The current 2023 trip, has been a long time in the planning. Myself and 3 mates are heading for Antarctica and South America.
Posts in reverse order below.
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A long night downloading my camera cards and writing blog last night. Up early to see if it was worth a pre-breaky look at Hanok Village- it was overcast so no good light. A couple of quick shots from hotel. RF – At Lotte Hotel there was no Fourth floor it was ‘dot’ as thr…
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Packed up 90% last night. Up and finalised the packing and left my gear in Suzie’s room as she had convinced them to check her out last night (against Hotel policy). I checked out before breaky and did back at Suzie’s room. Breaky with a few more pics. It’s an awesome spread. Back on the…
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Breaky photo tour – I took some more shots of the very extensive breakfast at Lotte Hotel Seoul. Then it was a cab to the ‘C’ Palace and Secret Garden aiming to arrive early to see if we can secure tickets to the Secret Garden tours. English speaking tours sold out online, so our last…
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Today is the first of two free days here in Seoul. Our plans were made last night over a G&T. Suzie and I went for breaky a bit earlier than our 8:30 plan. It’s a fabulous spread – so many choices. I will post some more pics each day. This morning Susie M pulled up…
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Sleep was elusive last night. My Aussie cold has now become sort of laryngitis – a bit hard to speak this am. Awoke and completed blog. Then met Suzie for breaky. We had the window washers out this am. Met Alex at 9:00 into the van to visit the Royal Palace- Gyeonbokgong or ‘G’ Palace.…
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We met our guide Alex at 9:00 and bundled into another black van – Staria. Not quite as swish as first one but comfy nevertheless. Alex’s first question- would we mind swapping out two days around? Why? The cherry blossoms are not close by hotel so going there today as they only last about a…
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Now, Im not one to start off with personal things but this place has a heated toilet seat. OMG so weird the first time, bit of a surprise the second time now I’m worried about another any other sort of toilet LOL. Breakfast was BIG. So many things to choose from Korean Middle Eastern European…
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The second leg of our trip was a short 6 hours or so. Managed a couple of movies and some sleep. Immigration look like a nightmare with very long queueing our Disneyland according to Suzie. Lines moved quickly, no issue getting through until baggage carousel . My bag was there immediately on arrival and we…
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After some time to relax over Easter including visits to friends and a trip to Sale to see an amazing Life’s Work of Annemeike Mein, today is departure day. With thanks to Barb next door for the lift to the station, first leg is 5:41 train to Melbourne, 2nd leg is tram to Aunty Sue’s,…
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Phew! And that’s no April Fools blog title either. The Easter break couldn’t have more conveniently placed. It coincides with end of school term and we leave on 5 Esses trip on 3/4 April. I was very unprepared and have used the time off work to get lists finalised and cases and cubes packed. There…
Travel adventures with Nicola & co. 