Journey from hell?

"No pain, no gain" was a slogan I first saw in New York on a t-shirt. So, when my Supershuttle driver took me on a mystery tour for 1-hour 20 mins?! before finally dropping me at the airport I took it on the chin. But then, when Asiana told me there were no window or aisle seats on the flight?! I started to worry. A trip to Shanghai started to seem like a silly idea!

This was no cross-country, couple of hour jaunt, no, we're talking about a 10-hour epic to China via Seoul. But, you'll be glad to hear it wasn't so bad...I got 5-hours of zzzzs and caught a bit of a couple of films and watched the Euro2008 highlights (Switzerland and Austria are so beautiful!) And I have to say, Asiana's service and food is very good. It's the little touches, like not disturbing me as I was dozing during the food service. The attendant left me a sticker on my TV screen telling me to holla at her when I awoke (and read the note). So cooool! And that's in cattle-class.

The 4-hour transfer stop before re-joining my flight to Shanghai seems like a breeze now. I'm sat here in the airport on the free wifi now and actually I quite like early mornings in Incheon airport. Weird?