I thought it would be easy to get a cab in Korea and happily ate the rest of my ice cream cake in the cafeteria with EH until 9.45am before trying to call for a cab. 15 minutes later, I still couldn't get a cab -.- and went into a panic mode. My flight was at 12pm but I wasn't sure how early I had to check in my luggage so the plan was to take a cab at 9.45am and reach the airport at 10am to check in.
Thankfully, one of the cafeteria ladies came to the dorm by taxi and the security guard who was calling the cab company for me spotted her and the 2 of us ran out of the dorm to get her taxi.
Gimhae Airport is really near to Silla University. We reached the airport in about 10 minutes and our fare was 11,000원. The driver kinda sped all the way at like 140km/hr?
After checking in my luggage, EH and I went for an early lunch and hung around the airport until it was time for me to enter the departure hall at 11.30am. I think I could have checked in my luggage at 11am and it would still have been fine. All the rush for nothing!
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| 8,000원 for this beef-rib soup |
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| Bye Busan! See you in 3 weeks' time! |
It's quite nice, taking a domestic flight because I got an aerial view of Korea. You see the Southern region without snow and then as the plane heads up north, you see the snow-capped mountains and sugar coating on everything.
My plane landed at 12.55pm and in less than 10 minutes, I was out of the airport and taking the AREX to Incheon International Airport. 
To claim your tax refund, you need to check in at your check-in row first but tell the staff that you are going to claim tax refund so that she won't check in your luggage there. After you get your boarding pass, head to one of the tax refund counters and get the custom stamps first before checking in your luggage there. Once you enter the departure hall, head to the tax refund booth and get your (cash) refund. Thank goodness I was claiming for cash refund and mine wasn't under Global Blue because the queue for the latter was so long!
I collected my DFS items and bought some kimchi and 고추장 before proceeding to the boarding gate. I think it's better to buy packaged kimchi from the airport itself because you don't have to worry about how you can bring the kimchi up the plane.
Also, I'm glad I did my DFS shopping at Lotte in Busan and not at the airport because I couldn't find Fresh at the airport's DFS!
I took Korean Air when I went to Korea in August and now, SQ for my flight home :)
After booking my flight, I did have second thoughts about it and wondered if I should have booked Cathay Pacific and fly back from Busan instead of having to go up to Incheon to take my flight back home. But with this arrangement, I get to spend a day in Seoul before going back to Busan on the 18th because my flight will be arriving at 7.35am. At least I can finally meet Tae Kue after so long!
Anyway, the flight wasn't full so maybe that's why I got an extra packet of nuts, my favourite :P
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| Took Financial Times for my dad! |
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| Dakgalbi |
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| Lovely view of the moon. For the first time in my life, I was really close to the moon. |
It's also nice, coming back to Changi. I breezed through the customs, went to the toilet, bought some alcohol for my dad, and my luggage was right there, waiting for me. And out I went, running to my parents who were fiddling with my mum's phone and didn't see me. It's good to be home :) I missed my family!!! Even though I don't say it much. But I really really really missed them.
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| What greeted me after I washed up. Birthday celebration with my family, and as usual, my mum decorated my cake :) |
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| I actually blew so hard that I blew one candle off the cake hahahaha |
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| Thank you! |
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