Sok-Cho beach for Summer visitor!

This time, I will introduce Sok-cho beach along the east sea of Korea. East sea is one of the most famous place for summer vacation with Busan. Of course thousands of people visit east sea so that there during the summer there is heavy traffic to east sea.

This is the entrance of the beach where my family visited this summer! The beach was opened to public on that day, so there were so many people already. As I mentioned above, it took 7 hours for use to get there due to heavy traffic. (It if from An-Yang to Sok-Cho).

On this beach, there is Nature museum which is open to public for free. I really wanted to visit this museum to introduce to you guys, but sorry, I was too busy for surfing LOL. But if you have chance to visit Sok-Cho, you can visit place!

Even thought we went to the beach pretty early (we went around noon), there were a lot of people already! The read parasol are needed to be payed to use. The one with table is more expensive so that we borrowed one without the table. One without the table is 15,000Won (approximately $15).

On the parasol, it says "You are at the Sok-Cho beach!!".

You can borrow tube as well! but it is a bit expensive. Each tube is 10,000 Won (about $10). Since I did not borrow boat I don't know about the cost, but you can also borrow the boat and the other things. But you need to give your ID till you bring back your stuff.

I forgot to take a picture, but there's shower room as well! Even though the water is a bit cold, it is better than going home soaked in salted-water! You may need to pay 2,000 Won ($2) per adult and 1,000 ($1) per kid. Since they won't offer any shampoo or body soap, you should prepare your own!

Bonus. You can find me with my bother in this picture!! haha!

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For people who wants to buy cosmetics in Korea

You may heard that you must buy cosmetics once you visit Korea!! Because those are so cheap but in good quality!! :) Yes, they are really cheap but compare to its price, it is really good quality. Not only that, you can also get plenty of samples when you purchase in one store! Last time, I bought gel type eyeliner for my friends from Tonymoly, then as soon as they tried it, they fall in love with it!!

If you recognized all the logos above!! You are already better Korean than me!! :'(

1. ETUDE

So... Let me start with ETUDE. Etude is one of famous road-shop in Korea. Girls love Etude because of its cute case and their high quality (compare to its price). The first item from Etude House is the Mascara for Eyebrow.

Yes.. I agree.. I thought Mascara is only for Eyelashes. But Korean has Mascara for Eyebrow as well. This Mascara will brush so that it won't look too dark or light.

The next one is for Eye lash. (Don't get confused!! the one above is for Eye brow and this one is for your eye lash!!!) This is not a normal Mascara! It is water proofed! There were so many people used this Mascara already and it got pretty nice score!!

I guess that Etude is specialized with eye product since the last item that I would like to introduce is eye related product as well!! The next one is Eye lash ample! There were blind test which has been held for 30 days, and this product from Etude ranked number one!! If you think your eye lash is too short, you should try this product!! :) Try this on before you go to bed and feel the difference when you wake up!

2. Innisfree

Next store that I would like to recommend you is Innisfree. This is not my favourite but it is still one of the most famous road-shop in Korea.

What you should buy once you visit this store is Pencil remover. When you are super busy in the morning but made some mistake, don't cry but use this pencil!!! It will make you life much easier!!

The next product from Innisfree is my friend's favourite. She even asked me to get some more!! It is Shadow pencil!! I know this is nothing special because you might have similar one in your country as well and some are not that expensive in your country. However, this product is waterproofed, has a lot of colour to choose, and never become lumpy.

3. Tonymoly

Tonymoly is definitely my favourite!! It suits for my skin the best!! But since everyone's skin types are different you should find one for you for sure!! However, I never found anyone who does not love backstage gel eyeliner from Tonylomy till now!! Everyone loves this product and they even asked me to get some more when I come back to Korea!! There are few choice for  colour, you can choose what suits you the best!!

4. Skinfood

Skinfood is famous for using food ingredient for cosmetics. For long time, their catchphrase was "don't eat, yield for your skin" (먹지마세요 피부에 양보하세요). It was funny but thinking that we are using a lot of vegetables for facial masks, it is actually true.

One thing that you should buy from this store is Hydro Cream which is made of Honey. You may thing that you should clean it off once you put on your face since honey sounds like sticky but you don't need to. :)

5. Nature republic

I believe that Nature republic was famous for Chinese since Rain was model for this brand for few years.. (I believe)

What I would like to recommend for you to buy if you go to Nature republic, get Deep Care hair pack. This is pack for your hair and it will give more nutrient than your hair conditioner!  I tired this pack for a while when my hair got damaged after dyeing my hair for several times in few months. And It seemed like working!!

Another product that I want you buy from this store is Lib&Eye Remover. I was big fan of Missha's Lib&Eye Remover, but once I tries this, I never used Missha's again!! Also a lot of Korea Musical actors use this product as well. If you think about how much makeups they put on their faces, you can easily imagine how good is this product!! :D

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Fried Chicken in Korea

I know that we all have fried chicken in each of our countries. That's what I thought first!! Personally I am missing Fried Chicken wings in Canada right now BUT!! one of my Hongkongese friend told me that she loved fried chicken in Korea so much that she ordered it every night before she goes to sleep when she visited Korea. So... I guess it is different!! 

Also, fired chicken is so popular in Korea. So that we even call it Chi-nu-nim. Chi-nu-nim is compound of Chicken and Han-nu-nim (which means God mostly Jesus). Now you can see how much Korean loves fried chicken. 

In general we have two types of fried chicken. One is non-spicy and the other one is... as you can guess... spicy. But spicy fried chicken is not that spicy so I want you to try it!! :) 

This is non-spicy version that I love~~~ <3 so much!! If you ask me to describe how does it taste like.. it is really hard to... It is tender,,, and a bit salty, and.. hum... You should just come visit Korea and try it. 

This is spicy version. But as I mentioned above, it is not that spicy. it is more like sweet and spicy. But not too sweet!! :) So you can handle a bit of spicy, you can try it.. ( i believe) 

Another good reason that you should try chicken in Korea is that.. you can order anytime you want!! Some chicken restaurant opens for 24 hours!! not only that!! they even bring it to where you are!! it does not matter weather you are in beach or in mountain!! they will come find you! :) 

so if you are in Korea and wonder if they will come for sure!! pick up your phone and find the closest chicken store the simply call them!! :) 

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Don't use google map it world not work as you expect.

Let me tell you something before I start this post. I am a big fan of google map. But it is only when I am living in Canada. Personally, I believe that google map is the best map ever if you are not a good navigator but this won't work as you expect once you arrive in Korea. 

For some reason (well, they say it is due to military reason since S.Korea is still in war with N.Korea) Google map cannot offer same service that they do in the other countries. Which means, it is not as accurate as you use in your own country. 

So, what I would like to recommend is 'Naver map' (Google play, itunes). It will do what Google map do basically but in my opinion, you better not to expect too much on it. What I found is that it won't direct you once get closer than 700m to where you want to go. So, from there, you need to find your own way. 

One thing that I like about Naver Map it that tells you how much it will take if you would like to take a taxi to your destination :) 

There are other map application you can use in Korea, such as Daum map, but since most of my friends are using Naver map, I believe that Naver map is one of the most famous map application!!! 

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