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29 June 2011
It was an early take-off at 0700 from KL so it was good that I only had to walk across the carpark from the airport hotel to the terminal. It was a pleasant 2h15 flight. Once again, AirAsia delivers me safely to my destination way ahead of the scheduled arrival of 0835! It was way […]
28 June 2011
Photos from eating in South Korea, where I set out to disprove that it is just kimchi, kimchi and more kimchi. Posted by Alex Chan on Thursday, June 16, 2011
28 June 2011
Upon landing from Seoul at 0430 (rather than the scheduled 0510) in Kuala Lumpur, I walked across to the Tune Hotel at the airport grounds and caught a few hours sleep. Because the hotel was so cheap, I was able to book last night and use it as an early check-in rather than wait till […]
27 June 2011
Above: Ice-cream is good and cheap in Korea. It’s tempting to have one for dessert after every meal. Fortunately I found dessert-flavoured chewing gum. Eg. tiramisu- or affogato-flavoured. Spirit of Sir Freddie I departed at 2325 from Incheon Airport on board AirAsia X’s aircraft named Semangat Sir Freddie (Spirit of Sir Freddie Laker, the pioneer […]
26 June 2011
I had made my way to Seoul yesterday from Sokcho. I have a full day here which I’d fill with an excursion to the border or Demilitarised Zone (DMZ). I couldn’t have picked a worse day to do an excursion. The rain was relentless and the wind had picked up a little due to a […]
24 June 2011
Despite the wet weather, I made the trip to Mt Soerak National Park by bus and walked/climbed 4.3km to Ulsan Bawi, a granite outcrop at 873m. It took over two hours going up and an hour to come back down. I was drenched … raincoats don’t really work … if it protects you from the […]
23 June 2011
I travelled up the coast further today by bus (changing at Gangneung). The weather clouded over then started to spit. It is miserable and wet … but at least it isn’t cold or windy … maybe not yet. Sokcho is in the north-east corner of South Korea. There used to be ferries from here to […]
22 June 2011
I’m headed North and chose to break the journey in Samcheok to avoid a long day on the bus. There isn’t much that I wanted to do around here … it has some great caves but I’ve seen some cavernous ones in recent times. So I chose to visit Haesindang … it is a garden […]
21 June 2011
I headed out to the Jagalchi Fish Market early today, thinking that it may be like Tokyo’s where it is best caught early. The streets near the market were lined with live fish and other seafood, plus surprisingly frozen fish being thawed out! I then found the actual Jagalchi Fish Market which is an impressive […]
20 June 2011
Arriving in Busan It was a very quick intercity bus ride from Gyeongju to Busan taking only 50 minutes. The metro ride from Busan’s bus terminal to Indy House hostel, on the other hand, took about an hour. Busan is a big city of about 4 million spread over several valleys and it must take […]