I missed the earthquake by just a few hours. For the past couple weeks, I’ve been imagining I feel low-level earthquakes, though as far as I could tell there were never actual quakes. This happened several times, and has had me expecting a good shake before I left Japan. But my flight left too early.
I’m in Seoul now. On the agenda for tomorrow is a visit to the border with North Korea, including a tour of one of the underground tunnels built by the North for use in an invasion of the South.
One more thing, for those who might worry — there are no SARS cases in South Korea (I can’t count the number of times I had to explain this to Japanese friends when I told them of my travel plans).