Well this is my first day in South Korea. I am staying in a guest house/ hostel thing in Incheon, on the same island as the airport. Some where between Bangkok and Vietnam I realized that I was sick and getting a cold. Bummer. Today I am feeling a bit better, but I am cranky and weak, and cannot quit sneezing! I tried to plan a nice trip to the islands or into the city, but nothing sounded all that great. So I know I must be sick. Since today is foggy and wet I think I am just going to stay here at the guesthouse and be lazy. Get much needed r and r.
Incheon is gearing up for the Olympic games. I was told that there are huge building projects all over the city, including the World's Largest Tower due to be completed in 2013. The island on which the airport is located used to be mountains and trees ten years ago, but then the airport came in and the games were planned, so mountains were flattened and trees were ripped out. Now it is a bunch of mud and construction with high rises going up every where. The owner of the guest house is glad to have the opprotunity for more business, but is sad to have the mountains destroyed.
I have forgotten to write about so many things. I might have to post a whole bunch of blogs about them. Before I forget it is time for SMALL WORLD Post lol.
Firstly, when in Ayutthaya we had walked to that elephant camp. One of the men who worked with the elephants was from Santa Barbara... I didn't get a name, but he is a psychologist there. Secondly, while in Kanchanaburi, I saw a Thai man wearing a Boise Broncos t-shirt. I couldn't catch him to take a picture or to talk with him. And on the plane to Incheon I sat next to a Korean man who did his post-doc at Seattle and had traveled several times to Washington State University and Boise State, so was quite familiar with Pullman/ Moscow and Boise.
Ok well time out now. I am tired of writing and have people staring at me.
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