How can 2 days be so different. After a hot night as aircon in hotel room wasn't working, I gingerly loaded up Hennie and we headed south.
It was 8am and it was almost cool! Once over the bridge and back onto the bikeway, I was really feeling the vibe of just cruising! Gangcheon Weir appeared earlier than I thought, so a quick look around before heading over the Weir to the other side of the ride. The Mantra is keeping me on track: "heading south the river is on my right" and the opposite when I cross the river... my sense of direction is busted here and when its overcast the sun is no help!
The signage can be a little vague sometimes, so at each intersection, I stop and check Maps.Me to make sure I'm on track. It must of worked, as I didn't get off track at all.
Market gardens and orchards lined the path. Peach or nectarine trees, with the fruit wrapped in yellow sleeves mostly. plots of onion, potatoes and sweet potatoes, corn, chilli or capsicums, plus a heap of other vegies I have no idea what they were. Huge plots covered in shade cloth structures - at first I thought they were solar panels, but no... Growing inside were large dark green plants, not cabbage like... so who knows.
It was a joy today - just cycling along, not in a rush. Finally I am in cruise control and onto Plan F... where my destination is uncertain, nothing booked ahead (bit scary!) and just chillin'!! at the moment anyways!
I arrived on the outskirts of Chungju - the main city is on the other side of the river. I spotted an Info booth and was told there was a guest house just back the road, 400m. Beauty! Aircon is working, big lounge area outside my door, and the room has everything I need. Beauty!
Hennie was brought upstairs and unloaded by my door and then wheeled out to a covered deck, where she was securely locked up for the night. Perfect!
so here's some pics of a perfect cycling day in South Korea - temp max only 28! Nice!
ps - at last I remember I had to number the pics so they would upload in the right order.
An update! I think - and am still guessing that the plants that are growing under those dense shade cloth structures, could be ginseng! I was watching (not listening!) a doco about father and son, gathering ginseng in the forest in the mountains... plant looked the same...
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