Layover Heaven - Seoul, Korea

Thanks to the makers of Lunesta, the 11 hours and 50 minute flight from LAX went pretty quick. Last year, I swear it was the longest flight of my life. I don't know why I didn't think to ask my doctor to hook me up with a little sleeping help sooner. Duh.

The airport here in Seoul (Incheon) is nothing like any airport back home. And I mean in that in the bast way possible. I'm sitting at a bank of internet computers doing this for free, for example. Right next door there is a place to shower, a place for a massage plus enough restaurants and duty free to keep one busy for hours. This is a good thing, as my layover here is for another 12 hours and change.

First incident of weirdness to report: Rather than an immigration or customs form to complete, I was given a Swine Flu form...sorry, dont' recall the P.C. name for it at the moment. I had to provide all kinds of personal health information and also my seat number on my flight. I guess the health officials must work with the airline crews so if a flight attendant sees you hacking the whole time, you're thrown into quarantine upon arrival. Something like that? So I hand my form to a guy wearing a mask who looks about 19-years-old (way too young to really know what's up, in my opinion) and he sticks this thing below my ear. He pushes a button and whatever vibe I must have been giving off must have been the right one, because he let me pass.

I'm feeling good thanks to actually sleeping on my flight. It's 2:30 pm back home and 6:30 am the next day here. I plan to feast on something exotic as soon as I am done here. There's a bowl of noodles out there with my name on it. I get into Siem Reap, Cambodia late tonight so I'll write my first impressions at some point tomorrow. Thanks for reading!

Z