After our tiring day of biking I was looking forward to spending another night in a sauna and using the scrubbing cloths to give me a good clean down. Happy Day Sauna is conveniently located in the Hongdae district of Seoul and economically priced at 10,000w ($9). However, this probably isnt my most favourite sauna and I'd skip on this if I were in seoul again. This is the first time I had been in an underground sauna. The reception is below ground and the comple...

Now that the biking part of the tour was over we had one last stop by bus to a korean style church. Outwardly you would never know this was a church. There was no cross or anything to associate with this as a christian place of worship. The long main church building was closed but decoratively painted on the outside and made in traditional wood style similar to buddhist temples. There was a large bronze bell nice arched doorways to lead into the compound We could...

After our brief rest and energizing thru lunch we returned back to the Ganghwa island bike trail. This was the only chance for those that wanted to quit to switch to the bus option. We were told the total bike ride for the day was 60km and we had probably done about 25-30km in this mornings half. Back home in Toronto I had annually done a charity 50km bike ride along the Gardner and DVP highways so didnt think 60km would be a problem. I had done that charity 50km...

This saturday was my long awaited trip to Ganghwado island. This is one of the five largest islands in Korea after Jeju which is the largest. Seoul Hiking Group had arranged a bike tour of the island so I signed up to finally be able to see. The itinerary sounded quite exciting ranging from mud flats, fortresses, ancient stone dolmen, to the DMZ and North Korean border. They claimed it was a 60km bike ride but it turned out they had underestimated the actual dist...

This weekend I had booked an all day biking trip to Ganghwa Island for Saturday. As it was an early morning departure this would mean I would have to goto Seoul and stay the night before. Having previously stayed in an overnight sauna I was going to do the same again to save costs. I discovered another unique and economical sauna which was quite enjoyable to stay for an overnight experience. I took the cheaper slow train option as the high speed trains are 44,000...