Everland, Korea

This is a theme park similar to Disney Land. It’s known as Everland and one of its taglines is “the place where dreams come true”.

Huge crowds teem the theme park with families bringing their children to enjoy the rides, the food and the gardens. The only downside is that with enormous crowds, the waiting time in the queue to see the attractions can be very long and it is no fun standing in the hot sun, patiently waiting for the line to move forward.

Our guide recommended the Safari World and the Gardens. Noting the queues, we realized that at most we could only visit two attractions. The huge roller coaster towering high above was a sight to behold.

It’s meant for young people who can stomach the thrills of heart-dropping dives. Thank you very much, it was certainly not our cup of tea.

We decided to join the queue to see Safari World even though it was very long, doubling back on itself like a snake.

Highlights of My Trip to Korea

These are some of the interesting places that we visited in Korea.

Bear Tree Park houses many Korean black bears some of which are almost 6 feet tall on their hind legs. They are kept in pit enclosures and visitors are allowed to feed them with fruit that are sold for that purpose. The bears will stand on their hind legs, looking up at the visitors, hoping to catch the fruit that are lobbed into their pit.

The park itself also has glass houses that contain different types of flowers and plants.

This beautiful peacock with its gorgeous tail plumes flew out of its enclosure to climb up the steps to another peacock waiting at the top. He could not be persuaded to spread his tail to show off his beautiful feathers.

Scattered among the trees in the park are also statues of bears.

Seoul Tower is another interesting tourist spot. There is a time capsule which was buried in 1935 and after 500 years, that is, in 2085, it will be retrieved so that the people of that time can view what was put inside.

From the observatory deck of the Tower, the whole of Seoul can be seen and the distances of various cities in different parts of the world are indicated above the huge picture windows.

Namsan Hanok Village showcases traditional Korean houses which give an idea of how people used to live. There is also a very interesting outhouse that is placed in a corner of a pig sty. You can guess why.

Jeju Glass Castle

This is a theme park showcasing glass art in a large garden and an exhibition hall. There are six themed model parks featuring more than two hundred and fifty models.

There is a glass maze through which we had to walk carefully and a jewellery tunnel.

Cinderella’s pumpkin coach was also there, made of glass.

The above is a glass pyramid.

Jack’s beanstalk goes right up to the ceiling of the exhibition hall.Note the hen and the golden eggs at the foot of the beanstalk.

Beautiful glass flowers and glass trees beside a lake strike wonder into you as you behold the creative art displayed before your eyes.

Glass art master pieces by internationally renowned artists from Europe and Japan are also on display in this colorful glass wonderland.

The few photographs here do not do justice to the hundreds of glass models on display but I hope this is just a teaser to whet your desire to visit this lovely glass park.