South Korea Winter Trip. Day 1: Kuala Lumpur to Incheon

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It was a mostly bumpy ride throughout that rattled my wife! Nonetheless, the late-night Air Asia flight descended into Incheon International Airport at half past seven in the morning. And we had to catch another flight to Jeju Island in the afternoon.

We had barely 4 hours left before the Jeju Air flight took off from Gimpo International Airport in Seoul. The easiest mode would be the 45-minute airport rail from the Incheon airport. Instead of the planned Sinpo Market, we went to Lotte Mall, located just beside the Gimpo airport.


It's 7.39 am in the Incheon Airport

Toilet break

We wandered around in the airport

Winter season in Seoul

We had a couple of hours before the next flight.

Nope... This was definitely not the flight we were looking for!

Leaking outside Lotte Mall

One of the hi-end brand in the mall

Barely had enough rest, look.

while waiting for an in-flight call

There we were. We were situated in the southern region of the Korean Peninsula. Jeju for real! An hour 7C111 Jeju flight touched down the 2nd largest airport and Jeju is well-known as the popular tourists destination. We took a cab to Hana Hotel in Seogwipo City, in the southern part of Jeju Island. Later in the evening, my wife presented her technical paper at the CSA conference located in the Jeju International Convention Center.

Getting registered at JICC lobby

Getting information on tourist places around Jeju
Location: Incheon International Airport (ICN), 272 Gonghang-ro, Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea

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