Korea - Day 3 - Four, Three, Two, One...Touchdown!

We landed in Seoul at 5:00pm Sunday afternoon local time. I said "Goodbye" to my neighbor and headed for Passport Control. I had to figure out how to get from Seoul's Incheon Airport to the Novotel Daegu City Center some 200+ miles away and get some rest before showing up to work tomorrow at 8:00am.

After clearing Passport Control I made my way to the train station. The AREX (AiRport EXpress) train was able to get me as far as Gimpo Airport (Seoul's secondary airport) before I had to transfer to another subway. Problem was, there was no connection from this stop to Seoul Station, where I needed to go. I picked a subway that got me as close as possible to Seoul Station. From there I figured I could walk or hail a taxi to Seoul Station.

When I came out of the subway in downtown Seoul I was surprised by how quiet it was. There was no hustle and bustle; no crowds of people that I could ask. Reckoning as best I could from the map in the subway I started to walk in the general direction of where I thought Seoul Station would be. I asked a young fellow, who indicated I was headed the right way. After about 15 minutes and another Good Samaritan, I was at the Seoul Station buying a ticket on the high-speed train, KTX. This train was going about 180 miles per hour in the open country, but the ride was so smooth and quiet.

I arrived in Dongdaegu Station just before 10:00pm. I hailed a taxi, which brought me to the hotel. After some wrangling to find my reservation I made my way up to the room, which I have for only three nights. I unpacked, changed, set the alarm clocks and flopped on the bed.

After four plane rides and three trains over two days, it's been one heck of a trip getting here.

And tomorrow I go to work.