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1. Ronald Conard

   

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   10/5/2011 10:10 AM

   I'm looking at booking a flight. One leg is from Los Angeles to Seoul. Bags will be checked through to the final destination. Is an hour layover enough time or is there a good chance of missing the connector in Seoul?
   
   Thanks,

   
   
   
   
2. Larry Allan

   

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   10/5/2011 11:10 AM

   Ron, where are you off to this year?
   
   I have a feeling that if you are dressed up as a cob of corn, you may not make it out of Nebraska, let alone having to worry about a connection in Seoul

   
   
   
   
3. Ronald Conard

   

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   10/5/2011 12:10 PM

   Red,
   
   Thinking about Phnom Penh..then riding the bike through southern Laos, into Thailand, then onto Northwestern Laos, and eventually back down to Chiang Mai.
   
   What to go as expedition photographer?

   
   
   
   
4. McCallum David K

   
   10/5/2011 12:10 PM

   Red with all due respect I believe Ron's avator is actually officially known as a cornhusker, not a corn cob....be sensitive.........the Huskers had a bad weekend in the home of liberalism, Madison Wisconsin.

   
   
   
   
5. Keith Lamb

   

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   10/5/2011 1:10 PM

   conard said: I'm looking at booking a flight. One leg is from Los Angeles to Seoul. Bags will be checked through to the final destination. Is an hour layover enough time or is there a good chance of missing the connector in Seoul?
   
   Thanks,

   
   
   
   If the connector is another international flight on the same airline the gate most likely will be in the same terminal. 1 hour is cutting it close, but if the flight into Seoul is on time you should be okay. Most flight start to board at least 30-45 minutes beforehand so you might need to hustle. Now if it's in a different terminal, flight is late, etc... you're screwed.

   
   
   
   
6. Larry Allan

   

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   10/5/2011 1:10 PM

   conard said: Red,
   
   Thinking about Phnom Penh..then riding the bike through southern Laos, into Thailand, then onto Northwestern Laos, and eventually back down to Chiang Mai.
   
   What to go as expedition photographer?

   
   
   Sure if you can get one of those bikes built for two and take off the back chain, I'm in for it. It might also be handy to have like a swivel barber chair mounted where I sit so I could rotate and get the good shots, as well as recline for a quick shave and nap
   
   Sounds like a great trip. I wish I were young and carefree like you. At my age, I often wonder with each step if I might not be grabbing my chest, turning purple and falling face first into a pile of Camel poop

   
   
   
   
7. Ronald Conard

   

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   10/5/2011 2:10 PM

   alohakane said:
   If the connector is another international flight on the same airline the gate most likely will be in the same terminal. 1 hour is cutting it close, but if the flight into Seoul is on time you should be okay. Most flight start to board at least 30-45 minutes beforehand so you might need to hustle. Now if it's in a different terminal, flight is late, etc... you're screwed.

   
   
   Thanks Keith. Figured that was why the flight was so cheap.

   
   
   
   
8. Keith Pegg

   

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   10/5/2011 5:10 PM

   Ron,
   You need 2 hours, one hour maybe okay but I always give Asia 2 or even 3 hours, one little thing can hold up everything. I remember a flat tire on landing in Dalian China that we had to walk 2 miles with all bags in toe then we had check-in / customs. We ran 2 or 3 hours late by the time I was done. I was lucky that was a flight end for me. I have only missed I think two flights out of maybe 100 and that can mean a day easy lost.
   
   Keith
   Japan

   
   
   
   
9. Ronald Conard

   

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   10/5/2011 5:10 PM

   keith8 said: Ron,
   You need 2 hours, one hour maybe okay but I always give Asia 2 or even 3 hours, one little thing can hold up everything. I remember a flat tire on landing in Dalian China that we had to walk 2 miles with all bags in toe then we had check-in / customs. We ran 2 or 3 hours late by the time I was done. I was lucky that was a flight end for me. I have only missed I think two flights out of maybe 100 and that can mean a day easy lost.
   
   Keith
   Japan

   
   
   Thanks Keith,
   
   I looked at the ticket again and it's Korean Air all the way through from Los Angeles to Phnom Penh. I suppose if they are the cause of missing the flight it's on them? From what I've read Korean Air is very highly regarded.

   
   
   
   
10. Larry Allan

    

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    10/6/2011 10:10 AM

    Ron, when I went to Japan, they had some really good fares on Thai World Airways.Left Toronto with a Stop in Seattle before Tokyo and on to Bangkok. They might have a connector to Phnom from there. I was in the cattle section but it was the roomiest cattle section I have ever been in. The waitresses also changed their costumes for each meal. Look into Thai, a great airline

    
    
    
    
11. Melvin Waldron

    

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    10/6/2011 12:10 PM

    pale said: The waitresses also changed their costumes for each meal. Look into Thai, a great airline

    
    
    Did you call them that when you flew? Heck they don't even like stewardess anymore.
    
    Mel

    
    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
    
    
12. Larry Allan

    

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    10/6/2011 1:10 PM

    In bars, I'm always telling the boys to wave over the Stewardess. I guess I'm server challenged

    
    
    
    
13. Ronald Conard

    

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    10/6/2011 2:10 PM

    pale said: In bars, I'm always telling the boys to wave over the Stewardess. I guess I'm server challenged

    
    
    Okay Sky Pilot. I can't say enough about the waitresses on China Air. They were perfect especially since I couldn't understand a word they were saying.

    
    
    
    
14. Timothy Pratt

    

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    10/8/2011 4:10 AM

    Ron,
    
    Incheon airport is big but pretty easy to get around in. They have an aux terminal but I don't believe any Korean Air flights leave from anything but the main terminal. Most of the gates are pretty accessible, as long as you aren't in the back of the plane and it is on time you should be ok.

    
    
    
    
15. Wahlin Scott B

    
    10/8/2011 5:10 AM

    I don't understand you world travelers. I can't get enough of the fun and sights to be had within two hours driving time from my house must less go for a bike ride in Vietnam? I mean I might consider going to Banff for the sights and Nova Scotia for the lobsters (my mother loved going to Canada), but that is about it!

    
    
    
    
16. Keith Lamb

    

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    10/8/2011 7:10 AM

    Because it's a big world out there Scotty. Seeing the world gives you a better (different) perspective of things.
    
    Just got back from a trip up north that included Halifax, among other places, and truthfully....the lobster I had in Maine and Massachusetts was better.

    
    
    
    
17. Wahlin Scott B

    
    10/8/2011 11:10 AM

    alohakane said: Because it's a big world out there Scotty. Seeing the world gives you a better (different) perspective of things.
    
    Just got back from a trip up north that included Halifax, among other places, and truthfully....the lobster I had in Maine and Massachusetts was better.

    
    
    I discovered years ago that it really is a big world out there with plenty of places to dispose of those who call me Scotty. If you travel this big wide world and do not make your own Pico de Gallo then you have no perspective of anything.