Incheon Airport Transit Hotel

... later, we stopped at some kind of community center to ask for directions....again! Good news and bad news. The good news is they did in fact know where Lotus Lantern was! Yah! The bad news, it is located almost exactly where we had started! It was right behind the Okasaki (sp?) Space/Science Center we had passed while in the van. Actually, the ajumma who offered us the ride had pointed it out to us as it flew past our windows. Of course! Rotate 180 and start walking! <br><br ...

... saapuessani tuntui siltä, kuin olisi laskeutunut johonkin tulevaisuuden kaupunkiin. Mitä mielikuvituksellisimpia rakennuksia kohoaa hurjaa vauhtia nimenomaan businessaluetta varten rakennetulle saarelle. <br><br>On ilmoja pidellyt, jos ei oteta huomioon toista kokouspäivää. Tuolloin iski saderintama päälle: vettä satoi rankanlaisesti ylhäältä alas, vaakasuoraan ja alhaalta ylös, kuten Forrest Gumpissa. Luonnollisesti juuri tuona samaisena päivänä minun piti käväistä hotellilla ...

... stopped for ice cream and asked about accommodation for the night. Like elsewhere in the world the main street café lady knows all. She quickly dialed a few numbers to find us a room. I explained that we are looking for a "minbak&#8221;. The guide book said minbaks are inexspensive basic rooms.<br><br>Whilst still enjoying the village dusk a farmer in his little blue truck came to pick us up. He took us to Madu island where he and his wife runs minbak rooms. To our ...

<br><br>After a short week and an even shorter one coming I feel rested and to be honest have even contemplated staying on another year here in Korea. To stay at the present school will be determined over the next half year. Things are quite rocky as there has been several teachers leave and our fearless leader<br>Mr. Kim seems to be holding out on certain financial responsibilities required of him. That being said I'll quote Georges Bourdeau "He who has the gold makes ...

... I thought it was a regular burger. Nope! It was a burger soaked in teriyaki sauce! I have serious issues with my food being sweet! I like my desserts sweet, NOT my meal! This is why I hate ketchup! Ahhhh! Why didn't I just get a regular cheese burger?!?! So, I sat begrudgingly ate my damn sweet burger and watched a few episodes of Will &amp; Grace until I fell asleep. I know, my life is so stressful right now!

... a private tour today that was arranged by one of our other travelers on the ship. As we leave the ship we are greeted by a band playing and traditional dancers with long ribbons of cloth attached to their headdress and swing in circular motions above their bodies. It is a lively show that brightens our spirits and expectations for a great day in port. We will be going into Seoul and touring the capitol of South Korea today. We are met by Thomas an intelligent and fluent English ...

... does Sumi do after playing computer games?" Ahhhhhh! I will be asking MYSELF these questions for weeks! Yesterday was Thursday and I had no classes, but of course, I needed to be at the school otherwise I would get in trouble! Damn it! So, I sat in the library (because I don't have a teacher's desk) playing on the computer all day. I laid out some school stuff so it looked like I was working. Ha! Next week we start up the winter classes again, but only for two ...

... essays the more difficult as they involve reading a passage, listening to a related lecture, then writing an essay on the relationship between the two - it is very tough. In addition to all this, we have to do online marking which I try to get out of the way as soon as possible, as it can be quite repetitive. We are also expected to call two students per day to check that they are coping ok with the workload, and to get feedback, although this feedback usually just invloves them ...

... off at the right stop, catching the right subway and meeting her at the right place at the right time. But doing it helped me to become a lot more comfortable with the system. Of course after about 10pm the subway starts to smell like stale alcohol and there are always old men sleeping (passed out?) in thier seats. So anyway, Jasmin and I met up with another guy who was in her training class and we had dinner. We had Chinese food ...