THE WORLD AS MY WITNESS

Surreal. That's what it has been like since I started packing for India after my last two finals 12 hours before my flight. Surreal that I'm with an amazing group of people that I have never really spent too much time outside of school and now getting the time to bond during a 10 hour layover courtesy of United, a 14 hour flight (not including the 16 hours on the way back) and the opportunity of a lifetime to experience something so overwhelmingly life-changing across the world. Surreal when we landed late at night and arrived to a warm welcome at our amazing hotel and being too keyed up to sleep even though we were going to wake up in less that 4 hours (This is India. This. Is. India!!!!!). But I'm glad we woke up so we can do some Bollywood dancing with some serious hip thrusts. I thought we had a nice welcome when we arrived so late at night, we had a freaking parade mini marching band after we had breakfast. (Get to be reunited with delicious bananas in Asia and g...

Getting through incheon airport was a breeze, and I don't even want to know what I looked like coming from Vietnam in comparison to how clean and fashionable people dress in Seoul. I got there early morning, so I had to drop my stuff off at the hotel (courtesy of my awesome uncle who was just there before I was with his wife to visit in-laws). I did the best I could to freshen up in their lobby bathroom, and off I went to walk around the city before I could check in. The stark contrast between what I saw in Seoul and Vietnam  was readily apparent. Everything was clean, bright, modern and generally  cayyuuttee . I was only in Seoul for 3 full days, including the first day I landed, so I wanted to make my time count. After checking in and having a brunch of sorts in a cute (caayutte) cafe, I went to a tourist center to schedule a day tour for the next day. My hotel was in a great location and smack in the center of all the shopping center area. After checking into the hot...