Towards Peace dam
Mickey mouse look-a-like
Peace dam... lots of construction works going on while I was here... before coming I was just imagining stopping here and finding a nice peaceful place to put my tent up but nah...
Now I'm very close to N.Korea border
It felt like land was devoted exclusively to agricultural use as wherever theres land they are growing something
Right by the edge of Seoraksan Mountain
Being close to N.Korea... Military presence are common... see the black stuff by the road...usually they camouflaged by the roadside in the bushes... sometimes it felt like every 100m I saw them hiding... which made peeing a problem for me when I was in the mountains
Woohoo... the east coast!! Lets roll down, down, down
Sokcho
Ginseng
Dried seafood
Arrowroot drink store
Ojingeo Sundae (squid sausage)... supposedly only available in Sokcho... the squids are stuffed then sliced up and pan fried with eggs....
Korean's pancake... hmm I haven't tried this... yet
The hand drawn ferry that takes you across to Abai village where the north korean expats lived
Sundae gukbap..blood sausage cooked with innards and glass noodles... served with rice and banchans
Don't forget to help yourself to some free coffee after meal...
Some locals randamly shared this with me... forgotten the name but its made of sticky rice and seaweed
Typically the price of this starts from 10,000w but I manage to find cheaper versions at the traditional market... only in Sokcho..no reason not to try right
And I found this tasty pumpkin juice made with sweet rice
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Boring... boring road
Sorry.. beach not accessible all the time... will be used for military operations
Squids hung dry like clothes
Surrounded by pine trees and probably 100m away from the sea
Enjoying the sea and sound of splashing waves especially when there are nobody around
Waiting to surf the wind
Fishcake with ramen
For a change from noodle... rice is served
A kind of steamed rice cake topped with beans and sweet potato
On a good day... the east coast is beautiful
Most part of the coast are fenced up...
A change from the east coast... Turning in from Gangneung and into the mountains
Just came up from that far end where the coast is
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Lots of chilli peppers
Waking up to frost, frozen water and sub-zero temperature, wasn't even high altitude
Almost midday... only just about able to sip some water
18 Oct 16: 47.41km [Sunny]
19 Oct 16: 48.95km [Sunny]
21 Oct 16: 52.82km [Cloudy]
24 Oct 16: 39.97km [Cloudy]
26 Oct 16: 53.39km [Cloudy]
30 Oct 16: 53.2km [Sunny]
31 Oct 16: 28.37km [Rain]
01 Nov 16: 63.71km [Sunny]
02 Nov 16: 28.84km [Sunny]
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