Sunday, 3 May 2015

2 April 2015 - Romantic walk along Cherry Blossom Street 십리벚꽃길

Direction to the Cherry Blossom Street as mentioned in my earlier post, make a right U turn from Hwagae Bus Terminal if you are coming from the bus terminal. 
Pardon me if this map is too small. Hope it can give you a better idea of the place. The Orange circle shows the Hwagae Marketplace. The Purple circle shows the bus terminal and the Green circle shows the Cherry Blossom street(the stretch is longer than what is reflected on the map lol)
I think that was a set up for the Cherry Blossom Festival.
Honestly speaking, I am not sure whether this was the Cherry Blossom Street but the entire stretch of road was really pretty enough to be called the Cherry Blossom Street lol



Sorry for not being sorry to post these look alike pictures ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ













I think I took too long to take my pictures but I blamed it on the beautiful cherry blossomㅋㅋㅋ



I have always love tea planations and these two beauties makes such a perfect combination.

Bus stop that I came across but I didn't stop to wait for the bus to 쌍계사 Ssanggyesa Temple since I did not know the bus time table.  Yeah, I planned to walk to the temple but I didn't make it in the end ㅠㅠ  I didn't take the taxi becos most taxi were occupied with passengers..
Another bus stop along the way...

I think there are about 6 bus stops to get to 쌍계사 Ssanggyesa Temple. This bus stop, "신촌" should be the fifth bus stop. I passed by this bus stop at about 2.43pm. About 2 mins after I passed by the bus stop, a bus that looked like a village bus drove past me!!! OMG...is that the bus to the temple????
It was
 2.48pm and I was still 1.8km away from 쌍계사 Ssanggyesa Temple. I really hope to visit the temple but decided to turn back becos I wanted to catch the bus that departs for Busan at 4.45pm. I hope to be back again one day.
Turning back reluctantly...
화개천 Hwagae river
Told myself that I must have tea at a teahouse before going back to Busan! 

The menu provides picture and description of the tea.
Errmmm....Though I cannot understand ㅋㅋㅋ 



Very nice tea.
I made the right choice ^^
Waiting area for the bus.
The ticket counter was inside the minimart.
That's the ticket counter.

My bus ticket back to Busan. 
Good bye Hwagae. Such a beautiful place despite the gloomy weather.
Don't remember when I was given this. Probably on the bus...The bus bound for Busan arrived at 4.51pm instead of 4.45pm and drove off at 4.56pm. It was still raining when I left Hwagae. The bus reached Hadong bus terminal at 5.30pm and drove off at 5.35pm. Reached Gon Yang Terminal 곤양공용터미널 at 6.02pm and drove off at 6.05pm. The bus did not stop for any toilet break for the return trip, which I thought was good ㅋㅋㅋ I reached Seobu bus terminal at 7.28pm. Took the subway from Sasang station at 7.36pm to meet my friends for dinner at Seomyeon. The subway reached Seomyeon Station at 7.51pm and reached Jeonpo Station at 7.53pm.

2 April 2015 - Exploring Hwagae market place 화개장터

Exploring the marketplace after lunch.
I wish I can try these but saving some space for that Hadong Hotteok which I saw at the entrance of the marketplace ㅋㅋㅋ  Many restaurants including the one I had my lunch were selling these. I think the ones in yellow batter are fried fish and those in green could be veggies?

There were many shops selling pretty ceramic wares and I so so wished that I could buy them back ㅠㅠ



Yeah!
Bought my Hadong Hotteok before making my way to the Cherry Blossom Street.
I think they have a few flavours including Cream Cheese hotteok (1500 won for one) and seeds hotteok (1000 won for one).  I bought the Cream Cheese hotteok ^^
好吃好吃 ^^
맛있다 ^^
Yummmssssss ^^
Up next is Cherry Blossom Street 십리벚꽃길.

2 April 2015 - Lunch at Hwagae Market Place

In my earlier post, I mentioned about the directions to Hwagae marketplace and Cherry Blossom Street.  The red arrow here points to the marketplace and the green arrow points to the Cherry Blossom Street.  
You will see the marketplace after getting across the bridge, Hwagae Bridge 화개교.
Hwagae Bridge 화개교
The marketplace will be on your right after the bridge. 
This is the marketplace.
 You will see it when you turn right after the bridge.
The Red arrow points to the place where I had my lunch, 고향맛집.
The Blue arrow points to the stall where I bought my dessert ,하동찰호떡 ㅋㅋㅋ
고향맛집 where I had my lunch.
Menu in Korean only.
I ordered the Sanchae Bibimbap and soup set, 10000 won.
Looks appetising but I did not really like all the banchan.
죄송합니다...
A local specialty, 재첩국 (soup made from freshwater marsh clams).
Yum Yum ^^
My Sanchae Bibimbap 산채비빔밥, which is made with seasoned wild leafy greens and root vegetables.
Go slow with the Gochujang 고추장 ^^