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Photo essay: Seoul to Geumsa
    (50mi, 80km)  Start with a flat trail along the Han River; there are hills later.
Points of Interest: Olympic Sports Complex, Han River Valley, plethora of craft and art galleries
  Bicycling in downtown Seoul Cycling out of the concrete jungle.  Seoul generally has heavy traffic so it is unpleasant to cycle on the major arterials, but if you know your way on the back streets and some of the lesser arterials, a bicycle can be a practical mode of transportation.
  Bicycling on the Han Rive bike trail One of the nicest features of Korea's bicycle infrastructure are paths along rivers.  In Seoul, along the Han River, and several of its tributaries have wide, flat, car-free bicycle and pedestrian facilities.  You certainly don't realize that you are in a greater metropolitan area of more than twenty million people.  Around the country, there are hundreds of miles of non-motorized facilities along rivers.  For more discussion of non-motorized facilities in Seoul and Korea see Korean: Non-motorized transportions.
  Han River and Seoul in the mist Leaving the city in the distance mist, with Han River and Olympic Bridge.  Though is was overcast and grey in the morning, the clouds burned off and gave way to a sunny afternoon.
  "So-tae," wooden birds on poles.  Traditionally these marked the boundaries of a village and were for good luck.  Contemporarily the are used more as decorative art. I saw these in a couple locations.
  This route has a plethora of gallery and small museums along it.  Many have elegant ceramics, fine painting and / or crafts executed by masters, but this establishment was packed with bright, playful, quirky sculptures and decorations.
   
 

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