Four Rivers Five Days: A Cycling Adventure
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- My wife, her brother, and I rode our bicycles across South Korea from Seoul to Busan on the Four Rivers bicycle trail. This video documents our journey.
Intro & Ride Preparation: (0:00)
Day 1 - Seoul to Yeoju: (2:08)
Day 2 - Yeoju to Mungyeong: (6:41)
Day 3 - Mungyeong to Gumi: (12:11)
Day 4 - Gumi to Namji: (18:21)
Day 5 - Namji to Busan: (24:54)
Outro: (29:59)
I have completed every bike path in Korea. Of course I'm Korean.
I will give you some tips for those who want to ride in Korea.
The bicycle path shown in the video is the bicycle path that connects Seoul to Busan.
However, there are many other bike paths in Korea. Among them, the Seomjin River bike path has the best scenery. Recommended for 2 days and 1 night.
I also recommend the Jeju Island fantastic bike path along the sea road. Since you have to go by plane or ship, plan for 3 days and 2 nights. Bicycle rental is available on Jeju Island. When you arrive at the airport, the bike shop will pick you up. Then, you can leave your unnecessary luggage at the shop, rent a bicycle, go on a bicycle trip for a few days, and then return the bicycle.
The bike path in East Coast/Gyeongsangbuk-do is hilly. It's better to plan for 2 nights and 3 days or 3 nights and 4 days because it gives you more time. If you don't like hilly roads, you can just ride the northern section from Goseong to Gangneung for 2 days and 1 night.
When traveling by bike in Korea, you can keep your luggage to a minimum. All you need to do is pack a few changes of clothes. All you need is a credit card and all accommodations and meals are covered.
Hotels along the bike path are of several levels. Among the hotels, love hotels are low-cost hotels and are not preferred by Korean travelers. If possible, we recommend a hotel that appears to have been recently built.
Rooms usually accommodate two people. You can choose between a double bed or two single beds. You can get a clean room for around 70,000 to 100,000 won in Korean currency on weekdays, not weekends. Prices are more expensive on weekends. It consists of a room and a bathroom with toilet. Breakfast is usually not provided. I recommend purchasing simple food for breakfast at a convenience store near the hotel the evening before.
There are many restaurants along the bike path. Of course, there are many coffee and brunch places. There are also many convenience stores. Convenience stores sell everything you need for travel, including food, water, and beverages, including toiletries, batteries, and rain gear.
If an emergency occurs during your trip and you injure yourself, dial 119 and ask for help. The fire department and rescue team will help you right away. There is no cost. They will take you by ambulance to the nearest hospital.
Don't worry about security. There is very little chance that a crime will occur. It is safe enough for women to travel alone by bicycle. Of course, it is safe enough to eat at a restaurant or go for a walk alone at night.
If you have the chance, try cycling in Korea. It will be a good experience.
Can you contact me please
I will be riding this trail in two weeks, how is the camping along the way?
That scenery is so relaxing, natural and beautiful. 👍 Also love the respect shown between riders with the head bows 🤝
I love Korean bike routes. I wondered why korean government didn't make these as car roads and I've found out because these roads near rivers become flooded in summers.
대단합니다. 우리나라사람도 어려워하는 국토종주를 하면서 아름다운 영상까지 남겨주시고, 항상 행복하고 건강하게 좋은 영상 많이 찍고 행운이 함께하길 바랍니다. ^^
굉장합니다. 아름다운 자연과 사이클링… 3월말에서 4월초까지 벚꽃라이딩도 멋집니다. 그리고 제주도 해안을 돌때의 풍경은 기대이상일겁니다.
It's amazing. Your video recall my solo riding 7 year ago. Still missing the beautiful scenery.
Good day to you.
I am a senior rider on HONDA from Japan.
Enjoying touring ,camping and video uploading.
This is so nice video
Awesome!!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Full supported !
Have a nice day my friend!!
Hello! We hope your bike touring adventures are going well!
Thank you so much for your kind words. We are glad you enjoyed the video!
