#trust no one here apparently LOLjokes

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2017 seoul //  jan 11 (namdaemun market + namsan tower) 

We started our day at the namdaemun market, which was an interesting experience (kinda reminded us of the Chinatowns we’ve seen before LOLOL). It has that local/rustic vibe to it~ We got some street food and just roamed every corners of it (( ouo there were a lot of accessories buildings/shops! )). Then we ventured out a bit and found a gate -- spent a while there just taking pictures there (LOLOL I can’t imagine how long we’d stay at the palaces hah). Walked back to the market and strolled around a bit more. Few hours later, we came home to freshen up a bit (cough I also had to change cause I messed up my blouse when having streetfood #sighsbao). 

After the short break, we headed out to namsan tower-- we decided on the bus since we are both deadly afraid of heights. We were going to take the 3 from seoul station, but we waited for 40+ minutes (LOOL) when this cable car shuttle came by-- the ahjussi said there’s no bus running so we just hopped on. He kept trying to talk to us in Korean, but us: .. umm :((((  ???? huh?? 

okay the conversation went more than that LOL but along those lines. I thought he was really friendly though (the first time I had faith people here are nice #sorrybutreally). 

When we arrived at the lift/cable car center, we were like “fffffffff itttttt” (although my heart was about to drop cause I am 100000000% scared of heights like luhan’s fear x 100000000000). The ride up to namsan tower consisted me of muttering “fucks” and “oh shits” and “I am sorry for my profanities” on top of my legs giving out of me. lololol. you think I am being extra but that’s really what happened. I’d have cried if it wasn’t for the strangers around me. 

Anyway, the view on top was just lovely~~~ I love how we went at the right time to see the sunset and all the colors in the sky (yasyasyas!! I was sad that my polaroids didn’t come out nice though :((( wasted like 12+ shots and they came out p dark/underdeveloped). Maybe next time we will walk up?? hahas. 

We got the all package (observatory deck, hello kitty and ssentoy museum). Omg, hello kitty museum was legit heaven (and I hate myself for wasting the polaroid shots outside when the colors in there were vibrant +++ perfect for shots!! I wished I brought more refills out that day!!). And the iron man stuff in the ssentoy museum were !!!!!!!!!! I want to take all the figurines home!!!! please LOL. Of the three, the observatory deck was a bit lacking. ;~; Anywho, spent few more hours there exploring, taking photos, and buying gifts. 

We decided to go back to myeongdong (lol always give things few more tries right?) to walk around and grab some street food. When we took the cable car back to the bottom, the announcer/worker there mentioned myeongdong is about a 7 minute walk and the taxi there would cost at most base rate. We tried looking for a bus/shuttle back down first, but we waited ++ couldn’t see it.. And we didn’t really want to wait in the cold or walk+get lost LOL, so we just decided to hail a taxi. I mean it’s only 3000 right?? but boy, lolol nope. 

When we arrived, the ahjussi asked us to pay and he gestured 26 (so we were thinking 2600 but that was lower than base rate so.. hmm..). He started getting really angry at us for not understanding and #legitscared cause he was raising his voice. So I took out my phone to let him type out how much. He almost threw a fit at that too, but he finally punched out 26000. My friend and I were pretty sure we are getting scammed, but you know.. at that point we didn’t even know what to do anymore (why the f do we should like hopeless female leads in dramas who are weak and useless. please bao get your shit together)  we really didn’t want to provoke him more because he actually sound quite angry so we just gave him the money ++ learned another lesson. ((also we should’ve noticed the red flag that there wasn’t a meter ticking when he started.......-_- and we should’ve probably asked for a receipt but idk that might have pissed him off too.)) needless to say, another freaking day ruined lol (but let’s try to stay on the positives... ngl though i don’t think i can trust any natives here anymore lol.) 

ANYWAY, we walked to lotte duty free mall (sadly it was close or fortunately for me not to blow $ LOL). BUT I GOT TO SEE CHANYEOL’S BEAUTIFUL FACE ON BIG SCREEEENS (plural) AND HIS HANDPRINT!!! (let the inner fangirl free). his hands are huge ++ he’s so cute ++ I am in tears ++ I felt 10x better already. thank you chanyeol for always bringing joys to my day. 💛😂 #sappyaf 

fast foward: we grabbed few bites then headed home (I realize I never remember to take food photos lolol ops)