Arriving in Incheon Port
Korean BBQ
The 4th Olympic City of our trip
Gangnam Style celebrations on meeting up with Tara
Seoul City Centre
Changing of the guards at the Royal Palace
City hire bikes with built in information screens
Lanterns in preparation for Buddha’s Birthday
Race numbers on (it’s not a race)
Pre-ride briefing
Ready for the off
Tara in tow
A photo stop on top of the old city wall
Thorns reunited at the finish
Our Korean Bike Passports
At the start of the Incheon to Busan bike road
These have taken us from Kathmandu to Seoul. Time for new boots.
Who’s to blame?
A sign from the DMZ displayed in the war museum
Kim Il Sung’s Limousine, captured during the war
Seoul War Museum
War memorial
Prayers and messages on the border fence
People come to look at North Korea through nicolculars. The bridge on the left is the end of the line for South Korea’s railway.
A view of the JSA from the South. 2 weeks ago we were in the building opposite, on the North side.
No sitting, no shouting. A much more formal affair than the last time we stood here.
Seoul City Hall
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Photo courtesy of Tara
The Han River, Seoul
Elbert (Korean name Yunmo), our wonderful host in Seoul
The Namhanggang River in Seoul
Sometimes we did get our own tunnel
Tara in tow
One of the many huge weirs on the Namhangang River
Easy camping
“Don’t attempt to ride on the water”
Cycle shelter
Hot spa
Watching a regatta from afar
Stamps mean prizes
The cars get a tunnel, bikes get a big hill instead
Convex mirror selfie
Camping spot with an elevated dining room
Pimp my ride
Football wheeled bike
Bridge at Sangu
Sangu cycle museum
Cyclist’s toilet block
A huge bike themed dam
The bike path steps out over water every now and again
Approaching Daegu
On a mountain bike section (photo courtesy of Tara)
Statues depicting the movement of the wood blocks used to print the sacred scriptures that now reside North of the border.
Korean industrial farming
Soaked even before we set off
The bridge at
Yongduam (Dragon) rock, Jeju City
Getting ready for Buddha’s big knees up
Our new friend 양원석
An enlightened stoker
In the mix with Elbert’s cycling team
Jeju guardian statue made from pummice, which feature all over the island looking after gateways and buildings
Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water…
Refuelling on kim chi and makkoli
Elbert’s team of old school friends
Giving our talk at NLCS, South Korea
Some of the audience members
NLCS, Jeju
Cracked chainstay
Mountain biking!
Down into the Jeori Orium
Cycle surgery
An afternoon stroll up a volcanic crater
One of Kirsty’s nieces told us we shouldn’t leave England or Germany because other countries have volcanoes and snakes….
Sigwipo Sex and Health Museum. A place for honeymooning couples to visit as an ice breaker to get them ‘in the mood’
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Statue of one of the ha women divers
Touring bike guardian, Jeju, South Korea
Tent guardians
Sunrise Peak (peak not shown)
Drying Squid
Meanwhile the men smoke and wait for the women to finish their work
Haenyeo
Fleet of boats with arrays of lights for fishing squid at night.
Just in time to catch the ferry from Jeju to Mokpa
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Avenue of Japanese maple trees
Back on the cycle path
Onto the final stretch before Busan
Medals and Certificates all round
On the beach at Busan
Tara heads off to catch a bus back to Seoul
Our allocated floor space on the ferry to Japan
A passport with many stamps
A gold star for our efforts
