Gwansudong

The trip from hell to get here. Started yesterday when we were dropped back off at old quarters in Hanoi, then we were supposed to get a ride to a hotel we had booked for the night next to the airport, spend a few hours resting then catch our red-eye flight to Seoul which was scheduled to leave at 1:50am. But the plan was sidelined. When we were dropped off in Hanoi after the cruise, we decided to have some lunch before heading to our airport hotel, half way through, Chris started sweating and was getting dizzy. We called for a Grab and started heading to the hotel. It wasn't a good ride. When we got to the hotel, Chris was very sick. I knew this wasn't going to pass before our flight so I was searching for other options, thing was our Vietnam Visa expired on the 17th and we had to be out of the county by end of day. We landed up booking a 10:30 am flight at bend over prices and crossed our fingers, Chris had a terrible night and when I woke up I started having stomach issues too, lots of imodium and gravel throughout the day helped, but it was a long day not very far from a bathroom. neither of us ate for over 30 hours, hoping a good night sleep will help. We think the culprit was our breakfast on the boat before we left. Once we arrived and went through the arduous customs line, we took a bus from the airport to our condo. Some first impressions of Korea - it's cold and brown! no scooters, everyone drives in a lane, no horn honking, and they seem to have given a lot of thought to processes. Everything is so organized from what we can tell so far.Read more