Stuck in Korea

It’s not a bad place to be stuck – Korea’s pretty cool (for the 12hours we’ve seen of it). The cherry blossoms are out and the weather is crisp but not cold.

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Above: in Singapore airport departing for our second of three legs of the journey; outside Seoul airport

They got one point straight up for being 5mins early on our flight arrival time. After finding out pickup location, Korea gained another point for beautiful cool weather. Another point scored for the windfarms on top of all the street lights.

Our hotel was a 10min drive from the airport; Seoul was an hour drive so we didn’t make it in. We had three separate naps, a shower and two walks around the park.

Above: Incheon; pathway in the park; Claire getting some jetlag-freeing exercise in the park

Above: the view from the very steep bridge to the park

Above: the same park, but watching some guys play soccer
Lunch was in a Korean soup restaurant – they gave us a special ‘English’ menu with 4 options. I very bravely chose the vegan option. I guess I’ll become more outrageous as my sleep catchup improves and I get more accustomed to eating food cooked with bones in it (eg, casseroles, chicken wings, ribs etc) and seafood. Oh. And offal.
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Nevermind; lunch was really interesting. Lots of sizzling and extra condiments.

We made our way back to the airport to find that our flight has been delayed by at least 11hours. So we’re camping out in the airport. A much easier solution would have been to find out if our flight was on time before we left the hotel. Unfortunately the 6 of us were way too tired and excited about finally making it to UB that we didn’t think to call ahead. So we’re currently dozing/playing dominoes/talking/eating sour skittles here:

UB will be an amazing place. Right now I just want to punch it in the face. Stupid unpredictable, uncontrollable weather uninfluenced by oceans thus making it so variable the temperature ranges at the moment from –15 to +20 degrees; snow to wind to rain to super windy to spectacular picnic weather.
Bring it on, UB.