Hi 

I had a amazing 2 weeks trip to south korea . i am 45 F from europe with asian background . This is the first solo trip for me . Some experience which i would like to share 

Cities visited : 

1. Seoul
2. Busan 
3. Jeonju
4. Gyeonju 
5. Suwon 

Apps which i used :

Wowpass :

I landed in Incheon and before i boarded the flight , i have already ordered my wowpass . It was easy to collect it in CU in terminal 2 ( since i was travelling in Korean air) . The app gives all information abt the app . This was the best card which includes also t.money  card . I had few euros and i easily converted to krw and loaded the card . After that was over i was recharging with paypal ( ofcourse with some 4000 krw as fee ) . If u dont like to use Paypal , credit card or cash can be used to load and there are sufficient wowpass kiosks which u can find in map for location . This one card i used over all for 2 weeks ( also some cash back is there ) . i highly recommend . 

Navermap : 

I am a very bad navigator, even though i am used to the path 100 times still i get lost , but Naver map was so perfect that i never got lost or took wrong transportation . Tip : use metro option during peak hours to avoid traffic . It shows turn by turn and as well zebra crossing so perfectly 

Uber :

I used only once , since the transportation in Korea was so perfect 

Korail app :

I booked all my Busan / Jeonju and Gyeonju 4 weeks before travel , as the tickets open only at that time 

These were the apps i used and nothing else 

Shopping : 

Avoid going to shopping street after 5 pm , its so crowded its hard to shop . i went always before 1pm and the entire shop was only for me 

Avoid buying masks from unknown shops like Baviphat , the mask shop .. i went to the brand shop and they had amazing offers 

Olive young doesnt have all the brands for example i was searching for genebelle brand and didnt find . Also Heveblue was not there in some olive yong . If you can order to ur hotel , u can order online using coupong or olive young. 

Shops i visited 

-mimiline dongdaemon 
- nyunyu 
- mediheal
- namdaemun pharmacy 
- tony moly 
- the faceshop
- olive young 

Hotels i stayed :

Hotel Lumia Myeongdong : walkable to seoul station , 200 m to airport bus lumisine stop , walkable to myeongdong shopping street 

Hotel busan songdo beach : 2 star hotel 

Was comfortable and with beach view . 


Eateries : 

Amazing food and i was just entering all small shops and i found old ladies cooking and was amazing . I didnt check for Michelln star hotels or instagram ones . But i entered where i found interesting and 100% was delicious 


Part 2 to continue… 

2 weeks of Bliss - My trip report and some tips - No skin treatment