Nov 17 '01 - Departure for Korea
 | TV-reporter crew came 2:20pm. I had my interview on camera, video filming etc all done before 3:30pm. By 7pm I was on my way to Changi International Air port catching the 10:30 flight out to Seoul. We flew over China, passed Shanghai in the middle of the night. |
| Arrived in Korea new Incheon International Airport, Seoul slightly before 6:00 am. My aluminum casing caught the custom officials attention and after I convinced them the contents- cameras and stuff is my personal things he waved me on. After changing some Wons ( 1000 won = S$1.5) . I waited for others to arrive FOUR hours later. It was a boring wait. Lucas, Andreas/ George, Paul and finally Rainer. |
| A nephew of Mrs. Lee turned up and we took a bus to xx, have lunch and proceeded to another express bus to Yeongchung. By the time we reached there it was already pitch dark. Two awaiting taxis whisked us to the BOAO through the long and winding road. The taxis were stopped a few hundred meters from the 'top' and luckily others gave me a hand to pulled, lifted my excess luggage. BOAObservatory will be our home for the next few days. |
| That night we began observation after ten local time. While others scrambled to set up their instrumentations I chosen not to do anything but to get familiar with the compound. I met a group of local university students setting to do tripod photography. |