Sat 5 Nov 2022, Day 54/61, 2/2. There are possibly easier ways around this. But I’ve used Google Maps to find the places I’m looking for; copied the Hanguel address – usually also provided by Google Maps – & pasted it into KakaoMap before setting out on my journey.

Sat 5 Nov 2022, Day 54/61, 1/2. Getting around on foot has been less simple. Google Maps is good for showing your location & for finding places using roman characters. But it can’t plot routes in Korea. KakaoMap can plot routes but often needs Hanguel addresses.

Sat 5 Nov 2022, Day 54/61, 2/2. What has been completely indispensible is being able to carry a portable wifi router around with us whereever we go. I think it’s only cost just over £1 a day.

Sat 5 Nov 2022, Day 54/61, 1/2. Two things have made our time in Seoul much easier. The first is a T-money card. You use it to pay for the metro & for buses; you can also use it in taxis & shops. You have to use Korean won to top it up though.

Sat 5 Nov 2022, Day 54/61. The Seoul Metro is cheap & clean, with special seats reserved for the elderly & others. To find the right platform, you need to know the station at the end of the line. But on the platform itself you need the name of the next station.

Sat 5 Nov 2022, Day 54/61. The Kachin are a confederation of ethnic groups living in northern Myanmar, India & China. In Myanmar they are largely Christian; in China, animists. Some of David’s churches are in areas controlled by the Kachin Independence Army.

Sat 5 Nov 2022, Day 54/61. Travelled with Fr David to Bupyeong, 부평구 – an area of Incheon but on the Seoul Metro – to a recently opened Myanmar restaurant. The restaurant is run by Kachins, so David got to use the language of his own people.

Fri 4 Nov 2022, Day 53/61, 2/2. In his study Joseph showed me books he’d translated into Korean. When I saw one was by a former tutor of mine, he gave it to me. It may be a little while before I can read it.

Fri 4 Nov 2022, Day 53/61, 1/2. Pancake for dinner with Joseph Joo, Anglican priest in Mullae-dong, 문래동, a neighbourhood just south of the River. I met Joseph 3 years ago when he was Dean of Seoul Cathedral.

Fri 4 Nov 2022, Day 53/61. It’s rather a long time since I’ve used a student laundrette. Of course the washing machine is Korean.