This will be my final post about my trip to South Korea. On the eight day, we went to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). It is located at the end of South Korea, border between both South Korea and North Korea. That place was guarded and protected tightly by militaries or soldiers. We walk down one of the secret tunnels dug by North Korea to attack South Korea. I heard from Alex, our tour agent that North Korea is not a tourism country like South Korea. It is more to military and industrial country.

After visiting the DMZ, we went to the Namsan Hanok Village in the city of Seoul. It is a traditional village in the middle of modernisation, presenting the culture and lifestyle of the Koreans. The next day, which is day nine, we travelled to the Seoul International Airport and waived goodbye to South Korea. My trip to South Korea is a memorable and amazing trip *alhamdulillah*.

After three days at Pusan, we went back to Seoul and spent remaining two days there. On the seventh day, we travelled from Pusan to Seoul and stopped at Everland theme park on our way. It is one of the several popular theme parks in South Korea. Since it was a holiday, the theme park was flocked and packed with many people, including the locals and tourists. There was a flower festival when we went there as it was spring period.

On the third day of our visit to Seoul, we visited Seoul National University (SNU). There, we were being welcomed by one of the staff representative and given an introduction and welcome speech. Then, we were led to several laboratories, mainly in the Faculty of Civil Engineering. I am impressed by the laboratories in that university. They are equiped with up-to-date or modern equipments and machines and the labs were very clean and tidy compared to those in Malaysia.

At night, some of my friends and I, accompanied by one of our lecturers went to Youeido Island. We went there by the MRT and took some photos near the river under the bridge. We then took a bus back to the hotel.

At the end of April this year, I joined one of the Global Outreach Program organised by the Faculty of Civil Engineering. There are 28 participants all together, including two lecturers and one Tabung Haji Travels agent. We went to South Korea (Seoul and Pusan) for nine days and eight nights. It was an amazing trip where we learned new things and exposed ourselves to different culture and lifestyle. As usual, I snapped as many photos as I can, particularly those that present the culture and lifestyle of the people in South Korea as well as the architecture and design of the buildings.

Since day 1 was just our trip from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia to Kuala Lumpur International Airport and then Seoul International Airport, I decided to start from the second day where we arrive at Seoul. From Seoul International Airport, we boarded a tour bus led by Alex, the Korean tour guide. We pass by the Presidential Blue House and visited several cultural places such as Gyeongbok Palace, National Folk Museum and Itaewon.