The Wandering ChaCha: South Korea Day 2.2

Day 2 Con't.
November 27, 2018
Gangnam District Tour Con’t. and
Dongdaemun Design Plaza

After our visit to the Bongeunsa Temple, our tour guides drove us to COEX Mall, which was just across the street. COEX has COnvention and EXhibition halls, among other things and is the largest underground shopping mall in Asia. We didn’t do any shopping there, however. After a deliciously spicy filling of Jajangmyeon and Jjampong for lunch at the food court, we went to the mall’s aquarium (It was part of the full day tour). I was really only interested in creatures I’ve never really seen in person before and those that were weird-looking (See video)but on hindsight, I think I could've done without the aquarium part of the tour. There are other good things to see in and around the complex. Driving out of the COEX parking garage, on the other side of the building, we saw the giant monument of the “(Oppa) Gangnam Style” hand sign in reference to the song and dance made popular by Korean singer, Psy. Definitely made us sing, “Op, Op Op, Op!” 😁

We then headed towards and walked along popular Garosu-gil Road, known for its upscale boutiques, galleries and restaurants. Garosu-gil literally means “tree-lined street,” referring to the ginkgo trees planted along the streets in the area. Reaching the end of that road concluded our Gangnam District tour.

Paul offered to drop us off some place we’d like to explore more in Seoul so we asked to get off Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) a.k.a. Dream, Design and Play. We waited until it was dark to thoroughly enjoy the lights and the LED Rose Garden there. We were so in awe of the amazingly futuristic structure and its surrounding buildings. We enjoyed a good dinner inside the building and took a cab back to our hotel in Myeongdong.