…and in the last 36 hours I’ve ticked off a lot of them. For the first time I’ve left New Zealand, crossed the equator, traveled on an internation flight, gone to the bathroom at 38000 feet, stayed in a hotel, been in a foriegn country. I’ve traveled further, faster and higher then ever before, I’ve seen the sun rise to the south, I’ve had the most consecutive hours of daylight ever.
Anyway, Incheon Airport is big. Its kind of build on reclaimed land between two islands, around it is flat land which either has nothing but grass, or big buildings. I know nothing more about Korea, having stayed here for 16 hours, then I did a week ago except that it is cold, and has this wierd misty weather so you can’t see anything far off.
I stayed at the Hyatt Regency Incheon, about 1 minute by bus from the airport, Korean air kindly paid for everything. I, not having ever stayed in a hotel, had fun trying to work out how to make the lights in my room go, and how to make the shower go, and how to stay in a room without accidentally using something that isn’t complementary. Dinner and breakfast were buffets, of a western style, and I think perhaps Korean chefs do better western food then well… westerners. I ate too much.
Today I am going to Paris.
Oh Caleb you asked me to tell you what Korean Air was like, since I have nothing to compare it to, all I can really say is this: The hostesses were nice, the food was pretty good, they served two meals, and plied us withorange juice the rest of the time. The meals I had were: fish and rice, which came with a chicken salad, a bread roll and some hunks of melon. Later I had a beef and mashed potato, which came with a standard bread-roll and a green salad and some apple shortcake type thing. We were on a 777. My seat was on the isle at the front of my section, so I could stretch my legs, a luxury I might miss this trip. However this time I get a window seat, so I’ll make the best of it. I am rationing To Kill a Mocking Birdto make it last to Paris. They show tv more then movies.
Thanks everyone for your sweet sendoff. I love you all. I am not yet lost or dead. Things are looking up.
- Incheon Int. Airport. Local time 1:00pm, Saturday 13th March.
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Fab to know you’re still alive, and your sense of humour did not get lost along the way… Guess there’ll be plenty more ‘firsts’ over the next few days – enjoy! Love you too.
Hope the cupcakes didn’t give you a tummy ache! Glad you had a safe and enjoyable journey so far!
Dude, very nice reflections there. Enjoying this very much!