Conquering Korea!

May 20th, 2010

Greetings from Seoul, Korea! The weather here is glorious and it is a nice break from the suffocating heat of Manila! I am happy to be here of my birthday and getting a few days of respite from Manila! I took the red-eye flight to Seoul on Korean Air.

It was my very first time to fly the carrier and I must say I am impressed! The service was really good and the attendants were so gracious! Even though I took Coach class I was still quite satisfied with the journey. Although the lines at NAIA was dreadful bordering on INSANITY! I am proud that I kept my composure!

Bored in the NAIA airport! We were lining up for like 2 hours! JEESH!

This is the view from my seat!

I love the uniform of the flight attendants! I wonder how they get the scarf to stay up that stiff! The hair pieces are also so cute! Actually the uniforms are one of the reasons why I took Korean air, I wanted to see them up close! LOL!

I loved the in-flight meal on Korean air as they had express BIBIMBAP! It is like a DIY mixed rice dish with minced meat, sprouts and a yummy chili paste. I loved it!

MY BIBIMBAP in-flight meal!

I found it amusing that they had instructions on how to eat BIBIMBAP! LOL!

The entertainment was superb! I got the chance to catch up pn my movies. The downside was I got zero sleep! Normally turning me into a ZOMBIE-like state in the next few hours!

Our Economy seats were quite comfortable! Glad that we had the bulk head seats. Korean air has one of the best In-flight entertainment ever!

The flight was effortless, I felt like in no time we were in Korea na! We zipped out of the Incheon airport in like 15 minutes and drove up to Seoul. The drive up was like an hour and 15 minutes.

Got in Korea on a cloudy day! Love the modern architecture!

The airport is so clean and efficient! SIGH!!! Kaingit!

Since we arrived at like 6 am our room was not ready yet! Meaning we had 4 hours to kill before our room would me ready! MAJOR BUMMER! Nix and I tried to have the slowest breakfast but we still had 2 and a half hours to go! We decided to head up to the Gym and find a lounge to doze off!

Walked around the Grand Intercontinental Hotel trying to kill time before our room would be ready.

A photo of the lobby! It is quite big.

By 9:30 our room was ready. However we were so tired from the journey that we took a MAJOR NAP! LOL! Got up at 2pm! By then I said to myself I gotta make a move! I do not want to spend the rest of my Birthday in BED! LOL!