Chaba Changes

The past few days, we've been hearing about Typhoon Chaba heading towards Japan.  Jeju, the island on our itinerary, was slightly north of the storm's path--until last night, when it changed directions for the most part and hit Jeju.  So, we got to the airport around 5:30 or so this morning to discover that our flight was, in fact, canceled. . . . and the only notification of cancellation was a paper sign on the check-in desk.  (I think they forgot that the internet exists.)

As a result, half our day was spent listening to the torrential rain and powerful wind against the airport windows.  And the other half has been sitting inside napping and watching Korean music videos.

I'm a little bummed because we had plans to meet 4 more of my English tutoring students for dinner tonight, and also because the island looks like this:

But while it's sad I had to steal these images from google, the good news is that most of our things were fully refunded and that we have 2 more days in Busan before heading to Japan!  

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