Acclimation

...not necessarily because of the weather (which is, with 13°C and plenty of sunshine, pleasant here in Seoul and more or less exactly the same as when I left Zürich) but it's mostly due to cultural things. The language barrier, transportation, the food, the hustle and bustle of a massive city in general. Little things - but they added up. So, as I am typing these lines (once again from the airport, waiting for my flight), without even having really started, I am actually feeling a bit exhausted alread. In fact I am longing to leave for Jeju, starting my hike tomorrow morning.

Despite the acclimation (which to be fair was rather short), and having read through plenty of blogs and the trail notes, it's still a hike into the unknown. Maybe another reason why I can't wait to start and finally see how everything goes. 

Not much more I can do other than waiting for the boarding call for Flight TW721 to Jeju. A roughly 1 hour flight south. 

This will be my last pre hiking blog entry. Tomorrow afternoon, after a long day on the trail, hopefully I will have lots of interesting stuff to report.