Korea Trip Day 1
16 Jan
18 days in Korea officially started on the 17th December 2011. Met Jovis, Ying Ying and Lizzie at the airport about 0745. Checked in and the next thing we knew, we were in Shanghai!! Yep, we took China Eastern Airlines, stopped over at Shanghai International Airport and then about an hour an a half to Incheon International Airport.
Flight experience.
I personally enjoy plane rides in general and experiencing take off and landing are the best parts in the whole experience. Food provided was pretty decent, not fantastic but edible. I just wished they had prepared more varieties.
Yes, during our flight to Incheon, there was a flight attendant, or perhaps the supervisor of them was behaving like a total jerk. Didn’t belt up the ENTIRE time and the way he sat was so rude, with legs apart, pressed against the partition. I’m not paranoid or really cared if he should buckle up, but as part of the crew (or since it’s someone of high position level), shouldn’t he set a good example or at least respect the rules that the company set? Oh well, Hi China Eastern, if you happen to stumble upon this post, please go and do some thinking and re-train your staffs in respecting your own company.
(this is when we first stepped into the land of hallyu wave)
The stopover wasn’t that long, perhaps about 3 hours? A good estimated duration for a stopover should at least be 2 hours? Because when you arrive from your first flight, plus all the waiting at the checkpoint counters and security checks. 2 hours is a decent timing, enough for toilet breaks and whats not. Don’t really have time to sit down to order some food and eat in that 2 hours, but some snacks while walking around will keep your tummy from growling.
- Back to Korea.
Yes. We had someone to fetch us from the airport to our guesthouse, Namsan Guesthouse, located at Myeondong.
The rooms there are pretty small, or should I say, REALLY small, but I guess the interaction with the other guests are what attracts people there. Oh yes, the toilet there, or at least in our room was quite bad. We resorted to buy a bottle of air freshener at Diaso, it turned out to be one of the worst smelling lavender freshener in our lives. Yes, we lived with these pungent scents in our little cubicles for the 18 days. It’s a small hill up to the guesthouse but bearable.
(yes, and we are girls…)
One thing I love about the location is that we were near this 24 hours cheap eatery bistro-like restaurant. Introducing… Kimbap Cheonguk! The place for tourists who wants to save some $$. It’s good, fast and definitely cheap. 
In that 18 days, we’ve been there at least 6 times?
I love the weather in Seoul! It was winter then and the lowest we experienced was -11? It was quite cold at some points, especially when it’s dark. The cold wind that blows against your face are the worst, which explains why we bought face masks. Trust me, it’s important. The best friend after face mask is heat pads! Don’t underestimate the power of those little packets made up of soft squishy soil, it really helps when you’re near human freezing point.
(photo credits to Jovis)
Yep! That’s about it for day 1. Will update day 2 soon!
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