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23hr in Seoul

Posted by dpatt | 28th February 2008

On my way to Jakarta, Indonesia, in late October 2006, I have a 23 hour lay over in Seoul, South Korea. After 18 hours flight from Chicago, the plane landed smoothly at the Incheon International Airport, which is about an hour drive away from downtown Seoul. I was hoping that I could take the subway from the airport to downtown Seoul, then take a taxi to my hotel. Alas, there’s no indication how to get to the subway. With a 50+ lb luggage, I gave up walking around trying to find the subway. Instead, I took the airport bus that cost around 7000 won. All I had to do was just purchase the ticket ahead of time, step outside and wait for the bus that will take me to the Itaewon area. Seoul’s weather is pretty similar to Iowa, it was also the fall season.

The trip with the bus took about 90 minutes, 30 or 45 minutes to get out from Incheon. Once the bus was on the bridge to get to Seoul City, the view was amazing. From afar you could see how metropolitan Seoul is; tall buildings, more tra

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