28 March 2026
The less eventful second leg
Arriving at Incheon airport
Right now I am on the express train. This means things went better than expected.
A couple of years ago when I arrived here the flight was late and I was trapped in a very slow customs line for over 2 hours, missed the last train, caught a bus, only to find they had re-sold my hotel room because I was a no show. That was one of my more annoying travel experiences.
Today the flight actually pushed back early in Singapore, arrived 30 minutes early into Incheon, and the huge customs line only took 30 minutes to clear.
The flight itself was much better than the first leg. The wine had dried on me. I had a spare seat next to me. I ate the meal and the people in the cabin were largely silent throughout.
So now I just need to get to my hotel, which is paid for in full, and NOT find out they have re-sold my room to someone else. If there are photos of my room below, that happened. Enjoy my double negative circular references and general timeline confusion, I am tired.
Here is my plane, both legs today were on an Airbus A350, the quietest of all planes, which is not always a good thing if you don't want to hear peoples respiratory issues, but today was not too bad in that respect.
As mentioned, my flight was early, and despite the long queue at customs, I got through fast enough for me to not only get a train, but to get an express train (which ceases service for the night an hour earlier than the slow trains). Generally, trains in Korea cease operations before midnight.
And so I was allowed to check into my hotel, right on midnight, with no dramas at all. It is a Frasers Place, which aslo has hotels in Australia. Normally about $300 a night but somehow a year ago when I booked I got it for $100 a night.
Yes. It has a bathroom. Long day was long. Tomorrow, not a hiking day and hopefully photos of something other than the inside of airports, trains and hotel room toilets.