To South Korea

To South Korea

Day 1

Following 15hrs straight on a plane, too many movies, a serious numb butt, lack of food, myself and fellow North American–Marc Beverly made it to South Korea. After getting our bags surprisingly quickly we thought we were off to a solid start. Well, that was short lived as our ride didn’t show up, leaving us somewhat stranded in a very foreign place. Luckily, thanks to Mr. Social Network, our friends that had arrived ahead of us left a message on facebook to where they were. At that point we gathered our stuff and headed in that very direction.

An hour had gone by and we were still weaving in and out of traffic through Seoul, South Korea. We still hadn’t arrived at our friends’ hotel and the meter in the cab was getting out of control. Just as the beads of sweat started to poor down our faces, the cab driver finally found the hotel. Our cab bill was $120. Ew. However, because it was over an hour drive we thought, “huh, seems expensive but I guess that’s how it is.” Well, later that night our friends Malcom and Lukasz filled us in on how cab drivers like to hustle foreigners (because they don’t know any better). So that was $120 wasted. Perfect.

Losing complete sense of what time it was and what day it was for that matter, all we could do was drop our bags and crash. It wasn’t the most ideal of situations–4 of us in a room that certainly didn’t accommodate 4 with beds, but we made it work and gave in to the “endless” day.