Everland Resort in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Although daytime temperature in Seoul for the month of January ranges from -3 to 6, it really did not snow during my 1 week stay in the city. Or perhaps it did (while I’m sleeping) at dawn around 4:00am when temperature is at its lowest -9 degrees. So we decided to travel to Everland Resort at Gyeonggi-do province south of Seoul where the upper hills of the theme park are covered with snow.

From Euljio 3(sam)ga station where our hotel is located, we rode the subway train and transferred to 4 subway lines to reach the Ever Line in Yongin. It has a petite train similar to the Hong Kong Disneyland train that connects the MTR to the theme park, only the Ever Line has a longer route with 15 stops.

From the train, you can see that parts of the river are frozen despite the sunny weather.

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AiinsWorld - Bucheon, Korea

Did you know that when you're in Korea, you can travel around the world in 60 minutes?!

Apparently, there is a theme park in Korea featuring miniatures of popular landmarks around the world perfect for picture taking and taking selfies. When I say miniatures, by the way, I don't mean 'small' because the replicas are quite big, approximately 20 to 30% from the original landmark. Like for example this replica of France's Eiffel Tower:

The theme park is called "AiinsWorld" and it's actually one of the highlights of my trip to Korea earlier this month! It's located at 529-2 Sang-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It's a little outside of Seoul but you can easily go there by taking the Seoul Subway Line 7 and alight at Samsan Stadium Station, Exit 5. Just follow the sign boards and take a 10-minute walk before you reach the park.

I arrived there around 1:00pm in the afternoon and the ticket price is 8,000 won. Since I have a discount coupon from a tourist brochure that I got from Incheon International airport, my entrance fee was only 6,800 won (i saved 1,200 won!). Travel Tip: When in Seoul, find those red brochures at the airport, they got plenty of discount coupons for tourists.

By the way, if you opt to go to AiinsWorld at night, the entrance fee is 12,000 won starting at 5:30pm. It's a little more expensive than the daytime tickets, I guess because of the led lights that illuminate the whole place at night time.

Here are the park's operating hours:

April - October: Weekdays 10:00 - 21:00 / Weekends & Holidays 10:00 - 22:00
November - March : Weekdays 10:00 - 20:00 / Weekends & Holidays 10:00 - 21:00

Last admission is 1 hour before closing time.

Check out my snaps:    

Paris Opera House

Fontainbleau

Cathedral of Chartres

Cathedral of Notre Dame (France)

The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy)

Colosseum (Italy)

Basilica de San Pietro

Petra

Chichen Itza

Sydney Opera House (Australia)

Statue of Liberty (USA)

9 Story Wooden Pagoda at Hwangyongsa (Korea)

The Petronas Towers and the World Trade Center

(Malaysia and USA)

Manhattan (USA) 

The Golden Gate Bridge (USA)

Lincoln Memorial (USA)

Diel el-Bahri Temple of Hastshepsut

Kumamoto Castle (Japan)

St. Basil's Cathedral (Russia)

For more details about AiinsWorld, visit their website at www.aiinsworld.com.

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Photo of the Day: Chungmuro Avenue, Korea

Chungmuro Avenue is located in Jung-gu, central Seoul of South Korea. It's known as the street of culture, artists, and film industry.

This photo was shot in the afternoon of November 2, 2014 using iPhone5s.

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