9th May 2016
We
landed
late,
immigration
took
a
time
as
there
were
loads
of
Chinese
tourists
(who
viewed
the
queueing
system
as
more
guidance
than
something
to
follow
100%).
A
driver
was
waiting
for
me,
and
it
took
an
hour
from
Incheon
to
the
"Aventree
Hotel"
in
Seoul.
I
tipped
the
driver
10,000
won,
not
sure
whether
that
was
too
much
or
too
little.
Being
rather
jaded
I
made
do
with
pot
noodles
from
a
convenience
store
inside
the
hotel,
rather
useful
like
the
one
in
the
first
hotel
I
stayed
in
Japan
at.
The
hotel
knows
me
as
"Peter
Smith
Rootham"
-
it
will
do.
Like
Japan
the
toilet
(sorry
bidet)
is
heated
and
has
a
complex
control
panel
for
doing
odd
things
to
you.
The
room
card
is
necessary
to
use
the
lift,
the
staff
had
limited
English,
hope
the
guide
tomorrow
is
better!
The
room
came
with
slippers
to
wear
inside.
It
took
me
a
while
to
get
the
air
conditioning
to
do
what
I
wanted,
buttons
being
all
in
Korean
is
a
challenge!
My
first
impression
of
Korea
is
a
confident
society,
one
that
has
embraced
modern
technology,
but
with
some
extent
its
feet
still
in
a
traditional
past.
We
drove
past
stylish
buildings
and
far
reaching
bridges
and
shiny
stainless
steel
artwork
but
also
rice
paddies
and
greenhouses
and
villages
needing
renovation.
The
"Aventree
Hotel"
is
close
to
a
Buddhist
Temple
which
I'll
investigate
tomorrow
given
time.