Sokcho – hellosihui https://hellosihui.com Your go-to travel buddy for Korea, Europe & beyond — with cafes, memories, and a sprinkle of magic! Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:19:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hellosihui.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cropped-hellosihui_icon-32x32.png Sokcho – hellosihui https://hellosihui.com 32 32 142266925 3D2N Sokcho – Day 3: Bye Sokcho https://hellosihui.com/2018/07/27/3d2n-sokcho-day-3-bye-sokcho/ https://hellosihui.com/2018/07/27/3d2n-sokcho-day-3-bye-sokcho/#respond Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:38:25 +0000 https://hellosihui.com/?p=19038 [Travel in March / April 2018]

Our last few hours at Sokcho, and we headed to the market to get the famous chicken for our in-room dinner with my cousin! 🙂

Cin got this for trying and she loves it!
The famous chicken store at Sokcho! 🙂
We must be crazy to buy 2 boxes, no idea, and yes we can’t finished haha
Our ticket home!
Our lunch break at Lotteria! I love their 19cm cheese stick! 🙂

HOME!

We gathered at our hotel after running some errands ourselves! 🙂 The chicken was SOOOO GOOOOD!
Cin bought the real strawberry latte for me! 🙂

And this ended my Korea Travelogue 2018 🙂 Please be back for more entries on Winter Hokkaido 2017, and Jeju 2017! 

Sokcho Tourist & Fishery Market (Formerly, Jungang Market) (속초 관광수산시장 (구: 중앙시장))
Address: 12, Jungang-ro 147beon-gil, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do
Operation Hours: 8:00am~

Will I come back? Yes

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After our fresh fish lunch, we decided to have a drink at this twosome place opposite Abai Village. I got a little excited yesterday while walking back to our hotel from our dinner place because I saw signage of “Autumn in my heart” Filming Location. They are why I am so addicted to Korean drama and eventually Korean music as well. I remembered, I wanted to visit the filming location when I first visit Korea in 2011 and realised it’s a little far and totally forget about it till yesterday 🙂

I enjoyed the view here, and we basically doing nothing except taking photo and uploading 🙂
This new friend look abit excited and never sleep.
Enjoying our time here doing nothing!
Our ride over cost 500won per trip! 🙂
This is how this boat ferry people MANUALLY!
So, started to take photo and remind me of the drama again…
So, the famous back hug scene at the beach!
My 网红 friend! 🙂
It all started from Wonbin, and the rest are all history.
We took a short walk around Abai Village,
where the lead actress’s mum had her supermarket at.

Abai Village 아바이 마을
Address: Cheongho-ro, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do

A Twosome Place 투썸플레이스
Address: 강원 속초시 중앙동 482-309

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]]> https://hellosihui.com/2018/06/14/3d2n-sokcho-day-2-abai-village/feed/ 0 18924 3D2N Sokcho – Day 2: 88 생선구이 https://hellosihui.com/2018/06/08/3d2n-sokcho-day-2-88-grilled-fish-shop/ https://hellosihui.com/2018/06/08/3d2n-sokcho-day-2-88-grilled-fish-shop/#respond Fri, 08 Jun 2018 07:58:59 +0000 https://hellosihui.com/?p=18896 [Travel in March / April 2018]

After our sightseeing walk at the market, we proceed to one of the popular restaurant for their fresh grilled fishes. We were excited because we wondering if we having a good lunch after having one of our best dinner last night (in Korea).

Love how pretty the sky and sea is.
88 생선구이, searving 9 different type of fishes on your plate! :p
We just enter the restaurant through the alley!
peeping 🙂
seriously, too much for 2 pax!
start cooking!
almost!
what is left, just the bone lol 😛

88 Grilled fish shop 88 생선구이
Address: South Korea, Gangwon-do, Sokcho-si, Jungang-dong, 468-55
Operation Hours: 8:30am – 9:00pm
Contact: +82 33-633-8892

Overall Rating: 7/10
Amount Spent: ~
My Recommendations: Standard Menu
Best Part: Fresh Fish!!!

Will I come back? Yes, especially fish lover will love this place!

HELLOSIHUI’S TIPS:

  • There’s no choice of fishes and menu is standard but all taste good and fresh

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After a long hiking trip last night, we wanted our day 2 to be simple and easy. Our challenges were to filled our stomach better than the night before. So, we decided to do a little touristy attractions and cafes which you can anticipate the next few entries 🙂

We decided to go to 속초 관광수산시장 for a walk, and look for the chicken we wanted to takeaway (heard its a must-get) next morning 🙂
I thought I saw the thing I love the most haha!
We got the crab and prawn tempura!
If you watched 화유기, you know why Cin asked if I wanted to my coat over haha 🙂

Sokcho Tourist & Fishery Market (Formerly, Jungang Market) (속초 관광수산시장 (구: 중앙시장))
Address: 12, Jungang-ro 147beon-gil, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do
Operation Hours: 8:00am~

HELLOSIHUI’S TIPS:

  • Be hungry to try many market food
  • There’s a famous chicken brand that sokcho market is famous with

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Thank to Cin’s research, she booked With U Hotel & Guesthouse via Agoda! Thank you! Let me bring you a virtual tour here, and tell you why it’s good to stay here too! 🙂

This is our room, perfect size, big enough for a short trip and really comfortable! I haven’t been staying in a real good comfy bed since most of my Korea trips are mostly non-luxury haha. Speaking of this, I missing the Lotte Hotel at Jeju! 3 of us just dashed into the bed and never wake up on time for dinner lol! :p

I was telling Cin, this is so useful for her future small house haha.
B1 – the entertainment area 😉
Was enjoying the show here while waiting for our laundry!

