This cafe is the meeting place for our bike group.
Some people out on a boat waved to us as we passed.
During the trip, we saw some Ring-necked Pheasants, which are a good omen in Korea when you are on a hike. It is funny because back in South Dakota we hunt them, here they are considered endangered.
First Stop and Trip Saved
My bike lost some air pressure throughout the week, but because of the rain, I wasn't able to pump them up. So we tried to borrow a pump from the stop. However, the pump wasn't so good and just made it flatter, luckily there was a group of bikers that were getting started and they used their pump! We were grateful for their intervention!
Our first rest stop on the trip.
And we are off again!
Second Break Lunch
We stopped at this tower and went up to the top for a lunch/snack before starting the second half of the ride. We took a different route than that large group so you can see them coming up the hill in the bottom right.
전망대 (jonmangdae) means observatory.
And we are off again!
Okay, so my brakes are not so good. I was not about to attempt this descent, no way, not with that gravel pit at the bottom.
Graffiti artwork for a water park we passed.
Third Rest and Art Gallery Park, place, thing.
We stumbled upon this place on our way. It says it is an art gallery and hiking trail? It seems to have a turd theme going on, so I will just let you all be the judge here cause we had no idea what was going on there. I have their facebook page linked here for more information.
Mokpo!!
After biking for some 4 and a half hours or so, we finally could see it on the horizon. I was so excited and had my second wind that I forgot to take a pic, but I did get some shots down by the coast.
To me, I thought these rocks looked like a couple.
Food!
We left our bikes at the train station and headed down to the fish street to get some Hoe (회) raw fish. Not sure which fish it was I was eating, but it was probably in a tank out front before coming in 😄 I have more information about the seafood market and Mokpo linked here to a blog by Raon. Check it out if you ever plan to visit!
Side dishes, banchan (반찬) are a necessity for each meal in Korea, from Kimchi (김치) to Peanuts?
Yeah, that is a whole two fish in this stew. Highly recommend this!
Heading Home
We got our train tickets and had an hour to burn, so we ventured the downtown area to find some tteok (떡), Korean rice cake.
Tteok, a little souvenir from the trip and study fuel 😋
After this, we rode the bullet train back home and biked another 7km (3.5ish miles) to home. Today, I am exhaused but it is a good exhausted for sure. I greatly enjoyed the ride with my bike club.
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