Seoul

Time: 8:59am
Mood: Tired
Song of the moment: Bon Jovi - Someday I'll Be Saturday Night

So I'm @ the Seoul Incheon Airport right now waiting for my flight to go to HK. I managed to switch my flight from a flight w/ a stopover in Taipei to a direct flight to HK. It leaves a little later but it arrives a bit earlier.

So this means the end of my time in Korea.

Rita and I headed to Seoul thursday night. I got to ride a bullet train for the very first time! Quite exciting! We were going so fast my ears were popping (is that normal? haha). The ride to Seoul was super fast.. I think we got there in under an hour! Seoul was a lot of fun (if you exclude some of the rude ppl we had to deal w/). It was spending going to various markets (we hit Namdaemun & Insa-dong markets) and I got to see the the Gyeongbokgung, which is one of the most famous palace in Korea. Pictures are definitely to come!

The shopping here is just crazy, but I didn't buy too much.. must prefer to shop in HK where I can actually bargain w/ the vendors. I found here in Korea, no one really cuts you a deal. Esp if you speak english (so English speaking travellers BEWARE!). One incident we had, Rita was looking into buying a purse for her sister Wendy. We went to this one stall, and she asked the vendor in Korean how much the purse was. He said $20. We walk in the store to check out the other purses.. then walked out. We began to look @ the purse again and another vendor (same store), told us it was $25.. just because we were speaking english. So we yelled at him, telling him his friend told us it was $20. Then we walked away because we were so not impressed. And everytime we asked them to lower the price, they didn't. See.. in HK, if you start walking away they usually try to reel u back in by lowing the price even more. I guess it makes me appreciate HK so much more...

Other than the rude vendors (and some rude ppl on the street), Korea's not too bad. But I can't say I'll ever come back. The country is definitely full of culture and traditions that they take pride in, and I respect that.

well, my time is almost (I paid for internet!). Pictures to come.. I know i've said that before.. but i'll put some up soon!! :D