Level 4 – Cafe

Very well equipped with so many cookware!
Breakfast is provided in the morning! 🙂

WITH U HOTEL & GUESTHOUSE
Address: 1420-6 Joyang-dong, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Contact: +82 33-631-3620
Website: Agoda
Best Part: It’s just opposite the express bus terminal station

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After 5 hours of hike, all I need is a rest, and good food. We decided to ask our hotel owner if there’s any seafood place to introduce to us. He introduced 2 places, and he said one of them is restaurant is that okay? Why not?

So we took a cab over because we don’t think our legs are cooperative right after 5 hours of hike haha. The cost of the cab was within 3000won (3USD) lol.

청초수물회 for dinner, and I told Cin, hmmm so this is the restaurant?
I hope is not too expensive haha.
haha, the restaurant look like this, quite a big restaurant right?
The food all looks interesting and we can’t wait to have it right now!
2 bowl of happiness!
Haejeon Mulhoe
Seob Guk

We ordered Haejeon Mulhoe for 1 pax (raw fish, raw abalone, raw sea cucumber and many more!) Cin don’t eat raw fish but she is so spontaneous in trying it and said it’s really good! Yup, we all think Carol will love this too.

Seob Guk, which is a type of hangover soup haha. Yup we hangover from the hike haha. But we love the soup so great especially when it’s so cold outside!

Look so good that I need to post it again, I want to have it now! 🙂
Ojingeo Sundae – squid filled with meat and mushroom.
This is made especially from their own research team! 🙂

And, we walked back home, because we are so full, like the squid, filled with food 😛

청초수물회 Chung Cho Soo Fish
Address:14 Expo-ro 1-gil, Joyang-dong, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Operation Hours: 8:30am – 9:30pm
Contact: 033)635-5050
Website: http://www.chungchosoofish.com/

Overall Rating: 8/10
Amount Spent: 44USD
My Recommendations: All of above!
Best Part: GOOD CHEAP GREAT FOOD!

Will I come back? Yes, I want to go back now!

HELLOSIHUI’S TIPS:

  • Great food, especially all I have mentioned
  • They are famous with their raw so, try it!

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Today I will be sharing more on our seoraksan hike this post! This is quite a photo spam entry haha.

We took a bus over from our hotel to Seoraksan National Park bus stop!
It took about 30minutes? 🙂
Entrance! 🙂
Selfie time! 🙂
Entrance ticket!
The famous bear in Seoraksan! 🙂

We decided to head for Ulsanbawi Rock route. Prior to this hike, I have often walked in the park clearing 15k to 30k steps, and many tree top walk experience so I thought 3.7km wasn’t a tough one. lol!

I thought the cafe looks pretty nice too!

Start of the hike! 🙂

Making wishes!
I was telling Cin “if all the walks are like this, its alright man!”
And we saw this haha.
And I told Cin again, Oh so this is the tough steps? actually reasonable too!
HAHA, and we saw this hahahaha okay, that’s rocks and more rocks!
The rock thats move!

We tried to move the rock too. Actually, we didn’t know about it till we met this 2 korean guys at the peak and they told us that the rock can be move at this angle hahaha! So, we did it during our returned trip!

I love mountains filled with snows~
Okay, the 1.6km worth of steps starting really soon!
Like this?
Like that!
The thought of having chocolate in a while motivate me to continue! haha!
🙂
My favourite backview pose! 🙂
All, I wanted is a cup of hot yuzu tea because its too cold, too tired.

Although its 3.7km walk, it inclusive a steep stair climbing of 1.6km. I read many blogs on this and they all said it’s about 900 steps haha. We took 5 hours return. haha! Best luck to anyone who is heading over, and it’s worth. Reception is good too haha.

설악산 울산바위 Ulsanbawi Rock 
Address: 1091, Seoraksan-ro, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do
Contact:+82-33-636-7700
Website: english.knps.or.kr

Overall Rating: Good Experience!

Will I come back? Yes!

HELLOSIHUI’S TIPS:

  • Be Early, prepare water and chocolate
  • Bring Glove
  • Wear right attire!

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I have been wanting to explore more of Mt Seorak area, and so glad that Cin managed to shift her date to suit mine. So I headed over slightly earlier to meet up with her for our 3D2N Sokcho trip before joining my friends for part 2.

Let’s all start with journey over! 🙂

Head over to Express Bus Terminal to hop on the bus from Seoul to Sokcho!
It’s a 2.5hours journey! 🙂

And we need to get breakfast since we changed our plan and hike right after reaching our hotel. (weather schedule is colder and expecting snow the following day) Definitely korean toast yums!

Cin bought nice royal milk tea over!
While waiting for our bus and we are fully-geared for our hike haha!
Our bus!

We stayed right opposite the bus terminal, so so convenience and I love the hotel too, have shared more information on the hotel here 🙂

Look who stayed with us too? haha, well that’s not our room haha.

WITH U HOTEL & GUESTHOUSE
Address: 1420-6 Joyang-dong, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Contact: +82 33-631-3620
Website: Agoda

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