Park Hyatt Seoul

... enter a hotel bar and it quadrupled. I spent an evening in the Ritz Bar and the piano bar at the Park Hyatt. It proved quite expensive.    But Seoul was not all about the food, parties and skyscrapers. The city is rich in history and a visit to ...

... free coach to the motel, outside the airport, where I realised how cold it was (1c, with  a slight breeze blowing)  The Hyatt Motel was very luxurious as you walked in and the amount of staff on hand was amazing.  After checking-in, I went ...

... metro commuters of Seoul watch TV on their  mobiles. What's that all about? Sort it out Boris! We quickly learnt that Seoul is an interesting city but it was made all the more interesting thanks to the local insights provided by my friend Sue who's ...

... nbsp; I'm sure we'll find an excuse to get another one. Today we had lunch with a few of Jon's co-workers in the Park Hyatt.  I was not aware that Hyatts were considered nice hotels but this one was beautiful.  Lunch is served in the 24th floor ...

... ’t use.  I really need to exercise when I get to Prague to work off all of this food... Duty free shopping in Seoul airport wasn’t great, lots of shops but all with the same stuff.  And they didn’t have the camera I ...

... the kids started to sing songs, the older ones singing vaguely scatological ditties, and the younger ones, singing nursery rhymes. It seems that Seoul is another hour away by bus. The coach to the football team was still checking his group in, when it was ...

... , and we chalk them up to lessons learned. The bright side of all this was that we could go back to our hotel -- The Park Hyatt World Financial Center.  The hotel occupies the 80th to 93rd floors of the tallest building in Shanghai, and at the time ...

... ; Therefore, we feel that we 'snuck' into China through the backdoor, and as such would have liked to see more.  But the Park Hyatt was truly an awesome experience, and definitely worth the stop.  And in fact, we'll be back to Hong Kong next ...

... my favorite movies, Lost in Translation, had several scenes shot at the New York Bar, a prestigious hangout on the 52nd floor of the Park Hyatt. Already in Shinjuku, this was a no-brainer. I wish I still had my camera, because I took an amazing video of ...

... : PVG MagLev Train         Honorable mentions: SIN (MRT), ICN (Bus system) Best hotel: Park Hyatt Shanghai         Honorable mention: Legacy Suites Bangkok Hotel with most charm: Royal 1 Hanoi ...

... a pair of shoes. There are so many gorgeous shoes at this place. With the rain still hanging around, we decided that night to visit the Park Hyatt Hotel and go to the New York Bar and Grill on level 52 and get a night view of Tokyo. Since its quite a posh ...

... accepted, Josh wasn't allowed near the kitchen. It was so infuriating. For the rest of the holidays we explored Seoul on the 'cooler' days, saw Olympic Park and visited the amazing open fish markets - when you can buy all kinds of seafood. It was ...

... before getting ready was less than fully beneficial) and arrive in Almaty at 0300 Midwest time.  The time on the ground in Seoul means constant interruption and getting ready for the next leg, so not much napping there.  Anyway, by the time we ...

After a quick weekend tour of Seoul, we boarded a domestic flight to Jeju Island with Willa's parents, Jeff, and Michelle on Monday morning.  Jeju Island is due south of the peninsula of Korea.  It is the largest island in Korea and ...

... viel los. Mit dem Taxi sind wir dann zur Hotelgegend gefahren, weil wir dachten, dass in Hotels immer etwas los ist. Im Hyatt haben wir es probiert aber nichts. Dann sind wir in eine Art Nightclub gefahren. Überall war Glitter und wir wurden so herzlich ...

Arrived safely from Seoul (where we stayed in the Hyatt so quite flash!), went to the Contiki basement where we got told we had been úpgraded´´to the Tavistock hotel. it was okay, tidy and clean but freakin hot! Way too hot for us, ugh. Started out ...