This is the 5th day on the Jeju Island. Leo has been working his 2 hour shifts every day at the conference. And I have settled into kind of a routine. Working on my site, finally, and knitting while listening to the audio books.
The weather is not as we thought to be nice and warm. It’s actually kind of chilly and lots of days we woke up to heavy fog that lasted at least half a day. But when the fog disappeared, the scenary is pleasant. Our room has an ocean view which is very nice. I always like to look out to the sea and this 6th floor room didn’t disappoint me.
TV programs have their challenges. We can’t understand 95% of the shows cause they are in Korean. And there are lots of golf, baseball, and soap opera or korean drama shows. So the TV is usually on for sound effects than entertainment.
Food is very good and very, very expensive. The other day, we ordered two coffees in the lounge and the bill was $9.50 per cup. Wow. But we are kind of the prisoners of the highly priced meals since there aren’t very many eateries around here within walking distance. But we enjoyed every meal we had so far.
I went over to the ICC conference center with Leo yesterday and sat at the registration desk with him. I plugged my notebook in and got on the internet and worked while he wandered around a bit and sat at the desk a bit.
The only thing that is not perfect in the hotel is the lack of internet connection in the rooms. We have to haul our notebook down to the lounge to get on the internet. That presents another challenge, there is no outlets for us to plug our notebooks in. So we have to hurry up and do the internet stuff in a couple of hours while the battery lasts. If we have internet in the room, I would have a ball just browsing and working on the site all day. Note to self, have to have free internet connection in the hotel rooms when travelling. I can see that it’s essential for me to always have my notebook and the internet wherever I go now. The PC is my entertainment and where I work. I don’t need to go on the tours to man-made attractions or go to the Teddy Bear Museum or to walk around to look at big hotels. But I would be at a loss if I don’t have my PC and my connection to the world through it.