Annyeong!

Yes! After two months since I started this blog, this is the first trip I would like to share. Annyeong! My year-end trip is in Korea.

Disclaimer: This trip is purely about related experiences during my trip. This will not include budget allocation, activity recommendation, and attractions. I might be able to mention some, but I do not intend to make this post a guide for those who want to go to Korea.

I honestly expected snow experience. Two years ago, we went to Seoul around November, and the snow experience is very brief.

Anyway, we booked our flight from AirAsia. Our flight was from NAIA Terminal 3 at 7:10AM supposedly. However, upon arrival, we learned that the flight schedule was changed to 6:45AM so we headed immediately to the AirAsia lane to deposit our baggage. I had asked my mother to proceed to pay travel taxes. When she met with me however, she was informed that the travel tax might have already been included from the booking fee. When our time has come, we were informed by the attendant that travel tax is not yet included, thus, we have to go back to the counter to claim our boarding pass until travel tax is paid. I wish there's be a note from the itinerary if there's a need to pay for travel tax so we do not waste our time going back and forth even though we know the process.

Everything went smoothly, not much questions asked from the immigration, except for the typical schedule flight delay. Eventually, the actual departure time became 7:14AM, from 6:45AM, from 7:10AM. The plane was old but neat, cabin crews are very well presentable. All else are the same with other airlines.


Before we landed to the ground, we were asked to fill out the arrival card and health questionnaire as required Korea. This will be used to evaluate your entry to the airport.

The plane landed at 12:04PM local time (Korea is an hour advanced), so the total travel time is actually 3 hours and 50 minutes as opposed to 3 hours and 40 minutes mentioned by the cabin crew before the flight. No issue here though, just saying. As expected, it will be a bit cold but my sando and knitted sweater managed hehe.

The immigration in Incheon Airport is more or less the same in comparison to how they do it in the Philippines, but I would like to mention that the process is a bit more faster. Past the immigration, it's officially Annyeonghaseyo!