I met up with someone I know and we went to a samgyeopsal joint in the neighbourhood. A place like this.. 19,000 won for 180 grams means one serving comes to more than 20,000 won. To think the day would come …
Gwangmyeong seems to be a pretty hot spot these days, so I went to have a look. Under construction.. Under construction.. Gwangmyeong Gwangmyeong Market I went to Gwangmyeong and it looks like almost the w…
It was the weekend, so I took a drive around Gimpo. A plane Not just Gimpo, of course — nowhere around Gimpo Airport gets away from aircraft noise. In Pungmu it’s really bad, and by the time you reach G…
I’d heard that a place called Cafe Jinjungsung was famous, and I stumbled across it by chance while I was over in Gimpo. It absolutely poured down that day. The entrance The cafe is really handsome. The…
I ride all the way out to Yangpyeong, getting some exercise in at the same time. Following the Han River the road isn’t rough, but it comes to about 120 km round trip. On the way The dam The view that s…
After a few rides, 100km or so starts to feel like just popping out for a stroll. This day I went past Ilsan and out to Paju. As long as I don’t get lost it isn’t all that far.. Ilsan scenery Even…
I have gotten a taste for cycling, so I have been riding all over the place. Having ticked off Dobongsan, Uijeongbu had to be next, right? Ttareungi only goes as far as Dobongsan, so from there on I used other…
I went to Pangyo to meet someone I know. Steak lunch You see a lot of places that seem to have benchmarked Ikinari Steak. The taste.. well, it’s not so bad that you can’t eat it.. Fresh fruit juic…
It was my first visit to Pyeonghwa-Nuri Park, and it turned out to be nicely kept. A bridge A train The tracks A cafe The view The park There is something like an amusement park, too. A train A train F…
It wasn’t that I had any particular reason to be in Paju — I just head off somewhere every weekend. To get my body moving.. the same reason older folks go hiking.. I pick one restaurant I want to try and…
Working in development means I occasionally have reason to go to Pangyo. It’s a long way out, so if it happened often I’d be in trouble… I asked someone who works in Pangyo where the g…
I had a meeting that day and went in to work in the afternoon, so I stopped by for a bit on the way. It was the height of summer and I was worried it would be packed, but it was a weekday and I had dodged the …