Our final day in Andong was spent visiting the UNESCO village of Hahoe and a general wander around the city itself. Tomorrow it's back to Seoul by road, a farewell dinner with our fellow cyclists and then Susi and I head to Japan for 7 days.

Our final day on the bikes will be a leisurely 49km. We start the day with a visit to the Sangju Bicycle Museum. We have realised that cycling is a popular pastime in Korea. The number of cyclists we see each day is amazing. Although there is no English in the museum it is nevertheless an amazing collection of bicycles and shows their evolution over time. Whilst there was quite a lot of rain overnight today is clear however there is quite a strong wind, whic...

The morning started with a visit to Silleuksa Temple, and the day being Buddha's Birthday it was a hive of activity. Lanterns, women's choir, people in traditional costume and many just praying, it was quite a sight. Back on our bikes we headed off along the Namhan River. Another glorious day for cycling. We reached our destination of Chungju mid afternoon and stopped in an eclectic little coffee place, for a refreshing iced coffee and ice cream. The bikes wer...

Today we loaded the bikes and drove back to Namyangju to commence today's ride. After the mandatory pre ride limbering up exercises we mounted our bikes and retraced yesterday's path for a while before branching off and heading towards Yeoju, our destination for today. Again we were blessed with great riding weather. Coupled with great bike paths this certainly a pleasant way to see the countryside up close. With today being our longest ride it was split up in...

A breakfast of beef radish soup was not quite the best start, but it was better than the other choice of cod fish stew. Another great cycl8ng day, bright sunsh8ne and no wind. After our warm up exercises and a briefing on what lay ahead, we were on our way. First stop was Cheongpyeong railway station for morning tea. Odd place but plenty of room and most importantly clean toilets. Today we spent some time on former railway tacks. Built by the Japanese they m...