Yesterday we started the long and brutal trip home. We left Ho Chi Minh Airport at 8:25 pm in the midst of heavy rain and some lightning. A few hours earlier there was a wicked thunder and lightning show that made me wonder if we would ever lift off.
The Turkish Airlines flight to Bangkok was very rough and for the first time in many years I needed to know where the air-sick bag was. Fred slept through most of this 90 minute flight.
We had two hours to kill in Bangkok so we visited the Star Alliance Lounge where we could rest comfortably. Very nice airport.
We used Thai Airlines to complete the five hour flight to Seoul. It was comfortable and smooth. Both Thai Airways and Turkish Airlines are top-notch carriers, but the seats in the Turkish plane were much more comfortable.
The airport at Seoul is very hi-tech and ultra modern. They deal with long layovers like ours (10 hours) by having every imaginable convenience available. They have an intransit hotel where you can book sleep time in six hour segments, without having to go through customs.
For the well rested traveller they have a driving range, two movie theatres, fitness centres, a mini golf course and tons of restaurants and shopping.
As of yet, we haven't used any of these facilities as we are not well rested. Instead we are spending most of our time in the Business Lounge trying to sleep. However, we did use the showers and the massage chairs to revive the bodies.
It took us almost one hour to get from the plane to the Air Canada transfer booth, first we were sort of lost and secondly this place is huge.
We still have four hours to wait out in Korea.....it will be a long afternoon!
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