Sofitel Seoul

... coaster streets, lots of souvenir items but less time to buy, great fashion town but no more space in luggage. Hmmm... Sofitel Ambassador Hotel, the most fragrant hotel I have ever been... from the entrance to the lobby to the elevator and hallways... ...

... we start our world tour properly, and becasue we 'saved' money on our air flights, amber book us into the five star sofitel hotel for the night. very nice, room 1114, oops sorry suite 1114, is recommended. great views of the city. we ...

... a couple. But for arguement sake, I think they are staring at him. This country sure is an up and coming tourist destination. Seoul is modern and up to date with latest technology. Skyscapers and people are in touch with latest trends. As Japan and US, ...

... then a cab (ok, I thought I knew where I was going) to our hotel.  It was located in the Myeongdong/Dongdaemun area, near Seoul Tower.  The hotel was really nice and had the first soft bed I've slept on in a long time.  Once we were in and ...

... etc. Air conditioning, the best invention ever, but the English have not yet been introduced to it. Go figure!!! We arrive in Seoul 7 hours later (busing, waiting, checking, some more waiting, flying - 2.5 hours, landing, busing...). There are a few ...

... cab ride of terror to the hotel. We must have been going 100 miles per hour and passing every car on the highway. I just closed my eyes and prayed, I was too tired to yell at the guy. I finally made it to the Sofitel Wanda Harbin to meet up with ...

...We are now back to Seoul, the capital of South Korea. This is a lively city. It is sure busy here. Capitalism is alive and well here. People, specially young men and women, are very trendy and up to the latest of fashion. We are up at 5:30 AM in ...

... corner at any second.  With the change of daylight saving, we had a extra hours wait. After a long flight we arrived in Seoul for a couple of hours stopover before boarding for Auckland.  It was a long trip: 01 May - 1:10am boarded in Cairo ...

... empty apart from the hotel security people and the Tourist Police.  What a 24 hours it had been.  The contrast between Seoul and Cairo, Seoul was new and modern and Cairo was not.  Our travel agent met us at the airport and took us to the ...

... the cafe were waiting to go to, you guessed it, Halong Bay!  The Aust. couple happened to mention how wonderful the Sofitel Metropole hotel is here, built during the French Colonial period in early 1900s, he works for Marriott Hotels in Aust. (more ...

... only one being influenced by our good friends, Kate got lost in la-la land after visiting their hotel in Hanoi--the Sofitel Metropole, easily one of the classiest, most well-appointed hotels we have ever visited...not to mention very reasonable since ...