Marriott Executive Apts Seoul

... but for a city of Seoul's size, you are bound to be far from something. The deal here was great -- 15 British pounds per night courtesy of the Expedia.co.uk deal from earlier in the year. So about $22 per night after the deal. Despite being on an 8 lane street, it's actually very quiet. No complaints at all. Fortunately, we read a review on-line saying that you should take bus 6010 from the aiport (ICN), and indeed, that is the correct bus.

... naushin, kat (?) and I went for a couple of beers of just ********ted about how cool we all were and where we were from.

Monday night though, Heather and I went to play screen golf, which Heather had been talking a considerable amount of **** about how good she was. Now, I didn't know what this was and kind of expected to be playing some kind of video game like Golden Tee, but alas I would actually ...

... for the long haul. On the trip back the movie was the one with Sandra Bullock as some *****y Canadian boss lady and Ryan Reynolds, her employee, who needs to marry her to keep her in the country. I don't even remember what it's called but it was formulaic and not funny so I gave up half way through and slept. There's something about traveling back to the US that makes the jet lag a hundred times worse. I spent the rest of that week sleeping.

... back master-map-maker-Tara. Actually, at every point from leaving the airport to get the bus/ to getting off at the right stop / to finding in the underground/ to getting off at the right stop there were always helpful friendly Korean poeple approaching me to assist, despit our lack of common laguage skills or their actually knowing the way themselves! - it's amazing what you can do with a bit of ...

... and asked the kid what she needed. She said it was okay (I don't think she realized right away that I was a foreigner and then got frightened). There was some language problems too (my Korean isn't perfect :) ). But it was such a precious moment!

Lastly, the older girl said, "He knows Korean!". I replied that I did :) Boy...this is a good memory :)

... different social groups so to speak. My time as a wrestler has empowered me in both mental and physical toughness. Not to mention the friendships forged along the way. I remember visiting a friend named Pam when she lived in Whistler with four professional snowboarders. I spent the weekend with those guys which was neat. And then there was one semester I was studying Social Psychology, to which my fascination with social groups began, and I approached a Banditos biker ...

... us to be over the Yukon. Not out of Canada yet. Interesting thing about this airlines service. When I got to my seat there was a pillow, blanket, bottle of water and a pouch that contained a pair of socks and eye mask. Air Canada doesn't do that, but then again a Air Canada fills you full of booze on an overseas trip. Not sure what I like better. Sleepy but not sleeping well. But it's dark in here and I should go back to the iPod and catch ...

... well...I decided to have a Heineken . I figured why not. What I was not figuring is a beer that would cost me 18,000 WON. Clearly out of place we left for Itaewon. We met up with Matty Wyse at Gekos and I decided to perform and economic experiment and buy a Heineken. At 6,000 WON I was getting closer to something more appropriate. But hey 500 years ago a Heineken would have had an astronomical price tag on it. We closed the bar ...

... Jeff and Michelle have been wonderful guides by helping us understand the metro system and taking us to the Seoul's Grand Park. It is like Central Park, a large manicured space with mountains as the backdrop, only with the addition of museums, zoos, and a small Disneyland. So we spent the day walking around this mammoth of a park. We also went to a petting zoo and what would be a ...

... of the largest flags in the world. The S. Koreans wisely refused to continue this ******* contest. Which is what I see the whole place as, really.



Its just tragic that this has separated families for almost 60 years and has left 1/2 of a nation in poverty under an oppressive regime.



Incidentally, there were several souvenir ...