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SEOUL TO TOKYO

Our final breakfast in Aria at the Westin Josun Hotel. Had my final Shanghai Soup Dumpling breakfast.  Best yet. Final look outside our hotel window. Goodbye Westin Josun Seoul. Taxis in Seoul have foot warming heat. Don't know what in Seoul. This is the 63 SQUARE building, when it was first opened in 1985 was the tallest outside of North America, at 819 feet. and was built as a landmark for the 1988 Summer Olympics.  Remained as South Korea's tallest until 2003. The tallest in South Korea is now the Lotte World Tower at 1,821 feet, and 6th in the world. Seoul air pollution. I occurred to me that we were passing a lot of bridges over the Han River.  I later checked and found that there are 27 of these bridges.  So halfway into our ride to the airport I  began taking photos. Other roadside objects. This The Giant. I was waiting to take a video of what looked like a huge phallic symbol as you drive into Inchon Airport.   It'a gone.  It was controver...

HONG KONG TO SEOUL

Started with breakfast at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong.  The Ritz-Carlton cruise line arranged for a vehicle to take us to Hong Kong International Airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok.  Remember their old Kai Tak Airport?  I do. Memorable, because planes went right over building rooftops, coming as close as 100 feet. Air traffic would fly low over Kowloon City, making 47-degree right turn at under 1000 feet to line up with the runway. Passengers could see people showering. Watch this video of the world's scariest airport? Finally closed in 1998. In stark contrast is the new ( opened in 1998 ) Hong Kong International Airport. Confusing, but Kai Tak was also called Hong Kong International Airport. More accurately, this current one should be called Chek Lap Kok International Airport, but this is not used much, and the airport code is HKG, the same one used by Kai Tak. The story of the new Hong Kong International Airport is remarkable . Skytrax rates it at  #6 airport in ...