Wednesday 1 February 2023 It’s our final day in Seoul. Hotel checkout is at midday but our flight isn’t until midnight. In the old days, this wouldn’t have been a problem. But now we’re getting on a bit, and with a 31 hour journey ahead of us, we decide to pay for another night, so…

Tuesday 31 January 2023 DMZ Tour Today we are going on a trip to the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ); a 4 km wide buffer zone, 2 km either either side of the border between South and North Korea. It’s an early start, we have to be at City Hall by 7 am. We’ve already timed the…

Monday 30 January 2023 There’s a special offer on the hotel breakfast buffet if you join their club. It’s not easy – it involves filling in a three page questionnaire. In Korean. But I am determined. The old man holds his phone over mine to translate and we get there in the end. At reception,…

Sunday 29 January 2023 Flight to Seoul Our time in Japan is over. We seem to have been here forever and no time at all. We drive the final few miles to the airport and drop the hire car. Then begins the convoluted journey to the terminal. The care hire shuttle only goes to the…