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Korea East Coast Bike Path Cycling – Day 5
I woke up early in the morning of my last day of cycling the Korea East Coast Bike Path. The sun shined bright and I couldn’t see a cloud in the sky. It would have been the perfect day to conclude this 400km bike ride had it not been for one problem – the cold.…
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Korea East Coast Bike Path Cycling – Day 4
Three days ago I departed from Pohang City on my bicycle and started riding north. My goal is to reach the Unification Observatory at the DMZ – the northernmost point in South Korea. When I began I faced a 400km / 250mi path ahead, but that distance had now been whittled down to 150km /…
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Korea East Coast Bike Path Cycling – Day 3
After cycling up the Korean East Coast for two days I had arrived in Samcheok City. 220km / 137mi stood between me and the finish line at the Unification Observatory at the border with North Korea. You can read about my experiences in the first two days here: Korea East Coast Bike Path – Day…
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Korea East Coast Bike Path Cycling – Day 2
Day one of my Korea East Coast Bike Path trip began at sunrise in the coastal city of Pohang, 77mi / 123km north of Busan. I rode north following the coast and collected two stamps in my Korea Cross Country Cycling Road Tour Passport, ended the night at a hotel on Goraebul Beach in Yeongdeok…
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Korea East Coast Bike Path Cycling – Day 1
Korea has a vast network of long distance bike paths. Along each path there are red phone booths every 20km or so which contain a stamp. If you collect all the stamps in a cycling passport, you earn the right to purchase a medal for your accomplishment. Cycling passports can be purchased on the Riverguide…