Great job on the video guys, we're planning to ride this in March and your video has us pumped!
How exciting! I hope your trip goes well! It's such a great experience.
@rollingexistence My family are awaiting your video for your travel in SK!
This is so great, you all are awesome!! It looks so beautiful. I would love to visit to South Korea.
Thanks so much, KT! You should definitely go to South Korea. It’s amazing!
Great video! I'm planning to do this solo on September and it got me really pumped. Very helpful!
Best bike vlog 😊 my family just watched together. you guys really enjoyed literally the whole Korea haha. Happy new year! And I hope to meet you soon
Thank you so much! It was amazing to be able to travel across Korea. It is such a pretty country, and we can't wait to come back.
Great job!!! Thank you for the bike tour of Korea. Watching here from NW USA. I will make the trip this coming October for a mtn bike trip.
잘보았습니다 ❤❤❤
I watched the whole video, and I really enjoyed the scenery.
힘든 라이딩 중에도 한국의 자연을 아름답게 담아내었네요. 늘 건강하고 행복한 사이클링 하시길~~~~
Video binge-watching from start to finish Your video excites me I enjoyed the beautiful scenery I felt on a lot I'm going to try next spring, too
U guys are
three warriors
best video among 4river
Great video! This is on my list for an extended stay back in SK.
Loved watching you guys progress from uncertainty to confident travelers. Great video!
Gosh, thanks so much, John! That's a kind observation; we certainly feel like we leveled up a bit as travelers from this adventure. Appreciate you giving it a watch!
보는 내내 행복했습니다
잘봣어요
항상 어디에서든 건강하세요~!
nice filming and editting.. a great v-log of cycling in Korea..
Yours was the best video I've seen yet about this route. I appreciate how you showed the road conditions and food. How did you book your hotels and did you need to rely on a road app for directions or can you just rely on the signage?
Thank you!
My sister-in-law is Korean, so she helped us out with all the hotel/AirBnB arrangements.
We used Kaokao maps (the Korean equivalent of Google maps) and this website for navigating: www.koreabybike.com/routes/cross-country-route/
우선 한국에 오셨던 것을 환영합니다. 한국에서의 멋진 영상을 남기신 것을 한국인으로서 감사하게 생각합니다. 인천에서 부산까지의 자전거길(국토종주 자전거길)도 예쁘지만 또다른 아름다운 자전거길이 많이 있습니다. 제주도 한바퀴를 도는 제주도 자전거길, 아름다운 작은 항구들과 푸른 바다가 예쁜 동해안 자전거길, 섬진강 자전거길, 영산강 자전거길 등도 있습니다. 기회가 되시면 또 다시 한국에 오시기 바랍니다. 멋진 영상, 잘 보았습니다. 늘 안전하고 즐거운 라이딩하십시오.
Amazing vid! Much appreciated eh. My partner and I have committed to this for the fall. Curious about what you'd recommend on a few things.
-How were the sleeping accommodations? Any issue with the bikes at all?
-How was the water accessibility like? Was there an easy place to buy/fill if possible?
-Any other takeaways or tips for food?
-Anything else you'd want to share that was underrated/ to avoid along the way?
Cheers!!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
- All our accommodations were great. We stayed in hotels every night except for one, which was an AirBnB. Compared to the prices for similar accommodations in the U.S., they were significantly cheaper. As far as bikes go, each place was willing to work with us to find a place to store our bikes. It was a stairwell at the AirBnB, the lobbies of two of the hotels, one hotel had a bike-specific storage area on the floor we stayed at, and our final hotel took them to a storage room. It's worth mentioning that South Korea is a notably safe country, and we were never worried about leaving our bikes in anywhere.
- Water accessibility was not a problem at all. Towns are frequent along the route, and there are convenience stores and drinking fountains a plenty.
- We spared no expenses when it came to food, and I'd encourage you all to do the same! South Korean food is simply put: amazing. Cold noodles and dumplings were my personal favorite for lunch, and if you can track down a Dak Galbi (Spicy stir-fried chicken) spot for dinner you won't be sad. Be sure to add cheese if you're so inclined. We only brought enough "bike snacks" to last about a day, and then were snacking on whatever the convenience stores had. If you want true biking snacks make sure to pack accordingly.
