Japan and Korea offer great cycling routes and the video shows the second part of a journey from Busan to Seoul in South Korea. This Cross Country Route is part of the 4 Rivers Trail system along the rivers of South Korea. The route is 630 km and the video also includes excursions on the Nakdonggang route and the Bukhangang route.
The video starts at the ferry terminal in Busan where the previous video ended, • Tokyo-Seoul, part 1: B... . Travel arrangements, accommodation and navigation are described in a separate video • Video . The trip was made with light packing during three weeks in late September to early October when the weather was mainly sunny and dry with daytime temperatures ranging from 18-30C.
For timestamps, follow these links:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Busan
1:22 Start Cross Country Route
2:05 Bakjin Pass
2:47 Daegu
3:41 Fields of silver grass and pink muhly
5:14 Early morning close to Sangju
5:39 Route to Hahoe Folk Village
7:05 Climb to Saejae Pass
7:40 Suanbo
8:36 Bike breaks down!
10:11 Bukhangang route
10:35 Chuncheon
10:20 Seoul
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Helpful links
Open cycle map: www.opencyclemap.org/
Korea by bike: www.koreabybike.com/
Music by AlexiAction and Laurent Buczek from Pixabay.
Video stuff
Cameras: GoPro, Insta360 One X2 and Sony RX100
Microphone: Røde Wireless Go II
Handlebar mounts: Minoura (www.minoura.jp/english/) and Klickfix (klickfix.com/en/)
For more information on Viking and Biking see stading.se/en/books.
Special thanks to Bike Nara in Seoul for bike boxes.
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