The flight to Seoul was uneventful except for a near case of husband bashing, the people you meet, a rescue mission and a wee beastie hitching a ride.
"Yes, your honour I did bash my husband while in the check-in queue when he told me he didn't have the tickets." "No your honour I did not think he was joking." "Yes your honour it was just as well he found them or I might be up for manslaughter."
That little hear attack aside we were given permission to carry our backpacks onboard as hand luggage. Good!
After fond farewells to Brendan our plane was delayed for half an hour.
We were seated behind a happy bunch of "Popekins" returning to "Milano" after World Youth Day. They win the prize for acquiring the most Aussie souvenirs ever known to man. They had along their own priest who offered words of encouragement during turbulence and said a prayer before landing. We landed safely... so it must have worked!
We felt like force fed geese with all the food we were given on the plane. It was all very nice.... and just couldn't say no to those lovely hosties.... I'm sure they would have been disappointed if we had turned it down.
What an alien world it is flying into Incheon (Seoul). Lots of pockets of stark grey concrete high rise buildings and blue sheds. Plenty of new construction underway with road networks and bridges and land reclaimed from the sea.
On arrival at the airport we had to make our way to a specific desk to be allocated our accommodation. We met a cockney couple who were completely lost so we invited them to tag along with us... like we knew where we were going! We had to walk from one end of the terminal to the other... found out we were at the Hyatt Regency, so that was a nice surprise (not the downtown Holiday Inn we were expecting!) and then all the way back to the other end of the terminal to catch the shuttle bus to the hotel. So on our trekking we found out all about our new cockney friends and that they had left all their money behind in England on the kitchen table. There was another good cause of husband bashing that could have resulted in manslaughter. They got all the way to Australia and found (my nightmare..!) their cards didn't work!! Luckily, they were able to borrow from their son.
The Hyatt was great..... I guess we're not in Kansas anymore as even the toilet was named Toto and did everything except scratch your bum. It is definitely down hill from here. Hostelworld has a lot to live up to.
Bob was adventurous at dinner and tried the Korean national dish, Kimchi which is fermented cabbage and very fiery. Let's say it is an acquired taste.
Fell into bed and just drifting off when Bob discovered he had imported a tick.... must have hitched a ride when we were out walking on Saturday. So we had to do some improvising to dislodge it. Nasty little sucker!
That was the end of our first day.
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