Thursday, July 24, 2008

The Long Road Home

This is my first entry from Korea since leaving Cambodia about 12 hours ago. It was a late flight, almost midnight. When I got here I caught a few hours of sleep in the "Transit Hotel". It's quite nice and not a terrible price either.

So now, I get to wait. My layover is about 12 hours. At least this airport is large enough to spend an hour just walking from one end to the other, gawking at the shops with ominous names like "Fashion and Packaged Foods", and "Quiznos".

This is also the point in the trip when you start to realize that your body clock is seriously messed up. It's midnight Central Time as a type this, but I just woke up. And that's considered pretty good when trying to get turned around. My goal is to try to stay away for the next 24 hours or so. Since 13 of that is in the air from here to LA, it shouldn't be too hard.

For now, I get to enjoy strange Korean TV shows and overpriced foods. I tried the Quiznos, fearful they might try to slip some Kimchee in there. Luckily they did not, but the affect of the dollar dropping like a stone was especially painful when I shelled out $13 for a sandwich and drink.

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