Blogs from Incheon, South Korea, Asia - page 12

Friday 2:14am 15 August 2008 Dudes, Korean Air rocks my world - seriously the pimpest Asian airline evah. For a one and a half hour flight from Beijing to Seoul they served us a WHOLE MEAL. The cart came around and I was all set to order my orange juice, and suddenly I have a plate in front of me! With awesome rice and pepper beef! Asain food is the best airplane food there is, hands down. Now I'm in the Korean airport. Got in at midnight, leave at noon tomorrow. 12 hours, oh joy. BUT if you have to sit somewhere for a 12 hr layover, this is the place to do it! Right now I'm upstairs in the lounge area. Where there are reclining seats like pimp lawn chairs to sleep on. And FREE ... read more

So, I made it! *(For those of you who may not know, my Dad works for NWA and I fly standby... so it's always uncertain if I'll get on the flights I want.) I got out on my first attempt to Tokyo, Japan (and in first class too!!!!). It was an 11 and a half hour flight, which was luckily made shorter by watching 3 movies, eating a LOT and taking a couple of naps. I also cought my first attempt at a connecting flight to Seoul, Korea, where my friend Juno was waiting for me. Juno studied abroad at Winona State my freshman year and said everyone was invited to come visit-- so here I am! I am staying at his parents house in Incheon, which is a suburb of Seoul. Their apartment is very ... read more

Hello, all fellow readers! It has been a long time since my last blog and therefore have much news so this has the potential of being a long one! As I go back in time this entry could jump from one topic to another very quickly so I am sorry. One memory that comes to mind was roughly a month ago when some of my older Korean friends took me out for dinner on a Friday night. I had planned on a quiet Friday just meeting some guys having some fried chicken and a few jugs of beer, but what awaited me that night will haunt my dreams forever. We jumped in my friends car and headed down to port of Incheon and that only meant one thing....seafood. For those of you that know me, you ... read more

A bus, a subway and a short ferry ride, and we were once again hitting one of the islands in our favourite Korean travel playground, the West sea off Incheon. After being enticed by an arial photograph in the waiting room of the Incheon harbour, we decided that this trip would be to the island of Deokjeokdo. Without knowing much about the island, we decided to just buy one-way tickets. Once we were on the island we caught a the waiting bus to Sinripo beach on the South Eastern corner. As usual, we had to insist to some highly persuasive ajummas that we were not in need of accommodation and were planning to stay in our tent by choice, not for lack of options. When we arrived in Sinripo we were glad that we had held ... read more

Hello everyone! Well I am almost finished with my year here in Korea. I can not believe how fast time has gone by. I have 3 more weeks of school and then Im off on a backpacking trip! I am so excited! I am going to Thailand, specifically Koh Lanta, to get my scuba certificate. Then I am going to head up to Siem Reap Campbodia, see the temples in Ankor, do some treking and then finish up in Laos. On my way home I am spending a night in Hong Kong, then hopefully I will get a partial nights sleep in my own bed before I go to North Korea for a short trip. A few days later I will be standing on American soil, that sounds crazy right now. I plan on being home ... read more