Hotel Hub Herb Incheon

... from the garden and washed and is wet curing. Step two you pick these red peppers, dry and crush them. Now mix the chili powder with water or maybe vinegar and throw in the cabbage, or the turnip, or the cucumber, or... I'm sure there are more steps, but that is all we saw today.


Then we went to the Marine HQ to get a lecture on their operations. Here we are ...

... traveler - a flight with empty seats). Lucky us! Dan and I moved to the back of the bus where we had a row to ourselves for which to enjoy frantic conversation in respect to Korea, enjoy the EXCELLENT service of Singapore Airlines (which included free wine might I add) and then as the lights dimmed partake in what I like to call "Sleeping Gymnastics" - the biggest challenge when spending 12 hours in economy class.

Despite my ...

... hotel on the plane, and it looked amazing. I was sure I'd get a dodgy deal. Mm didn't quite turn out like that.

I made friends with a German guy called Denis. (I wanted him to be called Hans, I feel cheated because he's got such a normal name :/) He's been backpacking around australia for 10 months, and is now headed home to some town East of Frankfurt. He nearly missed his train to get to the flight back home ...

... taking at certain points, no even standing up in the bus at certain points. Learned a bit of history about occupation of the Korean peninsula and the Korean war. South Korea never signed the armistice in the Korean war. The countries that signed are the USA, China, and North Korea. That being the case, the DMZ on the south side is officially managed by the United Nations Command, of ...

... skimp on food as there were ample amounts of pork and beef. We ate, we talked about what we may or may not be eating, we laughed and we enjoyed the lunch. Refueled and refreshed, we ended our stop at the restaurant and headed out to the main alleyway to where the shopping activity was in full swing. For the next hour, we would stroll down this alley looking at the multitudes of shops of everything that may not be a necessity but could be necessary to own. Harriet found one such ...

... we were, sitting at a table in the back corner of the restaurant (aka...tiny hole in the cracked cement wall) with about 25 Russians staring at us. Okay, menus....we managed to order food based entirely on the pictures that accompanied the descriptions. "Well, okay that looks like some kind of meat/bread thing....yeah, let's get one of those. Ummmm...that one looks like a soup....okay, sure, let's get one of those......" Through a few hang gestures and a lot of ...

... Anyway, this is that same bakery. I selected a few treats to try. I am slowly trying to find little comforts all around the neighborhood so I feel at home. I have a local Starbucks, Baskin Robbins and Pizza Hut, but I want Korean comforts too! I had to walk to a special bank today to exchange my traveler's checks. I already went right through my first $500, but of course that money when towards things I will not have to buy very often (Shampoo, bathroom ...

... a year in a town in northern Japan. yeah, I didn't think so). Q: So where exactly will you be living? A: "Downtown" Seoul. Seoul is like Tokyo. There's no one 'downtown' center. The city is really big so there are lots of different urban centers. For example, there's a business center, a shopping center, an education center, etc. I'm working in Dongdaemun-gu and living nearby. Dongdaemun-gu is considered one of the central 'downtown' wards ...

Seoul airport? Time out - thought you are going to Manila? What the hell are you doing in South Korea? Well... I'm doing the "Jack Johnson" - sit & wait... Yes, my target destination is still Manila - but due to bad weather conditions yesterday in Amsterdam the original flight was cancelled. New schedule: Frankfurt - Seoul - Manila. Travel-time: don't ask ;-) Just a hint: Incheon airport is a much better place to ...

... Korean at the bar knew SOME Japanese words that I fortunately knew as well. After the first bar, we went back to the hotel room, then decided to go to another bar. The second bar was amazing, and there were only three people in it including the bartender. Although we barely understood one another, we all got wasted and had an amazing time. After that we went back to our rooms wasted, and on the way Travis ...