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...

There are two large temple buildings I can often see from the bus, but that I've never figured out where they are or visited them. This weekend as I was going to go biking now the weather is nicer I decided to try to locate these buildings. I've passed nearby on the bus so I had a relative idea and it wasnt too difficult to fine. The main building is a large five story building with a decorated pagoda style traditional roof. Beside it is an older four storey pink...

The newly released Avengers movie has been eagerly awaited by many of us, so a group of students and me decided to go on the weekend a few days after opening day to avoid the crowds. This Saturday also happened to be Childrens Day in Korea which I wasnt completely aware of at the time. When checking for tickets online there were two figures showing on the website. One was for theatre capacity, one was for remaining seats. We had planned to goto the 2.40 show but ...