Day 3

We forgot to request an accessible room (as opposed to those hotel rooms that no one can get into) but standing in front of tub brought the need into clear focus. A "normal" bathtub is about 15 inches high at the most. The tub in the Hyatt was embedded in tile to look nice and most folks would have no problem with getting into the tub. I'm not most folk. I grab the shower pole and attempt to swing my right leg over and in. Darn good thing.

After a good night's sleep we went to the hotel restaurant for our free breakfast and had just a minute to say safe trip to Leah and Sean knowing we'd see them that evening in Chaing Mai. We had a few hours to spend before our flight so we took the Airport Train to Seoul Station to walk around. We walked through the underground and surfaced about 5 minutes from Namdaemun (Great South Gate Market Sean says) shopping area.

After walking around the shopping area we went to a bank to break a few large bills. Found a bakery to spend a few small bills on the mandatory tea/coffee snack.

We retraced our steps through the subway tunnels and pathways to the airport train. At the airport we thought of getting our seats but we at least found where to go. Got the shuttle to the Hyatt for our free lunch. (who says you can't have a free lunch? (I know, we paid for it!))

When I return home I'm going to try to find out Korean Air's real policy about asking for and getting bulkhead seating. We arrived three hours ahead of departure and were told the bulkheads were taken. Families with bassinet get priority we were told. Reserving  is not possible we were told. We were told you could pay for them ahead of time which is somehow different from reserving. When we got on the plane there were no kids but two noisy old guys.

After lunch we headed out for the airport got our seats and cleared the security check and had three hours to wait. Real fast free Internet let me do an update to the PlayBook as RIM just released a 500 mb major update. Nothing like doing an in-place update without a backup.

Met a couple from Hawaii who filled us in on where not to go and another couple who wanted help getting their iPad online. I sat in a booth where folks were painting traditional somethings or others. Apparently these things are used to tie rope or string on.

Got on the plane (not bulkhead) and sat back for the six-hour flight to Chaing Mai. Arrived and got the shuttle to the Rainforest Boutique Hotel. Woke up Leah from the front desk and visited a bit then hit the sack.