In this report, we’ll look at a very short – but very special – 40-minute flight from Incheon to Busan. A couple of things made this experience stand out amongst my recent airborne adventures, despite its brevity. One: although the flight serves a domestic route, it’s treated as an international service. Two: the flight blessedContinue reading “Flight Report: ICN-PUS on Korean Air Flight KE 1401 (02 February 2019)”
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(Mini-)Terminal Report: Early morning transit at Incheon Airport (ICN) T2, South Korea (02 February 2019)
Just a trimmed-down report for today, covering my recent experience of transferring between flights at Terminal 2 of Incheon International Airport (ICN).
Flight Report: MNL-ICN on Korean Air Flight KE 624 (01 February 2019)
I’ve flown with a number of airlines to Korea through the years – but until last weekend, the country’s flag carrier wasn’t one of them. In this report, I’ll give a full account of my first flight on Korean Air (IATA code: KE), and we’ll see if the experience was positive enough to keep meContinue reading “Flight Report: MNL-ICN on Korean Air Flight KE 624 (01 February 2019)”
Field Snapshots: Something old, something new in Seoul, South Korea (19 February 2018)
I didn’t do much on the last day of my February vacation in Korea, so let’s close the book on this journey by assembling a simple photopost. Now if you’ve been keeping up with my blog over the past few years, you’ll know that I’ve seen these places before … but then again, I can’tContinue reading “Field Snapshots: Something old, something new in Seoul, South Korea (19 February 2018)”
Field Report: A Nighttime Stroll Along Seoullo 7017, Seoul, South Korea (18 February 2018)
I’m stuck at home with the flu as I type this post, but I’ve found a way to cope with the fever: replaying memories of one bitterly, bitterly cold February night in Seoul, when I went for a nighttime walk across the Korean capital’s slick new linear park.
Field (and a bit of Rail) Report: Suwon Hwaseong Museum, South Korea (18 February 2018)
This report should have been focused on the museum in the title – but, as you’ll see further on, I was momentarily distracted by the transportation infrastructure I employed to reach it. What can I say: I’m a railway enthusiast through and through. But read on chaps, and I promise you that we’ll end upContinue reading “Field (and a bit of Rail) Report: Suwon Hwaseong Museum, South Korea (18 February 2018)”
Rail Report: Seoul to Gyeongju on the KTX and Mugunghwa, South Korea (16 February 2018)
On a freezing winter’s day in Seoul, I set off on a long journey to the historic city of Gyeongju, about 300 kilometres to the southeast as the crow flies (even farther than that on the ground, of course). Let’s see what it’s like to travel from one to the other on Korea’s extensive railwayContinue reading “Rail Report: Seoul to Gyeongju on the KTX and Mugunghwa, South Korea (16 February 2018)”
(Mini-)Food Report: A Return Visit to Myeongdong Kyoja (Seoul, South Korea)
I love food, but I’m not a foodie. I’m not the sort of chap who would spend hours scouring the streets of Tōkyō or the back-alleys of Seoul in search of new, unique, quirky, pop-up, or Michelin-starred establishments of the sort that critics love to rave about. No, my friend – when I’m hungry, anythingContinue reading “(Mini-)Food Report: A Return Visit to Myeongdong Kyoja (Seoul, South Korea)”
Field Report: Reconstruction of Heungbokjeon at Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, South Korea (15 February 2018)
I’ve been to Seoul’s Gyeongbokgung so many times, I can’t even say off-hand how many times I’ve gone there. And one of the things that keep drawing me back to this vast Joseon-era complex is the ongoing, almost mind-bogglingly colossal effort to rebuild the many palace structures destroyed in the early 20th century – aContinue reading “Field Report: Reconstruction of Heungbokjeon at Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, South Korea (15 February 2018)”
Rail Report: Seoul to Busan on the KTX, South Korea (04 June 2017)
I’ve taken high-speed rail services countless times in Japan, but not (until recently) in Korea, even though I holiday there at least once every year. That changed one bright summer’s day this past June, when I broke away from Seoul to spend a few days in faraway Busan – and rode Korea’s blazingly fast KTXContinue reading “Rail Report: Seoul to Busan on the KTX, South Korea (04 June 2017)”
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