Best Western Premier Incheon Airport

... the visitors. How do I know this? Well, my group, as well as two other girls we met along the way, arrived for our temple stay at Lotus Lantern International Meditation Center on Ganghwa Island almost two hours late! We interrupted dinner, to be taken in "nobel silence," 45 minutes after it had begun! Our mistake was understood and forgiven. We were immediately asked to join the rest of the temple visitors, already in uniform because they had arrived on time, for dinner ...

... tuli kannettavaksi melkein neljä kiloa iloisen värisiä pahvikansioita, jotka on mitä suurimmalla todennäköisyydellä valmistettu näillä nurkilla. Neljä kiloa voi tuntua pieneltä määrältä, mutta kun matkatavaroiden maksimipaino on 20 kg, sai muutaman kenkäparin ja muun matkan kannalta oleellisen asusteen jättää pois matkasta.

Itse Koreassa puolet ajasta on mennyt poseeraamiseen, sillä joka puolella on ollut joku heilumassa kameran tai videokameran kanssa kahden metrin p ...

3 1/2 connection time in Seoul, Korea airport. Free internet use and 1/2 the restaurants are US.....so what the hell, I ate Burger King hehhehehe. Also I traded some US $$ in Korean Won and Philippine Pesos . . . I'm ready to "vacation now :) Gotta run, need a coffee and check out these odd looking Koreans ;)

... Not all the teachers are that interested in getting to know Elena and I. They are in their own worlds and have enough to deal with, especially the Korean teachers. But there are a few Korean teachers and a few more Western teachers who did reach out to us and talked a bit with us. I guess the next few weeks will give me a better idea of who is worth my time and who is not. Apparently, the apartment complex Elena and I live in is the "bad" one....the one they give ...

... t shower for 3 days. I don't recommend it to anyone. Said goodbye to my Dutch friends whom I had been travelling with for over 5 days. They were polite enough to stand up half asleep as I was leaving. There is no doubt that I will miss them alot, especially in my post-Korea days....

... weather. I ventured out today and took some piccies of the local parks around Seoul. I also walked up to the Dongdaemun markets and had a look around - what an experience. Autumn is a magic time in Seoul, there are so many trees around and most of them are in the process of losing their leaves so it makes for some great photo opportunities. . There are lots of monuments around here ...