anyway.
our flight from Thailand to Hawaii had a 14-hour layover in Korea. we left Thailand at midnight and arrived in Korea around 7:30 am. we went through customs and exchanged our money, and it was about 8:30 am by that point. something a little difficult was that Japan was freezing cold, then Thailand was super warm and humid, and Korea was even colder than Japan. it was in the 20s when arrived. oof. anyway.
when i went on my 2nd Summer Project with Cru, kylan and amy were also on my team. there were also 2 people named kyle pash and jessica jury, who ended up getting married and moving to Korea to teach english. so they met us at the airport and we got to spend the whole day with them! we had breakfast together, then they took us sightseeing around Seoul- we went to a temple, the Imperial Palace, and ate bibimbap- a traditional Korean dish. then we got to get coffee with my old teammate from last year, Dave, who is now interning at a church in Seoul. it was SO GOOD seeing him! it's the first time i've seen him since leaving Japan last year in June. when i saw him walking toward us in the train station, i just took off running to him, movie-style. seeing him and introducing him to my new team was one of those "wow, you're not on my team anymore" moments. it was weird. but so good to see him. it was such a short time of catching up, but so fun too. after that we took the train back to the airport, got some souvenirs, made a Korean box (seriously- there was this Korean Culture place in the airport where you could make a box for free), got Burger King and got on our flight to Hawaii.
hurray! i'm finally caught up to Hawaii...blog posts about my first few weeks in Hawaii coming soon!
for now, some pictures from Korea:
Imperial Palace 
traditional handstand picture 
lunch! 
DAVE!!!! ahhh it was so good to see him! 
last picture with the Pashes in the train station
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