<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Oct 21, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Norbert Klein wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>I was told that some people are concerned about taxi costs from the<br>airport. The Airport is in Inchon, the meeting is in Seoul.<br><br>Don't take a taxi, there is excellent high speed pus service for - I<br>think - about 10% of what a taxi would cost (more than $100).<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></font></div></blockquote><br></div><div>I'll share what I just said on the ALAC list, fyi</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch">william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">October 21, 2009 6:09:33 PM GMT+09:00<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">ALAC Internal List <<a href="mailto:alac-internal@atlarge-lists.icann.org">alac-internal@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><b>Seoul logistic answers</b><br></span></div><br><div>Hi<br><br>FWIW,<br><br>On Oct 20, 2009, at 9:39 PM, Patrick Vande Walle wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Beware though that S. Korea does NOT use the GSM standard, neither in its<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">European nor North American flavours.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">3G works, apparently, though I have not tried (yet).<br></blockquote><br>I am in Seoul and my Euro 3G works.<br><br>On Oct 20, 2009, at 9:46 PM, Patrick Vande Walle wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">According to <a href="http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/AK/AK_EN_1_5_5.jsp">http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/AK/AK_EN_1_5_5.jsp</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">"all ATM transactions require an account with a Korean bank, ATMs are not<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">particularly convenient for international travelers except for getting cash<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">advances on a credit card"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">It might be safer to have both a debit and a credit card with you.<br></blockquote><br>I got money from the airport ATM without a problem. You just have to be on one of the major bank networks.<br><br>On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:07 AM, José Ovidio Salgueiro A. wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Do you know if there is some arrangement for getting to the hotel once we<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">get to the airport. I understand that most flights arrive early morning.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mine is a 4:00 am.<br></blockquote><br>I don't know about 4:00am, but I took a Korean Air bus direct to the Lotte Hotel for 14,000 won, cheap. Took an hour.<br><br>There are also local public buses that go direct to the downtown for 9,000 won but I was told they make a lot of stops.<br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>