- Breakfast can be tricky if you want an early start. There aren't really early morning breakfast spots out there compared to what we are used to in the U.S. One of our hotels had an early breakfast, and another hotel had a nearby Paris Baguette, which did open early. Other than that we bought food the night before to eat before riding each day.
- We rode three 80+ mile days, and if I could do it again I would try to keep each day closer to 60 miles or less. It was just a lot of saddle time on those days, and we didn't really get to explore the cities we ended up in as much as I would have liked.
- The one thing I wish we would have known about in advance is that there are hot springs along the route in Suanbo. It would have made a great place to stop for a day and relax, but we didn't know they were there until we rode right through them.
- This website has great info about all the bike paths, including elevation profiles for each section: www.koreabybike.com/
다음에 한번더 오세요..제가 안내하고 싶네요😂😂😂
Hey, your favorite niece (Clare) your video was amazing!
Oh, thank you so much!
that's so awesome there's bike trails on the 4 rivers. definitely have to visit south korea one day and ride it. Last time I flew to Taiwan, we had a connecting flight in South korea and the Incheon airport was spotless. A complete contrast to JFK airport in NY, which was disgustingly dirty. my daily ride in MA is littered with trash.
멋진분들이세요ᆢ먼 나라에서 한국까지 오셔서 4대강 국토종주를 하셨다니 놀랍습니다ᆢ음식은 입맛에 맞으셨을지
항상 안전한 자전거여행으로 건강하고 행복한 삶
누리시길 기원합니다ᆢ
우리는 시니어 여행라이더입니다
이 영상을 보고 있으니ᆢ우리도 해외 자전거여행을 할수 있겠다는 용기
생기네요ᆢ감사합니다
Love it!!! My bucket list to ride across S. Korea.
Thanks for showy
E the taste of it!!~
This is very interesting and comprehensible video. Good job.
Great video! We are considering this trail as our niece is going to South Korea for a year to teach English and we would like to head over and visit her. We first heard about this trail from a South Korean that we met bicycling on the Gopher Trail in Wisconsin, he was at the University of Wisconsin working on an MBA. Which month did you ride? It looks like you hit beautiful weather.
I hope you get to go and visit your niece! South Korea is a wonderful country with wonderful people. Seoul is the most incredible city I've ever been to so far in my life.
We rode the trail in early September, and honestly really lucked out with the weather. It was supposed to rain the last three days, and that rain just never materialized.
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Whoa you guys killed it!!!! Amazing video, incredible ride. Still can't believe you did that in 5 days. Well done. Looks like so much fun. Hopefully we can do that ride some day as well! Thanks for sharing.
J & T (DEN - MSP FAs)
Ps we also live in the Denver area!
Thanks so much! It’s a great ride and you should totally do it if you can swing it. 5 days was honestly too fast. 7 or 8 would have been better and allowed more exploring along the way.
Maybe we’ll run into y’all one of these days around Denver.
Great job
Thanks!
종주길은 정말 멋져요! ㅋㅋ 지긴다니까!
Ahh so great!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for giving it a watch!
Great video and cinematography, amazingly well done for a first production !
Question : If I were hoping to do this ride on a budget, how much daily budget would you consider doable for a solo rider ?
Looking at our final numbers we spent just under $200/day between the three of us, and this includes our hotel costs. So, rounded up for simplicity was about $70/day.
We picked average to above average priced lodgings, and spared no expenses when eating.
At the time we went, the USD was strong compared to the KRW. $1 === 1.3 KRW
@@lfinney Thank you for the info, all the best :)
Hi Luke, I really appreciated your video on this trip. I was wondering if I could get in touch with you to ask you more questions about this trip? I'm cycling this route in September 2023 and have a few questions! Thanks!
Devan
Hi Devan! Sorry for the delayed response here. I'd be happy to answer any questions you have to the best of my ability.
just watched whole video! good job guys
i've rode this route in 2021 and video reminds me of feeling that i had waching beautiful scenery
anyway did you get certification??
