Mmmm... Dah nak balik (it's time to go back). There's not much we can do when we get to the city of Seoul on the 4th day, and then we visited interesting places outside the city in the following days. So we decided to grab a taxi and had a half-day city tour before our midnight flight back to KL.
There are 5 palaces in Seoul: Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Changgyeonggung, Deoksugung, and Gyeonghuigung, where we intend to visit one of them. Changdeokgung was the principal palace for many kings of the Joseon dynasty and is the most well-preserved.
The historic site was heavily damaged during the Japanese Occupation between 1910 and 1945 and is the second palace after Gyeongbokgung, the primary palace. We loved the atmosphere of the site, such that it blended with the natural setup throughout the palace, as you'll see in the photo essay below.
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| Brief description on the palace |
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| The Main Hall |
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| The Queen's Hall |
Moving on to the nearby site, we stopped at Gwanghwamun, the main and the largest gate of the Gyeongbokgung Palace. The royal changing of the guard ceremony is held in front of the main gate every hour from 10:00 to 15:00, except on Tuesday, which is today. Sigh!!
Fronting the gate was located the Gwanghwamun Plaza. We walked through the side of Cheonggye Stream and Seoul Plaza and took a snapshot of the Admiral Yi Su-Sin statue and the famous King Sejong of the Joseon Dynasty.
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| Walked towards the main gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace |
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| King Sejong |
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| Admiral Yi Sun-Sin |
Sejong Center, a shopping complex, was our last stop before we went back to the hotel for check-out. All of our belongings were already packed the night before, so we just had our bodies cleaned and refreshed. Now, it's time to leave for the airport... Bye-bye, Seoul!
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| Membaca amalan yang mulia |
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| The taxi driver was very generous to entertain us on the final day. |
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| The last and final dinner in Seoul |
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| Bye... |
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