Return to Soeul / Incheon then back home to the UK.

We packed and left the suitcase at the hotel, as we had half a day before going back to Incheon.

We went by taxi to see more relics in the museum in WONGJU, much like those seen before, but still pretty impressive.

As we arrived there were busses filled with school children, the younger ones as usual kept saying hello - hello, the older ones knew a little more English, but were not so chatty.

Towards the end we went though an exhibition of paintings, and at the end they gave us a calendar featuring some of the pictures - a nice jesture of friendlyness that we found throughout our stay in South Korea.

Afterwards we caught the local bus back to the town centre. it went all around most of the tourist sites, some we had seen - others we had not.

Arriving back in town we picked up the suitcase and caught the bus back to Incheon bus terminal, when we arrived, Suri decided to get into the first available taxi, the driver had no idea where the Hotel Chelsea was, after frantic phone calls and searches for addresses and maps .... we eventually arrived, ... I have to admit to being a little stressed.

Later on we met up with David and Nami for our evening meal, we had it close by at a suburb called BUPYEON, which is a very large shopping district, much of it underground, and about 90% of the shops seem to cater solely for women, I do wonder where are the shops for men?

The next day Saturday the 21st of October was our last full day in Korea, so we decided to go for a trip on a river boat along the river HANGAN. The embarking pier took a bit of finding as the nearest underground station was about a mile from the boarding point. On the way we did however find a lovely park to walk through, where amongst other things we saw pumpkins growing above us a bit like a grape vine - I think you can make them out in the picture.

When we got to the pier we had just missed the boat and the next one was an hour later, no problem as we decided to have a spot of lunch and enjoy the lovely weather, just lounging about - after all it is a holiday.....

The boat trip itself was ok, but did not go very far and stopped 2 times on the 1 hour return trip, but there were some sights to see that we had not seen, including a quite magnificent water fountain in the midle of the river - check it out above.

When we disembarked we headed off for the underground, it was a long walk I have to admit.

Our last night in Korea, so we met up with David and Nami, and had a lovely indoor BBQ type of meal, after which Suri decided to ask the manager if we could buy one of the BBQ lids, eventually after much persausion he agreed - so we now are the proud owner of a used BBQ lid, which you may just be able to make out in the picture above.

To finish off the night we went to a bar for a few drinks, one of the drinks was sort of brown in colour and tasted distinctly of incomplete fermented beer, it was pretty late and we were enjoying our last night in South Korea, so I enjoyed the funny coloured alcohol.

Sunday 22nd, and after saying our goodbyes to David and Nami, we set off on what turned out to be a very long journey.

First of all the taxi driver got a bit lost, then the bus to the airport seemed to be going on for ever, going all around the houses - so to speak. Eventually we boarded our plane to DOHA, only to find out there would be a stop off in SHANGAI. Eventually we arrive in DOHA, where we had a couple of hours to wait 'till we got our connection to Heathrow. Back in Heathrow, we got the tube to Cockfosters, and the final leg of the journey was a taxi to Potters Bar - over 30 hours it took - exhausted we both were, and the trip was over.

Time for a rest - so time to go back to work.........