A team of five departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on 26 April 09 at 1 a.m. The journey took six and a half hour to reach Incheon Airport where we arrived at 7.40 a.m. as Korea was one-hour ahead from Malaysia. Upon arrival, we were warmly greeted by Mr Chung Min-Ho; Group Study Exchange (GSE) Chairman of Korea with his wife a Korean Rotarian who came with a 12-seater van to load our luggage’s to drove us to Cheonan city.
We stopped over at R&R area to have coffee and I was amazed by the cleanliness and the ambiance of the toilets... green scenery with plants and animals like birds welcoming you... There is also a highway supermarket and food court for people to fill their stomach and quench their thirst.
We had welcomed by a lunch reception hosted by the District Secretariat where we had our first Korean meal-Korean 'bap' (rice)-Korean staple food with many banchans (side dishes) such as kong nam mul, jap chae, myul-chi and not forgetting kimchi, kimchi jjigae and many more.
We were dropped off at Western Hotel in the afternoon to unpack our luggage as to prepare ourselves for a Charter night of RC Woo Ri. In the afternoon, we walked around Cheonan city where we visited Moon’s Dental Hospital and were warmly received by District Governor Dr Moon Eun-Soo.
'Cheonan-Si' or Cheonan City is known for several agricultural products including grapes and ya pears. The tightly-packed city center is surrounded by small mountains. The main tourist attraction is the nearby "Independence Hall," a collection of patriotic museums, monuments and gardens, including "the museum of Japanese Aggression." The city is also known for a small walnut-flavored cake in the size and shape of a walnut.
We went to the nearby shopping complex 'Ya-Woori' to snoope around and experience for ourselves the Korean lifestyle and snaps many photos and came across a very cute shop name 'Buy the way', visiting Cheonan Bus Terminal and pose with a big pink teddy bear dog with the slogan "Cannot Live Without a Dream" which I strongly agree...
There was also this interesting architecture 'Millions of Miles (Distant Voyage)' which made of 999 axles from junk cars.
Till next time... cheers
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