Comments on: On the Road to Taegu http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/ Ruminations on Life, Korea, the Universe and Everything. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:29:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Michelle http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3518 Michelle Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:33:11 +0000 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3518 Great site. I have a question for you. My boyfriend and I have been to Daegu for three months, and we've decided to get a bike. Wow. How to start? Where to go? No ideas. And we don't speak Korean yet, so that doesn't exactly help. Thoughts? thanks! michelle Great site.

I have a question for you. My boyfriend and I have been to Daegu for three months, and we’ve decided to get a bike.

Wow. How to start? Where to go? No ideas. And we don’t speak Korean yet, so that doesn’t exactly help.

Thoughts?

thanks!
michelle

]]> By: dg611 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3246 dg611 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:04:06 +0000 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3246 I've been on that ride a time or two both on a bike and in a car. Heres a nice tip for the next time you want to go to Daegu. From the Samrangjin bridge hang a right (toward Yangsan) and hug the road that goes along the river...I can't say exactly where the turnoff is but you want to go through BaeNaeGol (배내골) it is a long stretch of sometimes paved sometimes dirt and gravel road that ends up just south of WoonMoon Dam area...its a nice ride in a car for sure but is also pretty cool on a bike...beautiful valley (more like a gorge)with a clear stream running through it. Come to think of it...that is how you would find the turnoff...you would see where the stream/river runs into the Nakdong river it's on about the only stretch of flat land between samrangjin and yangsan. It is on some of the better maps of korea you can buy and on the map it looks straight...but it is far from it. I’ve been on that ride a time or two both on a bike and in a car. Heres a nice tip for the next time you want to go to Daegu. From the Samrangjin bridge hang a right (toward Yangsan) and hug the road that goes along the river…I can’t say exactly where the turnoff is but you want to go through BaeNaeGol (배내골) it is a long stretch of sometimes paved sometimes dirt and gravel road that ends up just south of WoonMoon Dam area…its a nice ride in a car for sure but is also pretty cool on a bike…beautiful valley (more like a gorge)with a clear stream running through it. Come to think of it…that is how you would find the turnoff…you would see where the stream/river runs into the Nakdong river it’s on about the only stretch of flat land between samrangjin and yangsan. It is on some of the better maps of korea you can buy and on the map it looks straight…but it is far from it.

]]> By: Pelagius http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3163 Pelagius Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:00:08 +0000 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3163 Aletheia - We're hoping to do a bike tour of Korea next year. Could I email you for advice? I haven't found much on the web, apart from an organized, van-supported tour agency. Aletheia -
We’re hoping to do a bike tour of Korea next year. Could I email you for advice? I haven’t found much on the web, apart from an organized, van-supported tour agency.

]]> By: The Marmot’s Hole » Blog Archive » I guess it is time for a click-a-round http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3153 The Marmot’s Hole » Blog Archive » I guess it is time for a click-a-round Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:55:05 +0000 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3153 [...] OK, maybe, Pusan Jeff has something to talk about…. Doh!  He is cruising around on his autobike.  At least he got in a great post on the continuing adventures of the Dokdo Riders. [...] […] OK, maybe, Pusan Jeff has something to talk about…. Doh!  He is cruising around on his autobike.  At least he got in a great post on the continuing adventures of the Dokdo Riders. […]

]]> By: aletheia http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3110 aletheia Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:19:02 +0000 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3110 Thanks for the photo. I saved it to the computer. Be careful up in there. Occassionally, big trucks come barrelling around those corners, unless the construction since my time has allowed them to bypass the winding mountain roads. Thanks for the photo. I saved it to the computer. Be careful up in there. Occassionally, big trucks come barrelling around those corners, unless the construction since my time has allowed them to bypass the winding mountain roads.

]]> By: Jeff in Korea http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3108 Jeff in Korea Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:17:03 +0000 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3108 Aletheia, If you go to Miryang through Kimhae, you come into Samnangjin far past the dam. If you come into Samnangjin from Yangsan, through the Jinyoung strawberry fields, then you have this view of the dam as you come out of the mountains into the village: <img width="550" border="2" src="http://jsharrison.com/gallery/d/451-2/06-05-05+17+Samnangjin+Village+Dam.jpg" /> Incidentally, that picture was taken in front of a bunch of food stands where old ladies were selling odaeng and other food. Aletheia,

If you go to Miryang through Kimhae, you come into Samnangjin far past the dam. If you come into Samnangjin from Yangsan, through the Jinyoung strawberry fields, then you have this view of the dam as you come out of the mountains into the village:

Incidentally, that picture was taken in front of a bunch of food stands where old ladies were selling odaeng and other food.

]]> By: aletheia http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3107 aletheia Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:21:51 +0000 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3107 I used to ride my bike out of Pusan through Samnangjin village and around the mountains past Miryang in 1998-99. I especially liked the Ajumas selling Odang along the the side of the roadroad in those remote mountain. Also the Buddhist temples. Did you pass that Dam up past Samnangjin towards Miryang? I miss the view--beautiful but melancholy, maybe cause I was alone, and lost my girlfriend. I left for Seoul in 1999, and pass by this area quickly (sadly) now and then on the KTX. Pictures never do justice to that area. Go again in October in the afternoon. That is when it is the best. I've been riding a bike in Korea for 10 years now, and although I never take that "biking is Zen-like experience" stuff seriously, I did find moments of personal joy in the same place you did. I used to ride my bike out of Pusan through Samnangjin village and around the mountains past Miryang in 1998-99. I especially liked the Ajumas selling Odang along the the side of the roadroad in those remote mountain. Also the Buddhist temples. Did you pass that Dam up past Samnangjin towards Miryang? I miss the view–beautiful but melancholy, maybe cause I was alone, and lost my girlfriend.

I left for Seoul in 1999, and pass by this area quickly (sadly) now and then on the KTX. Pictures never do justice to that area. Go again in October in the afternoon. That is when it is the best.

I’ve been riding a bike in Korea for 10 years now, and although I never take that “biking is Zen-like experience” stuff seriously, I did find moments of personal joy in the same place you did.

]]> By: Jodi http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3105 Jodi Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:26:19 +0000 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/07/13/on-the-road-to-taegu/#comment-3105 I have never been to Miryang City but have seen the outskirts of Gimhae and agree with you, the countryside surrounding in Gimhae is some of the most beautiful I have seen in Korea. I have never been to Miryang City but have seen the outskirts of Gimhae and agree with you, the countryside surrounding in Gimhae is some of the most beautiful I have seen in Korea.

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