After a bus up to Sydney, we stayed overnight at the airport, with a morning flight scheduled. this provided an opportunity for a celebratory drink to mark the start of the adventure.
Things didn't start off so well to the trip with a 3 hour delay to our flight (thanks Jetstar!), which meant we landed in Incheon after 11pm. We picked a day flight to avoid the patchy sleep overnight on the plane, the plan backfired a bit... We managed to get a bus from the airport into Seoul station, conveniently we had a hotel close by. Not so lucky were the 3 girls at the airport who had bought tickets (we think) and then found out there were no seats left on the bus, having to wait until the next one. We didn't feel sorry enough for them to give up our seats!
It was a longer walk than we thought to our hotel with confusing navigation and sleepiness playing their part. We were glad to get there, although somewhat taken aback by the size of the room and the configuration of the toilet/shower. There was no distinction between the two, the shower was over the sink, and with the only screen there to protect the door into the "bathroom". As unpleasant as it was (we won't talk about the smell), we decided that for two nights we could put up with it. The room was also tiny, so much so that James was tempted to go outside and grab one of the stray cats we heard to test a theory. Sanity prevailed. But it was a game of tetris to assemble everything in such a way as to be able to easily get in and out of the bed.
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