Incheon

I will be leaving for Korea from John F. Kennedy airport. The flight will be about 14 hours. I am not much a traveler, so this is all going to be new to me! We will be flying into Incheon in South Korea. At this time of year, Korea is 13 hours ahead of us.

In one of my travel books Incheon is called "Korea's transportation hub." It is 25 miles west of Seoul. It is a located on a harbor and is Korea's 4th largest city. It is important for shipping and air travel. The airport is actually located on a small offshore island. Construction on the airport started in 1992. Near the airport is an international business center with luxury hotels and high-rise office buildings. The site of Incheon is also famous for the role it played in the Korean War (General MacArthur landed US troops there, which was a turning point in the war). Older parts of Incheon offer shopping, inns, and fresh seafood. Incheon also has Korea's only official "China Town.'

I don't yet know if I will be spending any significant amount of time in Incheon. The first thing we will be doing is a 3 night home stay with a Korean family. I do not know where I will be staying. My guess is that we will be traveling onto Seoul, but I am not sure.

In a couple of weeks my husband and I will be traveling to New Jersey for a fundraising dinner for Sejong Cultural Education. I am hoping at that time to learn more about the trip and meet some of the other people I will be traveling with.