UMTravels

Nothing like starting off a trip sharing an Uber with Jonathan to the airport and getting time in the lounge to just hang. Hopped to San Jose barely making my connection to San Diego – when you are using First Class upgrades, you take less than ideal routings! Second leg (San Jose to San Diego) […]

Of my many travel rituals, one of the constants is visiting Victoria, British Columbia a couple of times in the winter and Whistler, British Columbia, up in the mountains, a couple of times in the summer. This year is no exception – this being trip two to Victoria this winter. Got to the dock early […]

Even with an early flight – before the shuttle starts (cab ride), wow, the line at the front desk! What you see at the left below is the line for members of Hyatt’s hotel points plan; which I’m a member. Even if you never planning on staying at that brand (and most of the majors […]

Goodbye Busan, you will be missed (Seoul, less so). LOVE being 500 yards from the train station. And soon we are on board: These cars are actually newer than the high-speed cars we came down to Busan on – and this is an Express that takes the old route without all the tunnels, and clocks […]

Our departure from Seoul to Busan is heralded by snow… A little snack in the hotel coffee shop to get us going… And off we go in a cab to the main train station… We are taking the high-speed train to Busan. Our route is in the dark blue: In the station I fire up […]

We took the train to the main station, then cabbed to our hotel – The Ramada by Wyndham Seoul Dongdaemun. Clean and warm, but a little short on things like outlets and reading lights near the bed. Sadly, the front desk staff, while friendly, is clueless about what restaurants are open within a couple of […]