Day 6 - Lotte World 爱宝乐园

There was an hour to spare before dinner, so Xiao Lian brought us shopping at a underground mall of a MRT station. The train station is so huge and there are many unique shops. It was fun checking out the shops.

It's fun to shop in Korea because the mixture of shops at the few malls I visited was different. And you can find some unique shops own by young entrepreneurs. My main grouse was the steep prices. In Singapore, every mall looks the same because you see the same shops in each mall.

Dinner was Pork Hot Pot again. My throat was hurting terribly so I requested for noodle soup for my dinner. They gave me instant noodle to add to the soup. The kids saw me eating noodle & all wanted it too.

The last 'highlight' for the day is Lotte World Adventure Park 爱宝乐园. The filming site for Korean TV drama, Stairways to Heaven (天堂的阶梯), starring Kwon Sang-woo (权相宇) & Choi Ji Woo (崔志友). It's a really beautiful fairy land! Too bad I wasn't in the mood to enjoy it because of the cold waether & my being sick.

It's a fairy land for the young & young at heart. We each have 5 free rides & only two hours before the theme park closed. Xiao Lian brought us on two rides. One was the underground boat ride of the Adventures of Sinbad. I screamed when the boat dashed down from a high point. Then we took a tour across Lotte World on the World Monorail.

Yang Fan, Jing Jing & their mother rode on the Merry-go-round while I took pictures for them. Jing Jing & I tried to locate the painting shown on Stairways to Heaven, but it was gone. Xiao Lian said it was there a week ago when she came. grrrr............

We then went to watch a show display of water & fire at the Fantastic Odyssey.

At 9.30 pm, there was a boring laser show. zzzz..... the end, back to the hotel.

We reached our hotel at 10.30pm. We are staying at the 5-star Seoul Ritz Carlton Hotel tonight. It is a truly grand hotel. I tried to order some food later in the night. A platter of seasonal fruits cost 50,000 won (S$84) & a cup of hot chocolate cost 9,500 won! Forget it, better go to sleep early!

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