So, for the first 9 nights in Seoul, We stayed at Mori Guesthouse.
If you asks me to rate this hostel, i'd be glad to rate it to 5 stars! Why?
Allright, lets get down to the details.
1. This hostel is near a train station, taxi stand, and just a few minutes from Sinchon (the place where we ate Grilled Mackerel). It is located near the Gwangheunchang Train Station. Just a few minutes walk.
P/s: When I said few minutes walk, it refers to Malaysian walking pace. LOL. If Korean said, the place is only 30minutes walk, be ready to multiple it by 2 or 3.hahaha They are accustomed to walking, therefore, they walked pretty fast. Compared to us, it will take some time to reach our destination.
2. Those who stayed here were 99% girl/women/lady. only 1% men exists here. Why? We didnt expect that this place will be full with girls. We did asked the owner, and he said that it just happen to be so. There are lots of students staying here and they were mainly women. Somehow, Mori's area is near to a fashion street or so, therefore, lots of arts & design students renting at Mori's. (that was what i've been told). So, for a Solo traveller and you are afraid of your safety, this is the place. they are veryy nice people.
3. The train route can be divert to upper part of Seoul and the downpart towards Seunyodu Park (tempat RM main kapal kertas tuuuu)
4. Sinchon, a place where you can eat Grilled mackerel is just around the corner. We took taxi twice from sinchon to the hostel and it costs us aroun 3,800won. Then only we knew that the eating place was near..hahaha
5. There's a makeup room (nampak tak betapa ramainya ladies sampai ada makeup room?) . they provide facial cotton, hairdryer and a biggg, wideeee mirror for ladies ^^ hahahaha
6. Next, for muslim, maybe you will feel delighted over this news. You can take off your shoes. Put yours on the shoe rack and wear the slipper provided. in the basket.
7. They also provides a room to place your luggage. If you lived in a dormitory, there wont be enough space, though you can put your bags inside. But, it will surely block the path. Unless you are pretty self-centred, you can just put it on the floor inside the room. If you are not comfy to do so, there's a place for your bag. Safety guaranteed as long as you lock your own bag. hahahha
8. This is the dormitory room. 4 double-decker bed. that makes it for 8 people. They have curtains put up for privacy. a personal bed lamp and a plug for you to charge your tech. They provides bedsheet, pillow, quilt and the room itself was pretty warm. Based from experience, they really are keen at keeping silence after 9pm. Sometimes, if your roomate is kinda selfish, they will just switch off the main lights though you are still doing something. Well, it was something to experience right? How to be thoughtful and ignore the selfishness of people. hahha learn a few things myself as backpackers. Beggars cant be choosy. you just nag in your native language so that they dont understand. hahhahaha
Seriously, of all the 3 places i've stayed during my visit in Korea, I am gonna miss Mori the most. ^^ Thz James for the nice and warm welcome given to us.
9. Finally! the kitchen and lounge room. The students studied in the lounge room and watch tv's here. They also eat here. This is the only place where there will be no issues raised. Fooddddd.. No one wants to fight over food kan..
You can cook here. Breakfast were provided by the hostel. They provides fresh orange, bread, eggs, butter and jam, coffee and sugar. Basic necessities, FULFILLED. hihihi we brought our own sabun samak and we just samak all the utensils, we cook and eat. ^^
10. That is the owner, James. He is very helpful and you can just asks him anything. He will surely be glad to help. And the board behind is Memory in Mori. James snap every pictures of his customers and put it up there. This is indeed a very warmth place to stay.
I asked James what does Mori means? He said, his sister studied in Japan. Mori means forest in Japanese. so, I was playing words with him, I thought Mori is part of the word memory. Mori of Memory. Forest of memory. Seems like he would make a collection of memories and appreciate it all. Isnt it nice?
