Cycle Touring Korea #1 - Seoul to Busan 4 Rivers Path
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- Опубликовано: 8 апр 2019
- I spent 6 days cycling the four rivers pathway from Seoul to Busan in March on a folding bicycle. It was still pretty cold most nights, so I only slept in my tent 4 nights, and stayed in motels 2 nights. From Busan I took the ferry to Fukuoka, Japan to meet my girlfriend. More videos of us cycling in Japan and Korea coming soon!
Shot on a GoPro Hero 7 Black in 4K
I did it in March 2019. I was rained on, snowed on, and by the time I arrived in Busan, there was cherry blossom. I had such good memory. I did it with my brother in law, and my nephew. It would have been harder alone I think. Thanks for the video! Keep pedaling!
Wow snow and cherry blossoms in the same trip! That is a pretty unique experience. :)
Such a Great video. Really love it. Thank you. Seems that you had no jetlag
@@robert.n2083 thanks, I don't think I had much jetlag, I usually don't when going to Asia, but coming back to Canada it is bad..
Man, I just finished this wonderful adventure 2 days ago and I must say, your video inspired me a lot (I did it on a folding bike too) thanks
Great to hear!
September must have been great weather for it right?
Thank you for upload video. I am very much enjoyed watching. Someday I will do it too.
It would have been very difficult in cold weather. You are awesome👏
Awesome video! Super informative and fun to watch. I can’t wait to do the trail myself, it seems like an amazing way to rediscover the countryside.
I LOVE this video!
I enjoyed watching this!
Thanks for watching!
Very nice! Inspiring!
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Nice job in making this video... Quite a peaceful vibe (No blaring music). Comes off as authentic. :)
Thanks :)
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Thank you for watching the video. It looks like you've traveled in the winter since there's no water coming out. Thank you for your hard work.
(I'm not good at English.)
Thank you for watching! Yes, I traveled in the first week of March, so it was still cold...
OMGEE! That huge uphill on that silly little bike! Props to you
Haha thanks, yea it's a silly bike, don't know what I was thinking trying that bike..
Great stuff
Thanks!
Wow! You are 👍
Nice. That an Alps Mtn Zephyr1? (have same tent!) Thanks for showing some of the camp spots. I thought you were allowed to pitch 🏕under those gazebos.
It's just a cheap NatureHike tent hehe. Ya, most of the gazebos you can pitch a tent, but I've come across some that specifically have 'no camping/tenting' signs...
@@SpokesandMegapixels Curious, do any of the campsites have bathrooms/showers? (every campsite in W Europe has showers)
Nice scenery there.Enjoyed your ride video very much. Would be glad to know how much is the ferry fare together with the bicycle from Busan to Fukuoka and also is the accommodation in ferry shared mattress on floor? I also observed that there are many opportunities for free camping along the way and public toilets available...perhaps you may shared some of your experience as I am keen to do a solo ride from Seoul to Busan , Jeju island then may consider from Busan up north on the east coast back to Seoul sometime in May or early June. Thanks again for the lovely video.
Hello, thanks for watching! The ferry ticket prices can be very different depending where you buy it. I payed 25000won for a one way ticket on a Korean travel company website. That is very cheap. I also had to pay 1000yen for the bicycle when I checked in.
The sleeping room on the ferry is shared with thin mats on the floor. There were only 4 of us in the 12 person room on a Monday, so it was ok.
I've been tenting in parks and along the river path and beaches now for two weeks total, and haven't had any problems!
Enjoy your trip!
I appreciate the korean lesson of the day.
Awesome ride my friend! I just booked my trip for September Incheon-Busan .. moved it up from July. Camping and drinking water much more convienent in Japan, any difference in Korea? Informative video , Thanks 👍 Nice!
Nice! Yea, drinking water, toilets, and camping are all much more convenient in Japan. Finding drinking water in Korea was more work, usually have to ask at restaurants, or police stations are good too. Most convenience stores don't have toilets like in Japan, i found supermarkets or even banks sometimes have toilets you can use. And camping in parks definitely seems more common in Japan among cyclists and motorcyclists, but i still did it in Korea.
Free wifi and power were easier to find in Korea though.
Have a good trip!
nice video
I definitely would want to check out Korea for cycling and stuff. I'm curious what the camping scene is like, are there a lot of good government-run types of nature parks with good camping amenities?
Hey, I'm not the best person to ask. There does seem to be a lot of nice campgrounds , including in national parks, but i assume they are quite expensive. I don't have any first hand experience, I always look for free spots. :P
Great video, this is really something I want to experience too! Logistics-wise, can you rent a folding bicyle and then bus back the journey? If so, do you know how much that would be?
