Flying at night can be quite boring. Especially when you can’t sleep and babies are screaming their asses off all around you.
So I watch some episodes of Friends and Suits for a few hours and around 4:30 in the morning, we land to Seoul-Incheon Airport.
Accommodation
![Namsan Gil House](https://thenomadicyear.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSC_0003-300x200.jpg)
I’m staying at Namsan Gil House for 3 nights. Unfortunately, an early check-in was not possible (given that I’ve arrived at 5 in the morning), so again I found myself running in circles around the city of Seoul, dragging 20 kg of luggage behind me.
Around 2 PM, the guy from the desk shows me to my room, at first floor, a decent room with plenty of space, and quite clean. It had a private bathroom and a shared kitchen downstairs.
The city
First thing I noticed about Seoul was… hobos. A whole lot of them! Especially near the Seoul train station. The streets aren’t very clean, and people seem rather impatient.
In the more touristic areas, though, things look much better.
![Seoul street vendors, at night](https://thenomadicyear.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSC_0007-1-1024x683.jpg)
![Seoul Tower at night](https://thenomadicyear.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Seoul-At-Night-5-1024x683.jpg)
![Gyeongbokgung Palace at night, Seoul](https://thenomadicyear.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Seoul-At-Night-78-1024x683.jpg)
![Seoul at night, view from above](https://thenomadicyear.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Seoul-At-Night-60-1024x683.jpg)
Seoul felt like a pretty short trip.
I don’t wanna say it was a bust, but I was so tired in Seoul that most of the time I slept. I went outside mostly at night, crawling for food.
Departure
I am happy for leaving Seoul to a place where I’ll be staying more than 3 or 4 days, ie. one month in Vietnam!
Next — 1 month in Vietnam, Hai Phong.