So far, pretty good
Greetings from the Westin Chosun Pusan, Korea executive floor. This hotel as not nearly as welcoming as those in SE Asia. Before I got in the front door, the bellman announced that check-in was 2 p.m. and since it was before noon my arrival was unacceptable. Having explained that there was no control over Korean Airline's schedule from ICN-PUS, the desk clerk mentioned the same fact in a somewhat more amenable fashion. Being resilient, a 40 minute wait ensued, he brought the Herald Tribune and a bottle of cold water since it was 68 degrees F outside and proceded to assign a room directly opposite the elevators, facing the sea, and amidst a scrum of recently released mental patients from a Korean insane asylum. A 2 a.m. call to "Charley" the duty manager resulted in a request from him to join me in my room to check out the believability of my tale of the complete lack of sound-proofing in this "super deluxe" Pusan hotel-so states the tourist brochure.
Thus this morning resulted in a transfer to the "executive floor" which even has a sign reading "Starwood Preferred Guest" and Aveda amenities. Wow!!!
And I do not need a map of Sarawak to find my way home.