atleast.

Tickets were booked. 10,000KRW for DMZ pass. We just need to queue again in the ticket counter tomorrow to exchange our DMZ Pass to a Roundtrip Train Ticket.

After all the morning hassles, we decided to accompany Jenny to War Memorial. We went here few days ago but was able to explore only 1 room. 

From Seoul Station, we walked towards War Memorial. It's quite far to think, but having a nice weather and cool friends by your side makes the walk a worthwhile experience. We first went to Lotte Mart and bought some snacks that we can munch along our way.

We reached War Memorial after around 30 minutes. Again, War Memorial is free of charge. This time, we were able to explore about 70% of the entire War Memorial Museum's Main Bldg. Still, there are areas outside worth a glimpse as well.

It was already 4:00PM when we bid goodbye to the Musuem. Again, we walked from War Memorial (Samgakji Station) towards Yongsan Station and went to E-Mart to buy ingredients for our Dinner and snack for tomorrow.

When we reached home, Jenny prepared our dinner while the rest of us is waiting and resting. After we had our dinner, a new guy came in. His name was Neung, a Thailander guy who just arrived in Seoul.


Our host arrived from work and felt sick. Yet he invited us to go out and drove towards Cheonggyecheon Strean, Gwangjang Market, Dongdaemun Design Plaza and the Shopping Malls.