After a very comfortable 6 hrs ride on board Korean air, we arrived at incheon airport at 8.27am local time.
The first task on hand was to collect the rented iPhone 4 from the olleh booth. I had decided to rent a phone in case we need to call the helpline for help. The rental is 3000won per day. A fellow forum member in tripadvisor told me that the phone company offers 50% discount off the rental rate if we have the coupon. I found the coupon and therefore was able to enjoy the discount.
Next thing to do was to exchange some Singapore dollars to Korean won. To our dismay, the rate offered by the banks in the airport was lower than what we get at home. The rate was only 851 compared to the 855 we got back home. Later we found out that the rate offered outside by KE bank was 873! This rate was same as that offered by banks in Gimpo airport.
We had to get the T money card (similar to our ez link card) next. T money card was a must since we would be taking subways most of the time. We bought ours from 7 eleven near to the olleh phone booth.
With everything in place, we were ready to go to our hotel in Seoul! A man approached us near the international taxi booth. He offered to take us to our apartment at 60k won which was a discounted rate. We decided to go for it. He brought us to the carpark which was cold, good for us as we were finding the heated terminal to be unbearable with the layers of clothes we put on. It was a jumbo cab, perfect for us!
The roads were very foggy and there wasnt much scenery to look at.
It took us 1 hr to get to chungmuro residence, our accommodation for the 6 nights in Seoul. The cab driver didn't know where the place was and he used the gps to guide him.
I thought 60k was well spent as it took us right to the door step and in comfort too! It would have cost us 50k won if we took the airport limousine bus which would take 1.5 hr. It would not stop at the apartment too.
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