Here we go

I've finally been able to get into South Korea to work, but I had to quarantine for two weeks despite my vaccination status. The irony is that the day after I booked my flight and quarantine hotel, the Korean government decided to change the requirements of people to quarantine. So, if I held off on ordering the flight just for two weeks, I could have saved myself two weeks of sitting in a crappy room and spending over a thousand USD. I am not impressed with how the recruitment program and school that I am going to be working with have been handling this situation, in all honesty, but it is what it is.

What was getting here like?

I got to the Portland airport around June 16th at 9:30 AM western time and arrived at my quarantine hotel by about June 17th at 10pm Seoul time. So, it was long. Had to wear a mask for that entire time as well, for sure the longest time I have had to wear a mask. Said some sappy goodbyes to my family that's really helped me the past year and

Fortunately, someone new weighed my checked luggage when I checked in and didn't charge me extra, so that was nice. I didn't pay extra for any travel insurance, and thankfully, I didn't need it since I didn't lose anything, nor did TSA or customs go through anything. I think they are more concerned about the pandemic, and it already making travel hard enough. So, I guess if you want to try smuggling, nows the time.

Arrived at Incheon Airport, and it took, I kid you not, 4 hours to get through the airport/customs. On top of that, a woman had a high fever and almost passed out after she got off my plane, so that was fun. Got through so late I couldn't exchange my currency, even though one of the people told me that it was still possible. Got a quarantine taxi paid a rate of 60 USD to get to the place I've been staying the past week, and here I am!

Arrival

Got the dwelling, and of course, it doesn't look like the photos on enkor.kr . This isn't one of their actual houses; it is something that they cleaned up (a little, get into that later), threw in some supplies, and called it a day. Posting a photo below, I had to move the bed because of reasons that I will get into in my next post. All and all, not the worst place I've laid my head down, but I have definitely stayed at some better places as well, in Korea.