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So you are thinking of bringing your kids for a vacation this Christmas – but of course – you need a hotel that is kid friendly and have certain amenities for kids as well.  But you also don’t want to pay top dollars for just accommodation alone for you want to leave some spending money so that you and your kids can buy some souvenirs home right?   I can understand it completely – but do you want to just choose a hotel with a pool and pool safety fence or do you want also restaurants for them to eat in – as well as an amusement park nearby for convenience reason?  What about the rooms?  do you want a hotel to provide those free roll-in bed or a sofa bed?  yes you have to take all these into consideration.

The Westin Chosun is one of my favorite hotel when I am in Asia – not only is it reasonable in prices – it is kid’s friendly as well as very near a shopping market.

The Myeong dong market is like a cluster of shopping center together – they have loads of high end shops here – and you can shop till you drop.  I loved the street food on the Myeong Dong Market – and everything is just so cheap there.

The interior of the Westin Chosun is pretty luxurious as you can view from this picture – very much like a Japanese hotel but much bigger rooms.  The pool is an olympic size pool and you can see children playing at the children’s pool and although they do not have safety fences like the B & B’s in the West – you also will be in awe of the Olympic size pool that most western hotels do not have but definitely kid’s friendly.

When we were in Korea many years ago, well – when i was a kid – i went with the church to the prayer mountain – what a waste of time then.  We didn’t really get to see very much then – but when I was much older and a girlfriend showed me all the Louis Vuitton handbags she got from Korea – i told myself, I had to go there for sure.  So when i was posted there for a meeting for carpark meters some years ago – i was darn happy.

Besides the normal shopping and touristy places and drinking holes that we went to – we also had to see the world’s largest indoor theme park – Lotte World of course!   We should have taken the subway but instead a co-worker there drove us and we ended up using roadside assistance because his car broke down.

Lotte World reminds me a lot about DisneyLand and Sanrio World and you can find a theme park hotel, a museum, many shopping malls and monorail, movie theatre and lots more – both adults and kids will enjoy this place.  We spent like 6 hrs in the theme park and never even finished all the rides.

Opens as early as 9.30am and closes at 11pm – we only waited for the fireworks to end and left – but if you go after 5pm – entrance fees are cheaper.

Pretty magical eh.

Don’t forget to try the Gyro Drop !  It’s awesome awesome!  a great view from the top but hold on tight when you are coming down.   The drop is about 400 feet down and it was really breath-taking – or rather – you can’t breathe.

We all love the carousel but we were too shy to go on it – but some of our co-workers did and made a fool of themselves.

W Seoul WalkerHill

October 31st, 2008

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I love the Starwood group of hotels..!  they have awesome discounts for frequent traveler like myself.. and when W Seoul was opened for business, we were invited to stay in it for free as fellow hoteliers.  Impressive is not the word i was looking for .. to be honest.. it was W for WOW..!!  looking very serene and awfully calm and unexciting from the outside.. let me show you a few photos.. of the inside of W Seoul WalkerHill Hotel.

First ..  i have to tell you how impressed i was .. even with the toilet rolls.  Ok.. i know the Ritz. .and some other hotels do have this too.. for their washrooms.. but even in the public toilet..???  Yup..!! you heard me right..!!! To be continued..

One of Seoul’s must go to .. is the Gyeongbok Palace because this is the most famous attractions when you go to Korean. I haven’t met anyone who wouldn’t go to the Gyeongbok Palace. Plus who can resist a royal palace right..? Rich history of the Gyeongbok Palace can be found when you google it. Please note that there are some places in the palace that are not opened to the public.

This is the main entrance to the palace or to the outer part of the courtyard. There is a ticketing booth to the right of the entrance. The entrance fee to the palace is $1000 Won .. about $1 Canadian dollars – cheap cheap..! i think children goes in for free.. but don’t quote me please.

Inner court of the palace

The inside of the Main Hall

The statue of the king .. i think. But I am not too, too sure.

A sundial..!! woohoo..!!


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