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dagibbsSpecifically the Asiana lounge, which seems the lounge for every airline here, waiting for my flight.
Apparently, I should have bought soju in town, where it was cheap, rather than at the duty free, where they didn't have anything under $16, and it went rapidly up from there. So, bought Scotch instead -- replacing one that I like a lot, but have finished, the Aberlour A'bunadh.
I took a bus to the airport, rather than a taxi, so we wandered along a lot more secondary highways, rather than the toll roads. This was nice, as I got to see more of South Korea, or at least, the area around Seoul. In general, still lots and lots of high-rise apartments, but not as completely so as in Dongtan. (Dongtan is called, "Dongtan New City", and in comparison it definitely is very newish.) I saw more mid-rise and low-rise apartment buildings, and the very rare detached house. Generally, the only things that looked at all ramshackle were some semi-agricultural bits, and some business bits. Everything residential looked in quite good shape. Also, I was surprised at how few motorcycles or scooters I saw -- most vehicles were cars, and generally decent-sized cars with a fair admixture of SUVs. South Korea is, quite definitely, a generally wealthy country -- at least around Seoul.
Apparently, I should have bought soju in town, where it was cheap, rather than at the duty free, where they didn't have anything under $16, and it went rapidly up from there. So, bought Scotch instead -- replacing one that I like a lot, but have finished, the Aberlour A'bunadh.
I took a bus to the airport, rather than a taxi, so we wandered along a lot more secondary highways, rather than the toll roads. This was nice, as I got to see more of South Korea, or at least, the area around Seoul. In general, still lots and lots of high-rise apartments, but not as completely so as in Dongtan. (Dongtan is called, "Dongtan New City", and in comparison it definitely is very newish.) I saw more mid-rise and low-rise apartment buildings, and the very rare detached house. Generally, the only things that looked at all ramshackle were some semi-agricultural bits, and some business bits. Everything residential looked in quite good shape. Also, I was surprised at how few motorcycles or scooters I saw -- most vehicles were cars, and generally decent-sized cars with a fair admixture of SUVs. South Korea is, quite definitely, a generally wealthy country -- at least around Seoul.
