South Korea, Here We Come!

An Nyung Ha Se Yo! That's 'Hello!' in Korean. Gotta practice our few phrases, y'know.
Man Na So Ban Gap Soop Ni Da. (It's a pleasure to meet you.)

We are sure getting all excited about our trip to South Korea!!! The reality of it all is just starting to sink in. Only a few days before we leave! Those of you who know me will realize that this means we are, of course, just about all packed. Our at-home support team is all lined up, so the chickens will be looked after and things will run smoothly at the hale while we're gone. No worries!

We're flying out of Hilo this Sunday morning, on Hawaiian Airlines to Honolulu. From there we switch to Japan Airlines which is supposed to be the cream of the crop. We have a layover in Tokyo but not enough time to go out into that big city, darn it. Maybe next time - hehe! Then it's a shorter flight to Incheon, the big airport outside Seoul. To return, we reverse all this, and will arrive back on the Big Island on Halloween.

It's a 19 hour time difference from Hawaii, which works out to -5 hours & the next day. There's that pesky International Date Line in there just to confuse things further, don't you know. We were told to pack an alarm clock, and I'm sure we will need it!

From Incheon, we'll be heading south into the countryside and farming communities of ChoongNam, DangJin, DamYang, GokSeong, SoonCheon, JeonNam, GoSeong, GyungNam, and then back to Seoul. We get to visit persimmon & strawberry farms the very first day! It will be Ah Joo Jae Mi It So Yo! (Very interesting!) This is supposed to be the best time of year to visit, weatherwise, but it'll probably still feel rather cool to us. Kinda like San Fransisco temps. Sounds lovely!

Yong So Hae Joo Se Yo (please excuse me), but we will most likely be incommunicado for the duration of this trip. Our cell won't work in Korea so we're not even bringing it. We're not bringing the laptop either. But we WILL both be taking LOADS of photos! And I promise to write again very soon after we return.

An Nyung Hi Ga Se Yo! (Good-bye!)
Liz