Mar 27 2009

notes on airport living (Seoul)

Charlene @ 6:34 pm
  • it costs more to take a shower than to buy a Shanghai Spicy Chicken Sandwich meal at McDonald’s.  And they want to leave earlier than the posted hours.Suggestion for next time – the shower is free, it’s the kit – namely, a Mongolia-sized (Bonnie knows what this means) towel and toiletries – that costs the money.  So bring a little travel towel and bar soap and you’ll be home free in theory.
  • Free wifi just about everywhere…Voltage and plug shape adapters are available for free at the info desks if you leave with them your boarding pass or a form of non-passport ID.Next time, give em the ID so you know when your flight actually leaves
  • Super comfy couches upstairs in the “rest and relax” area as well as internet stations that are sparsely populated.  If you get in by 10ish you can get quite a nice setup, though a bit cool aircon-wise.Next time, use that travel towel you’re bringing anyway for warmth perhaps.
  • For those looking for more culture, they have random traditional craft stations and music demos; plus today there was a quartet pl

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Mar 02 2009

Damn…

Charlene @ 5:00 pm

I changed 320,000 tugriks today. It equals about $203 US dollars. If I had changed it at the same time last year it would’ve been over $275 dollars. Sigh…

Maybe from now on every time I have money left in my account after salary deposit I should change it directly to dollars as that’s a pretty painful gap given all the saving I’ve been attempting to do.