That's awesome! Glad this video could bring you back to your own ride a bit.
We haven't gotten our official certifications yet. We are hoping to do the Jeju ride in the near future, so maybe we'll do it after that one.
Nice vlog! what train did u hop on to get back to Seoul? Looks like there's a bike carriage which is great!
good nusic. good
Nice video, I want to go NOW. How much weight you loss for these 5 days? Looking forward to seeing new videos from you. 👍👏💪
Almost nothing because we ate like royalty. Amazing food at every stop!
Wow that's,amazing. However I would like to tell you there is no more vending machine😢 need to get a passport face to face!!
Oh wow! That's kind of a bummer. I thought the vending machine was cool.
몇년 전 종주 했던 기억이 나네요. 타지에서 고생 많으셨습니다.
제주도도 기회가 되시면 도전해 보시는것도 좋습니다.
Which month did you ride? I’m planning next April. Wonder what attire should I prep.
We rode in early September.
Came here from Reddit.
Can you explain what the stamp is about?
Sure thing!
The South Korean government has been working on building many bike trails all over the country. Periodically along these trails are red phone booths, as seen in the video, with a unique stamp for that location.
If you collect enough stamps for a given route, you can mail your passport into the South Korean government and they will send you a medal!
제주도 한바퀴 추천합니다
Hey guys, I am planning to do this next march. Was just wondering how did you guys come back from Seoul? I see that you guys took a train. Do the trains allow for road bikes?
기차를 타기 위해서는 원칙적으로 앞뒤 바퀴를 분리를 하고 가방에 넣거나 포장을 해야합니다.
추가요금은 없습니다.
고속버스를 탄다면 포장하지 않고 탈 수 있습니다. 마찮가지로 추가요금은 없습니다.
예전에는 몇몇 기차가 자전거 좌석을 판매했으나 지금은 다 없어졌습니다.
간혹 식당이 있는 기차의 경우 포장없이 기차를 타는 것을 허락하기도 합니다.
@@user-qb9fz5xe5l 이 정말 감사합니다! 서울에서 부산으로 자전거 가방과 짐을 신청하면 바로 운송해주는 회사가 있는지 아시나요?
thanks so much for this! Would you happen to know what companies I can use to luggage forward my bicycle bag and luggage from Seoul to Busan.
For the next mission, go to Seomjingang River.
You must go when the cherry blossoms are in bloom. 👉
한국 사람은 아무도 글을 쓰지 않은것 같아서 일부러 한글로 글을 남깁니다. 한국의 가장 대표적인 자전거길에 대한 좋은 영상을 남겨줘서 고맙습니다. 당신에게 다른 기회가 허락된다면 강을 따라서 만들어진 또 다른 한국의 자전거길을 여행해 보길 추천합니다. 당신이 여행했었던 자전거길 보다 더 아름다운 자전거길이 많습니다.
앞으로도 당신의 자전거 여행에 언제나 행운이 함께하길 기원합니다.
저는 한국어를 몰라서 Google 번역을 사용하는 점 양해 부탁드립니다.
영상에 대한 좋은 말씀 정말 감사합니다. 우리는 당신의 아름다운 나라를 여행하는 시간을 즐겼고 앞으로도 다시 돌아와서 탈 생각입니다. 우리는 다음 여행을 위해 제주 주변 루트를 주시하고 있습니다.
저는 지금 듀오링고로 한국어를 조금 배우려고 노력하고 있어요. 돌아오면 '안녕하세요'와 '고마워요' 이상의 말을 할 수 있을 것 같아요.
@@lfinney
On Jeju Island, the road going counterclockwise is fantastic. And the road that traverses the long climb up to 1100 degrees is fantastic. I recommend it. I am sending this article from Jeju.
WOW 😲😲😲👍👍👍👍👍🌈🌈🌈❤️❤️❤️
...✍ 🕉 💪👍🤘💋
What a amazing job! You did a great jod! God bless you!
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