20 Mar 2014 - Exploring Dongpirang Wall Painting Village 동비랑벽화마을

Wooohooo...this is steep...

송중키!!
Errmmm....I didn't watch this though..

Another cafe.
Its really nice to check out one of the cafe while touring the village

Okie, Turtle ship wait for me!!
I will go to you in a short while!

Budding cherry blossom in Tongyeong.

우와....You get a bird's eye view of the place from here!
So niceee ^^

That's the lovely Gangguan Habour 강구안 ^^

I liked this place a lot ^^
I thought its rather unique to have a place like this in the middle of the village.
It would be nice to come here for a breather or a walk after dinner ㅋㅋㅋ 

안녕하세요 앨리스 ㅋㅋㅋ

HoHooooo...I remembered him.
He was so funny.
There was a queue waiting to take pictures here.
He urged his friends, "아...빨리!! 빨리!!" but his friends told him to stay still for retakes. 

First date?
Or a match making session??  ㅋㅋㅋ
Perhaps if you are a girl, you will sit beside the "guy" and if you are a guy, you can sit beside the "girl" on the left.

그래!! 동비랑벽화마을좋아요!!
미안 해요...
Sorry. Not much pictures becos the batteries for both my camera and mobile phone were running low ㅠㅠ

20 Mar 2014 - Tea break at Dongpirang Village

The beginning of the village tour. 
Saw a cafe here and went in to see if they sell 꿀빵.
I was not hungry but I really wanted to try the 꿀빵 Ggul Bbang.  

This is the cafe.
It was pretty obvious and you shouldn't missed it.

Yes!  
꿀빵 Ggul Bbang is available here.
They have 팥 red beans fillings, 녹차 green tea fillings and 복분자 raspberry fillings.
Actually, I think 꿀빵 Ggul Bbang is available almost everywhere in Tongyeong ㅋㅋㅋ

They have both outdoor and indoor seatings ^^

I chose to sit inside the cafe becos of these chargers  ㅎㅎㅎ  Really desperate to have my mobile phone charged up and the charger was so readily available without the need to request. How nice ^^

That's mine ㅋㅋㅋ

Yippieee!! 

 I get to eat my 꿀빵 afterall ^^ 

The cafe sell their 꿀빵 in a box. Each box contains three honey bread. Can't remember the price but I think it was less than KRW5000 per box??  I told the lady boss I wanted to have it here and she served the bread together with my hot 유자차 Yujacha. One must drink 유자차 Yujacha when in Korea. The taste is so POWER that you won't find it in SG. I couldn't make out which one contained raspberry paste. The middle honey bread contained red bean paste. The filling for the other two honey bread tasted like green tea and chestnut flavour to me. I liked the honey bread with green tea paste cos it balanced out the sweetness ^^ It was getting late. I had to leave the cafe with my mobile phone only 50% charged. Okie! Its time for some workout after eating so much....

20 Mar 2014 - Beautiful Gangguan Habour 강구안

Gangguan Habour 강구안 is opposite Jungang market.
I crossed the road to check out the harbour.

I crossed the road and made my way to 동비랑벽화마을 Dongpirang Village. Facing the habour, the village is somewhere on the left of Jungang Market and behind Napoli/Napole Motel. I think I passed Napoli Motel and saw a signage indicating the direction for Dongpirang Village as shown by the arrow.

Turn left a directed.

The blue dotted line was the route from the market to the village. 

20 Mar 2014 - A very kind bus driver ^^

My next stop was 동비랑벽화마을 Dongpirang Wall Painting Village. There is a big carpark in front of the ship terminal. The bus stop for buses towards Dongpirang Village and Tongyeong Bus Terminal is located in front of Tongyeong Excursion Ship Terminal. You do not have to cross the road.

This was the bus stop where I took bus no. 101 to get to Dongpirang Village. The bus stop for Dongpirang Village is "중앙시장 Jung-Ang Sijang" but I was not very sure whether bus no 101 goes to "중앙시장 Jung-Ang Sijang". I further confirmed with the bus driver when I got on bus no. 101 at 2.06pm. He nodded his head. Let's call this bus driver as Bus Driver A. Announcement of the bus stops was in Korean. Tried using my cashbee card but it cannot be used here. T-money is fine ^^ 

Along the way, I saw some high rise residentials in Tongyeong.
Did not expect to see high rise buildings here ㅋㅋㅋ

어??? Tongyeong Bus Terminal???
I felt something was wrong when I saw the bus terminal.
It was 2.37pm when I reached here.

Bus Driver A announced that this was the last stop and everyone to alight. I approached him and he suddenly remember that I wanted to alight at "중앙시장 Jung-Ang Sijang". He looked so apologetic and said "Missed". It was not his fault. I don't think he missed the stop. It was I who missed the stop. He told me to sit down and he drove to a nearby alley to park his bus. Although it was a "chicken & duck conversation", but I think he wanted to send me to "중앙시장 Jung-Ang Sijang". I really feel bad but so touched by his kindness. In the first place, it was not his fault.

 

Bus Driver A was a SUPER NICE person. He asked me where I came from etc. I can feel he was caught in some difficulties but he wanted to make sure that I reached my destination. I think Bus Driver A was going to change shift or bus route. He saw one of his fellow colleague(Bus Driver B) geting ready to start work and called out to him. As shown in this picture, Bus Driver A(on the right) was explaining to Bus Driver B(on the left) that I am from Singapore and wanted to go to Dongpirang Village. Bus Driver A told me that Bus Driver B will sent me to "중앙시장 Jung-Ang Sijang". So so grateful to him. Bus Driver B drove off at 2.45pm.

"중앙시장 Jung-Ang Sijang" - Bus stop for Dongpirang Village.
I reached this bus stop at 3.15pm.

Bus driver B was very nice too.
He alerted me to alight here and cross the road to get to Dongpirang Village.
The green arrow is the entrance of 중앙시장 Jung-Ang Sijang.

From the entrance of 중앙시장 Jung-Ang Sijang, I walked towards my one o'clock direction to get to the village.

Walking through the market.

Not long later, I saw 강구안 Gangguan Habour across the road. It took me about 5 mins to reach here from the bus stop. I knew I was in the correct direction when I saw the turtleship ^^ At last, I saw the turtle ships! I had always wanted to see a turtle ship and my wish finally came true in Tongyeong ^^ Although they were not the real thing, I was already very happy. To get to Dongpirang Village, you need not cross the road. Instead, turn left from here and walk straight for about 5 mins. Well, I did not proceed to Dongpirang Village right away but went to 강구안 Gangguan Habour instead.

미안 해요.
This is not clear but just a general idea of the place ㅋㅋ
The red arrow shows 강구안 Gangguan Habour.
The blue arrow shows 남망산 조각공원 Nammangsan Sculpture Park.
나폴리모텔 Napoli/Napole Motel is somewhere facing the habour as shown by the green arrow.
Dongpirang Village is behind the motel as shown by the red circle. 
Actually, I wanted to stay in this motel but the website is only in Korean ㅠㅠ
The blue circle shows 중앙시장 Jungang Market
The green circle shows the Undersea Tunnel, which I did not have enough time to visit it ㅠㅠ