Thanks! Sorry, I don't know about renting a bike, I bought mine. But I'm sure there must be places to rent bikes.... For the bus, you can usually even take a regular bike on inter-city buses, and on certain trains (which I'll show in my next couple videos). The cheapest bus from Busan to Seoul seems to be 25,000won. (22$US).
Also, in the end I didn't like the folding bike, I only folded it once to fit under my tent vestibule, but that wasn't really necessary. I was able to take it into hotel rooms and onto the ferry without folding it. I don't think it's necessary in Korea. Maybe in Japan so you could take it on trains easier.. but you still have to put it in a bike bag anyways..
I hope you get to cycle Korea soon!
You can rent bike and gear at BikeNara in Seoul (and can return them in Busan).
I was pretty calm watching from the start until you said folding bike and saw those tiny wheels! OMG! Would have been interesting to see time between each break, kind of helps us to follow is a somewhat real time with you. Are those small, little tunnels just for BIKES? How long are they--hope no one catches a flat there. Rubber bumpers because they didn't want people bike-skying down the steep suicide ramp. You should get a tiny drone so you don't have to go back to pick up your camera. Poncho rain coat. Video is informative--gives me ideas on what I need should I do the bike tour.
Thanks for the comments :) Yea, I didn't really like the folding bike. Probably more to do with it just being a cheap bike though. I see lot's of people touring on small folding bikes, so it can't be too bad. The tunnels are for cyclist and pedestrians I believe. Working on the drone idea :p
I saved this video on my computer and have watched it many many times.....but I lost the source! And just found it...by luck! Nice to meet you! I lived in Korea for 12 years and cycled for hours on Hangang most days of the week! Why did you use a Bike Friday type bike? Best David G.
So many great cycling paths along Hanggang! I'm not really sure why I wanted to try a folding bike.. I think I thought it would be easier to take on trains/buses/ferries... But that was a stupid idea hah.
Good to talk to you again! I am now teaching (again), in Saudi Arabia. I was in England over the summer. LOTS of folding bikes in the UK, mostly small wheel....fFlded to carry on city busses and long distance busses. You can carry bike on the trains though, unfolded (I think this means during non-rush hours, on the train). There are WAY more people using bikes in London, than previously...and ebikes too! I want to buy a Montague Navigator folding bike ....700 cc wheels...the UK Agent for Montague doesn't have any of the 700 cc folders in stocks currently (Covid backlog, shipping backlogs, etc.) I also have a brand new Surly LHT ...with S and S couplings waiting for me at a bike shop in Edmonton, when I get home!
Pretty jealous. I'm planning to go Seoul to Busan on August. Any tips for preparing? Much appreciated.
Nice, are you planning on tenting? As you can probably tell from my videos, I don't prepare in advance much haha. Umm, make sure you have enough water bottle capacity. It'll be hot, and sometimes you can go a while without finding drinking water. And bring soap! The toilets often don't have any. (Although his year seems better, probably because of the current situation..). Otherwise it's pretty easy and safe, so I wouldn't worry about to much. You'll have a SIM card?
Only $30-40 for very clean motel ?
Rather stay @ motel than tent.
Nice video! What time of the year would you recommend doing this route?
Thanks, I think either May-June or Sept-Oct is probably the best time. July and August are too hot for me!
@@SpokesandMegapixels Thanks man. Love the videos
What time of year was this? We want to do it in April and I hope it won't be too cold
It was early March, a little too cold. April should be just warm enough, enjoy!!
@@SpokesandMegapixels perfect, thx
Are u in Tokyo buddy just saw in teamlab
I'm not in Japan right now. Guess I have a doppelganger lol
OMG, that motel cost only less than $40.00? Holy moly
And $40 is the upper range i paid for hotels in Korea!
I’be looked around on Booking and Airbnb and prices start at ₩50,000 a night. Do you have any recommendations on where or how to look for hotels in South Korea?
I’m planning on doing the 4 Rivers trail in 10-14 days instead of 5-6, hoping to enjoy the little towns a bit and spend some time in rural SK, so booking some hotels along the way would be nice.
20:42 Did you mean to say in Korea? I've noticed there aren't much trash cans in public. Instead there are just random piles of garbage on the side of the road that you just throw on top of it. I hate doing that but there really isn't much of a choice.
I did mean Japan actually, I was comparing Korea to Japan, since i lived in Japan for a while. Korea does have more trash cans than Japan, but still not enough... Lots of random piles of garbage like you say. Litter is a big problem in both countries, despite the stereotype that Japan is clean, there is a huge litter problem, check out some of my Japan videos like this one: ruclips.net/video/Yq4qQFp4l_g/видео.html