We're beginning to realise that travel is not as easy for us as it once was. And this flight presented some challenges. It did have its plusses; the 2-4-2 layout was definitely a bonus. And there were two meals included in the fare. The downsides included a total lack of of entertainment of any kind, a lot of turbulence, and the manufactured night flight during daylight hours. This meant that after the first meal was served at around 3:00pm, all the cabin lights were turned off and sleep was encouraged. around five hours later we were served breakfast while watching the sunset. This is really quite discombobulaing, especially since we were flying into darkness and arriving at around 11:00pm.
We now needed to find the transit hotel. We knew we needed to stay within the secure immigration zone which obviously meant not passing through immigration. The only other choice offered was "Transfer". Everyone we asked had no idea where the Transit Hotel was located and there was no signage for it.
So we followed the signs for "Transfer", had to scan our passports to enter, then found ourselves in the Duty Free shopping area of the airport and still no idea where the hotel was located. We found it eventually thanks to an information desk.
The Transit Hotel is functional, nothing flash. Breakfast the next morning was a very good buffet heavily discounted for hotel guests from $US45 to $US 18 per person. There was an excellent choice of both Korean and western foods, including a really good Bibimbap station and an ingenius beer filling contraction that filled the glass through the base.
After checking out we came across a helpful robot that led us to our departure gate.Read more
October 15 in South Korea
Travelera robot?
TravelerHe was a very helpful robot 😊