One Day in Seoul
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009When I booked my flights for Asia, I decided to treat the 12-hour layover in Seoul, South Korea on the way back as an opprotunity. After all, how many times do you connect through a city you’d love to explore, let alone one halfway around the world?
The little bit of research I did revealed that there was a tourist information desk at the airport that was a good resource. My overnight flight from Vietnam arrived before they opened, so I had a chance to grab breakfast and brush my teeth before the very helpful (and English-speaking!) woman gave me some pointers.
Her suggestion: take the bus downtown, and ride and hop-on hop-off tourist bus circuit to over 2 dozen sites. It worked quite well; the downtown bus was a full coach with incredible legroom for the 1.5 hour trip from Incheon airport into downtown Seoul. The tourist bus was right there, and stops at several palaces, markets, and museums. And they even take care of you if you lose your ticket because your brain is only running at half power 
