Welcome to Korea

So I've finally made it to Korea, it really doesn't seem like I'm here, but I am. Getting here wasn't too bad, the flights were all on time and didn't run into too many issues. However the flight into Japan was grounded to investigate everyone's "health status." ie they're wayyy too worried about the swine flu. We were stuck on the plan for about another hour after we landed, as they went through everyone's history etc. It was a bit annoying and a lot of the passengers agreed that they were making too big of a deal out of this. They even went through scanning everyone's body temperature looking for people with fevers. One guy in the front row of the plane registered a high temp, so all of the people around him had to wait as the rest of us got off.

Business class for the trans-pacific flight was pretty awesome. The seats were really comfortable and the food was pretty good too. I'm glad that the company is picking up the tab for that one.

The hotel that we are in is really amazing. It just opened 4 months ago and it really shows. They've put in almost anything that you can think of which is great. Hopefully that will translate into me being more rested / ready for the weeks ahead, but we'll see. The hotel, however, only offers a LAN connection and no wi-fi (I also don't have a router), so I'm not going to be able to get onto Skype, unless I can at the office. I may have to go find some place with free wi-fi so that I can call. More on that as it develops.

Initial impressions: Koreans are very outgoing and friendly. Everyone that I've ran into today has been great and has spoken english very well. However there is a lot less printed English than I was expecting (signs, etc). That may change depending on the area that I am in, but an international data plan so that I can have gps may be a necessity. I'm at the shop for work all day tomorrow so that should be a good experience.