I’ve begun to upload a small number of photos, starting with the Korea and Beijing albums. Note that future photos won’t be announced, but links to them will appear on the right-hand side of this page under the Photography heading.
Korean album note: Check out the kid playing on the free Playstations.
Beijing album note: the last few pictures at the moment are of the rooftop of the Beijing Saga Youth Hostel (formerly the hostel behind the Jianguomen International Hotel). The hostel actually moved right down the street from where I will be staying with uncle Ted.
I got an e-mail from Katie Beth, hopefully we can meet up soon.
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Micah/Beijing |
2004.07.11-17:15.00
The flight over was uneventful, but several things are remarkable (in the literal sense):
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The Chinese characters in Korean for “exit” are fei chang kou, something like “super opening”, or maybe “emergency opening” if you stretch it. It reminds me of fei chang ke le, a Coke competitor.
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I sat next to a nice Korean ajuma who was returning from visiting her daughter in Seattle. She gave me her extra tube of go chu jang, spicy pepper sauce. I ordered the vegetarian meals, so my food came sooner but I felt bad about eating earlier than my row-mates. In the end, I waited for their meals to come, and ended up eating inferior (though not bland) food. Next time, I eat with everybody else.
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The plane was a 747-400. Some people like that kind of trivia.
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Incheon airport is as nice as people talk it up to be. I had heard a rumor on Sleeping in Airports that the bathroom have signs with the janitor’s phone number; in fact, it’s true, and I took a pictureto prove it.
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I caught most of the Spain-Ireland Euro2004 game on an LG Plasma big-screen in the waiting area.
Food
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Dinner (last night on the plane)
Vegetarian penne pasta, veggie (cucumber, squash, lettuce, tomato) salad, orange juice, roll, butter.
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Breakfast (on the plane today)
omelet, orange and grapefruit slices, apple sauce (and my neightbor’s leftover rice and go chu jang).
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Micah/Korea |
2004.07.11-01:00.00
