Tue, 18 Apr 2006
South Korea
I'm at Incheon Airport on the morning of my layover, catching up on email etc. The hotel that was part of my ticket rocked (Hyatt). Great interior design, big room. My only complaint was that the room was a smoking room so there was a noticeable odour from that. Oh, and the vodka martini I had last night was terrible. Overall though, everything has been great. I'll know tonight whether the layover helps with jetlag. I'm hoping to arrive in a much better state than normal.
Getting to the hotel from the plane yesterday was fun. My itinerary said "hotel, confirmed"; oh so very detailed. The travel agent had said to "look for the crowd other people like yourself and head to the transit desk". Signage was minimal and I couldn't find this supposed "crowd". I ended up hooking up with a similarly confused Australian from my flight (Belinda) and we spent the next hour or so walking around the airport, asking questions, showing passports and playing the lost tourist until we eventually found the right place to go. Note to others doing a layover with Korean Air: don't go to the Transit Hotel in the airport, you do need through immigration, find the KA arrivals desk on level 1. Despite the confusion it was kinda fun to be lost in new place for a while and meet a new person.
Off to the UK in 2 hours! Can't wait to see Susanna again.