Friday, 3 September 2010

I'm writing this from Incheon airport. We've spent the last week in Seoul. On Saturday I went to a club with Sooyoung. It was rockabilly night And I was really looking forward to seeing Korean rockabillies with their drain pipe jeans and quiffs. I wasn't disappointed. The first band was a Japanese band called Hot Dog Buddy Buddy and they were great. the next band was Korean and they were great too. I had a really good night. Sooyoungs friends were really nice and one was half Mauritian and one was from Reunion - I have family on both islands!
I stayed at Sooyoungs in Itaewon until Wednesday. I spent my time in Insadong, shopping and on Tuesday I went to Co - ex to shop. On Wednesday We went to Cherry and Andrews. A hurricane was due to hit Seoul on Thursday afternoon. On Wednesday evening the weather was really bad so it felt like the hurricane was coming sooner. Cherry and I sat up chatting till the early hours and we decided to go outside for a while. When we went back upstairs the wind went mad. I've never heard anything like it before. We rushed into the apartment and shut all the windows. I went to bed and just fell asleep when one of the dogs jumped on me and woke me up. The poor dog dog was trembling with fear and I don't blame her. OMG I thought the windows were going to come through. The noise was incredible. It was a very scary night but we cuddled up and got a bit of sleep. The next morning I took the dogs for a walk and the destruction was sad. So amny trees were uprooted or broken. The great thing was that people were out in force cleaning up and by the next day everything was back to normal. I spent my time at Cherry and Andrews lunching, shopping and generally having a chilled out time. It was great staying with her, Andrew and the baby. Oh well my flight is boarding in a moment and it's time to say 'goodbye South Korea' A big thank you to everyone who made my time here so happy. I'm looking forward to going home but I'm leaving here with a heavy heart and a tear in my eye. Goodbye SK, until the winter!

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