Vacation Kaos

Kaos, the perfect way of describing this day. 

Starting at 5am, my mother and I grabbed our backpacks and headed to the subway station. Our hotel was located only two stops from Incheon Airport, which made the start of our adventure very convenient.  When arriving at the airport, it was time to check in. Since I decided to leave all my extras from my wallet in my dormitory, the Alien Registration Card was forgotten. Not really used to be an “alien” living in South Korea, I guess. The information I got was to apply for a certificate. My only option was to run to the Immigration Office located 1km from the check in desk, pay a few euros, get a piece of paper and run back before I could get my flight ticket. Such a messy start, and it got worse. The boarding time was delayed and when we once got our asses to our seats, the aircraft was having problems. They had to restart the aircraft a couple of times and by this, we realized that our transfer time from Manila to Palawan, our final destination, got tight! 

4 and a half hours later, we arrived in Manila. Nervously we waited for the seat belt sign to turn off and when it did, there was nothing else to do but run. While I was waiting for the luggage, my mother ran upstairs to do the check in. As quickly as possible, we took our backpacks, ran upstairs and through the safety check. Since the flight to Palawan also was delayed, we were lucky to be able to check in. What a relief!

But there is more. Yes, the flight was delayed, almost two hours, which made the day nothing but worse. Traveling is fun, but the best part is to arrive at the destination. Arriving in Palawan was great and after all the stress and running, it was a lovely gesture of the hotel to pick us up from the Puerto Princesa Airport. 

The Internet has been telling me that there is a storm warning on the Philippines and the weather was going to be cloudy and rainy, even thunderstorms. Let’s hope, this is not the case, since I planned to dive and get myself some sort of tan. Now, it's time to rest.