My ✨SOLO✨ Trip to Seoul pt. 1

Last February I went to South Korea with my family. However, I booked a different flight from the others because I was kinda last minute to confirm that I was going with them. I booked my flight a day earlier due to a better price and consequently, I’d have one day all by myself in the city.

📝 What to Expect:

I am only going to write about the accommodation here because apparently most of my sightseeing photos are in my other phone so I’ll share on different posts.

✈️ LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN

I flied Garuda Indonesia. The flight was started not that smooth as I got delayed for about an hour because of a technical issue. Just to make it sound even worse, we were actually already inside the craft when all of the sudden the lights and aircon went off so they requested all passengers to go back to the waiting room.

And as a person who is scared of flying that was not really good news to be honest LOL but God is great. After 6 hours of flying, I arrived in Incheon safe and sound.

🇰🇷 ARRIVAL

There are options to travel to the city but because I arrived during their peak hour (10 AM), I opted the train to avoid traffic. It took me around 40-50mins to arrive at the Seoul Station and I had to move lines for Chungmurro. This was a downside if you travel with trains because it will require you to transfer from one platform to another which could be a hurdle if you travel with big luggage.

🏨 HOTEL

Chungmurro is only a couple of stations away from Seoul Station and my hotel was just few meters away from the station exit - which was very convenient. The hotel name is G3 Hotel Chungmurro. The nightly rate was reasonable (~IDR 1.6mio) for a hotel in that strategic location. I booked through Agoda only for one night, as I would be moving to a room with my sister on the following day.

The hotel offers different room types for single, double or family travelers. When I checked on the differences, the single room seemed to be in the corner and I was not really into corner room especially when I travel alone, so I decided to book the double room for myself. Not to mention, the price was not much different. I booked room-only which meant it did not include breakfast.

The check-in process was quick. The staff could speak English and thankfully, my room was ready although it was just 1 PM - check-in time is 3 PM but just like in any other hotels, if you arrive early, you can store your luggage at the concierge and start strolling around the city while waiting for your room to be ready. This is why I prefer hotels to Airbnbs.

The room was clean and quite spacious, completed with desk and extra chairs. The view was okay, and my room was facing east so I could watch the sunrise.

After refreshing, I decided to go outside at around 2 PM and tried to adjust myself with the cold weather and grabbed some late lunch. I went back to the hotel at 6 PM, had hot shower, dinner and passed out at 9 PM because I could not really sleep well during the flight. I also needed myself to fully recharge tomorrow to start the real travel adventures with my family.

Onto the next day; since my stay didn’t include breakfast so I had a steamed egg and leftovers kimbab that I bought in the convenience store right beside my hotel building the previous night.

I’ll write about where I went on the next posts.

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