I finally met up with my korean friend, Joy, on sunday to visit her church. I get to know Joy when she was in Singapore studying English for a few months. She was staying at Katong hostel and one day, she just popped into my church as she was looking for one to attend and the rest is history :). I was to meet her at Bojeong subway station but upon arriving, I did not see her around and so I decided to visit the washroom first. And guess who I bumped into when I stepped in...hahaha. I was so glad to see her ^_^...after all we haven't seen each other for 1 year ever since she came back Korea. Joy brought me to her church, Joyful Church which was located at Yong-in, about 2hrs from central Seoul.

Unlike my church in singapore, which is more vibrant, Joy's church is more solemn but nevertheless, I enjoyed the service although I fell asleep for a few minutes during the sermon due to tiredness...oops...haha. But thanks Joy, for bringing me to your church and your place!

This is bulgogi (beef), our lunch on one day. If you visit Korea, bulgogi and galbi (barbeque pork ribs) is something that you must eat there. The meat is so well marinated and so nice to eat and so cheap compared to Singapore.

I wanted to visit Dumulmori 두물머리 and was planning to go at dawn to capture the blue mist which is said to be particularly spectacular but to get there from my hostel takes an hour and going by the earliest train, by the time I reached there, it would probably be sunrise already. So no choice, I went in the afternoon instead with my friend.

Dumulmori is located at Yangsuri and can be reached by taking the subway to Yangsu and then walking 3km to get there. Thankfully, my friend drove =).

the famous jjim pang shop

jjim pang

mandoo

Dumulmori is actually the place where the north river and the south river meets to form the Hangang river that flows through Seoul. Du means 2, mul means water and mori means head which translates to head of 2 waters.

Dumulmori

the beginning of Hangang river

At Dumulmori, there is a very old heritage tree which is protected and kept from the public. 

I don't think I have done Dumulmori any justice by showing these photos. I probably just went there at the wrong time of the day and maybe at the wrong season.

Dumulmori at dawn - Kim Dongwan copyright

This is the end of my 8 nights 9 days in Korea. It had been an interesting and fun journey even though I was on my own. I will definitely be going there again, maybe during autumn to catch the autumn leaves x).