Bundang Yuldong Park.

Yuldong Park (율동공원) is a park located at Yul-dong, Bundang-gu.Yuldong Park opened on September 1, 1999 with many entertainment facilities. It has a bungee jumping site (45m), a large fountain that spurts water up to a height of 103 meters, Surrounding the reservoir, the park has promenade, a theater, flower gardens, children's park, artificial rock wall, and many spots for a family picnic. A walking path and bicycle path circle the reservoir. On weekends its usually crowded with people having family time there.. Tons of restaurants of various kinds are there near this park.
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The reservoir is quite big.

Autumn leaves.

The bungee jumping site.

These ducks are a major attraction among kids.

The huge fountain in the lake.

There was a big queue for bungee jumping.

The kids park was a good time pass for Kunjal.

Kunjal with papa playing in the park.

The marshy land park .

Kunjal riding the trike in the park. Lots of people were riding cycles around the big park.

One can rent the the cycles and trikes from the shops just opposite to the park.

Beautiful autumn evening in the park .

We had a great time in the park .Since its not very far from Suwon we plan to visit again .

Seoul Grand Park Visit

About Seoul Grand park: It is a major theme park in Korea with all kinds of entertainment facilities and a zoo, and is beautifully surrounded by nature. Covering an area of about 7,000,000 sq km, Seoul Grand Park opened in 1984. A lake runs at the center of Seoul Grand Park, and zoo, botanical garden, educational center for youth, and various convenience facilities are available.

For detailed instruction about how to reach the place please check the Visit Korea Website.
Seoul Grand park

Near the Ticket Counter of Grand Park

Flower Garden

The Huge Tiger Statue. Kids having fun.

In the Zoo

In Korea where we donot see much animals moving around, Seoul Grand park is a great place for the kids to visit.They really enjoy seeing the aninals there and learn a lot about them.

highly recommended for kids between 2 to 8 years old.

Cranes

Giraffes

Rhinoceros

Big Elephant Trunk Slide.Kunjal really loved it.

This one was really cool. Slide inside Crocodile's mouth.

Kunjal holding hands and sliding together with a Korean friends whom she met in the park.

Close up of the Crocodile mouth Slide

Kunjal enjoyed this slide for half an hour, tirelessly climbing the slope to enjoy the slide.

Kunjal communicating with her new friend.

Chandra in front of the the picturesque lake

Family photo time

Autumn leaves collected together for the kids to jump on and have fun.

Kunjal Enjoyed this too. Throwing around dry leaves on other kids.

Kids having fun.

Kunjal forced papa also to join her in the game

Bangkok visit.

This jan of 2006
We planned to have a stop over in bangkok while going to India.

At Incehon airport

Bangkok the capital of Thailand is very famous among toursits for beautiful temples and palaces.
We arrived at Bangkok airport on 18th of jan 2006. Thailand issues visa on arrival for Indian tourists.
Visa on arrival counter at bangkok airport

Within 10 min we got our passport stamped and went out of the airport. We hired a taxi to reach our hotel Baiyoke sky which we had booked from korea itself.

This 88 storied hotel claims to be the tallest in Thailand.
At the hotel lobby

The room we booked was not available so they upraged us to deluxe suite. The dry winter months is the best time to visit Thailand and our hotel was flowing with tourists.
The living room of the suite
At the bedroom

By afternoon we reached the hotel which is located at the bustling Pratunam area .

After refreshing ourself we went for the much needed welcome drink being served by the hotel.

The drastic climate change from -10 degrees in korea to +25 in bangkok made kunjal very uncomfortable. The drink made her feel little better.
Enjoying the drink
We took rest for some time and went out to check(shop) the pratunam area and nearby siam square.
Pratunam has many street markets and bazars . As our main aim was shopping for the wedding of my brother in law, so we pounced upon the shops and the prices were so attractive that soon both our hands were full.

Traditional thai performances were going on at a temple near our hotel. we relaxed ourselves by enjoying the dance and then started searching place for dinner.
The performance going on .

We got a open air restaurant that claims to serve the best thai cuisine. We ordered a lobster dish and a chicken dish. The food was awsome.

we headed towards siam square after a hearty dinner .After loads of shopping we came back dead tired. Luckily Kunjal didnt disturb us much . we just needed to handover her a coconut drink whenver she was bothersome.

we retired at the hotel room around 11 at night.and sat near the window to enjoy the view of bangkok city with nicely grilled prawns accompanied with sour and hot sauce.

Next day morning we had breakfast at the sky restaurant from where one can see till far stretch of Thailand.

Breakfast time

soon after breakfast We met our guide, a young girl who speaks very good english.In Thailand the guides serve for free. Its upto the visitor to give them some tips. Since she was our personal tour guide so we could get all sorts of information regarding Thailand, its history and present.
she also enlightened us about their great king and his kindness towards subjects.

Our first destination was “Wat Trimit”, the Temple of Golden Buddha, which houses an impressive three meters tall, 5.5 ton, solid gold Buddha sculpted in the graceful Sukhothai style.


at the golden buddha temple
with our guide

This is followed by “Wat Pho”, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, It is the oldest and largest temple in Bangkok it feathers the largest reclining Buddha and the largest collection of Buddha images in Thailand; and it was the earliest center for public education.

The temple of reclining buddha

The different poses of buddha .

the Marble Temple, constructed in exquisite white carrara marble, is a prime example of modern Thai architecture and houses a famed collection of Buddha mages representing various periods and derivations.

At the marble temple



praying here fulfills your wishes

The guide took us to some handicraft shops and also gem factory. Infront of handicraft shop

we only had half day to enjoy sight seeing . we passed by the present king's palace and other landmarks of bangkok before landing to hotel .
The palace of King RamaIX

The pictures of present king and queen of Thailand at the backdrop.

we went for lunch to nearby restaurant and also did the final shopping . Rushing back to hotel we packed our bags and checked out of the hotel.

This hectic trip to bangkok has been the most memorable one ,thanks to the wonderful thai food and satisfactory shopping along with the beautiful tourist spots, we wish to visit again .