April 1st – April 10th 2016

As a K-Drama & K-Pop fan, well not too obsessed , I decided to join this trip to Korea, coz I doubt I’d ever go there by myself, as soon as I received an email from Alumni of my University about organizing a trip to Korea, I opted right away.

Day 1 Journey begins

Since I don’t live in UAE anymore, I had to take a flight from my country to Dubai first, then travel to Korea from there, unfortunately my flight was delayed so there was only around an hour gap between reaching my 1st destination and my next one to Korea.

After reaching Dubai’s airport, I went directly to the lounge that led to the plane’s gate, in other words, I haven’t met any of the people I’m traveling with lol.

I was already annoyed (ended up crying) coz I dyed my hair right before my journey, it didn’t come out the way I wanted it to, my hair was blonde/faded pink, so I had to fix it by adding brown highlights, but apparently the hair stylist didn’t understand what I want & bleached my hair, although I was very clear when I said (No Bleaching), I got angry and started crying in front of everyone lol.

Another annoying thing happened in Dubai’s airport lounge, all my sms/drafts got deleted from my phone, I was so upset coz there were alot of important messages *Dies* anyhow, I got on the plane & there was still no sign of the group I’m traveling with, due to the fact that I’m flying business.

I remember sending my fiance this message (Baby I’m flying to Korea now, I love you). now I feel like crying *Sighs*

The 8 hours journey wasn’t that tireful, out of the food choices I’ve chosen the Korean one, I ate something I don’t even know what lol, I threw up in the end *Cries* but to be honest, it was very delicious, however my stomach isn’t used to Korean spices.

As soon as the plane landed in Seoul, I stood waiting for the economy class to come out, I actually asked 3 girls with Hijab If they were from the university group, they said no lol, I waited & waited , then I saw a big group of girls approaching and finally I met up with them. Oh and the Korean airport staff checked our temperature right after we got off the plane.

The difficult part was the queue for the immigration, we waited 3 whole hours!!! other airports usually have a fast track for business class travelers, I was shocked that Incheon International Airport didn’t have one.

We got our bags, then headed to the arrival area. The airport was beautiful, we directly went to get sim cards for mobile phones, our Korean guide advised us to get rented phones with built-in sim cards, but since I’m a Dettol freak lol, I strongly rejected the idea, so I got a new sim card from a bookshop at the airport, the shop keeper removed my phone’s original sim card & placed the Korean one, then he registered it into the network, he did everything and made sure it worked, how sweet <3

After that, I went to Starbucks, I bought some weird seeded yogurt drink which tasted ok lol and a bottle of water.

We arrived at noon but since it took forever for the immigration process to finish, we ended up on the bus at night, there was no time for sightseeing, so we went directly to the hotel, I took a shower and slept.

Oh and all roommates were randomly selected, mine was friendly, but later problems started lol, she sets the alarm 3 hours before heading out! I used to skip breakfast just so I can have a little more sleep time but imagine waking up 3 hours earlier! I didn’t say anything coz I’m a very nice person *Kills Herself*