Not much sleep last night. The noise vibrations of the ferry kept me awake, along with the worry of knowing I would ride alone across America after Geoff said he was keen to get to his brother in San Francisco. I miss my brothers also and no doubt I would do the same thing. I guessed at some point that we would ride separately on this trip so we can have our own adventures and sometimes in at the deep end is the quickest way to learn the ways of the world, all I need to do is regain my confidence and I'll be fine. After Russia maybe I have enough experience now, it's just a big step into the unknown for me. But then the whole trip has been and despite a few hiccups, everything always works out in the end.
I've heard many people say you must learn the difference between a tourist and a traveller, and I certainly have!
A beautiful day greets us in Sok Cho, and after the huge interest in my motorcycle jacket safety pad inserts by custom officers, we are allowed to unload the bikes into a warehouse. Dan phones Wendy Choi from the Dong Chun ferry office and within the hour our bikes are ridden onto pallets and loaded onto two small trucks. Dan was flying from Incheon airport and we were shipping ours out from Busan. A sad sight indeed, watching your pride and joy being driven away into the hands of others.
A German guy we saw leaving Zarubino on the ferry we missed, was still in customs. Germany never signed the 1949 international driving treaty so he had to return to Russia having no permission to drive in Korea. And we thought our planning was bad....
None of our mobile phones work on Korea as they use CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) and not our GSM (Global System for Mobile) this was a surprise for us!
So if you want to contact me or Geoff please do so on the poocirculation@hotmail.co.uk email address, or you're welcome to leave messages on my blog!
Sok Cho is a beautiful city, especially if you like seafood! Dozens of restaurants with huge fish tanks along the streets, full of fish too lively for me! Some of them looked like we'd have to fight to see which one of us will be eaten!
A complete stranger sat at a table next to us outside a chicken restaurant in the stunningly lit streets. He offered us some of his honey chicken and a drink of his Soju, not quite as strong as some of the vodka we were accustomed to, but very nice.
I think I'm going to enjoy Korea!
I've heard many people say you must learn the difference between a tourist and a traveller, and I certainly have!
A beautiful day greets us in Sok Cho, and after the huge interest in my motorcycle jacket safety pad inserts by custom officers, we are allowed to unload the bikes into a warehouse. Dan phones Wendy Choi from the Dong Chun ferry office and within the hour our bikes are ridden onto pallets and loaded onto two small trucks. Dan was flying from Incheon airport and we were shipping ours out from Busan. A sad sight indeed, watching your pride and joy being driven away into the hands of others.
A German guy we saw leaving Zarubino on the ferry we missed, was still in customs. Germany never signed the 1949 international driving treaty so he had to return to Russia having no permission to drive in Korea. And we thought our planning was bad....
None of our mobile phones work on Korea as they use CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) and not our GSM (Global System for Mobile) this was a surprise for us!
So if you want to contact me or Geoff please do so on the poocirculation@hotmail.co.uk email address, or you're welcome to leave messages on my blog!
Sok Cho is a beautiful city, especially if you like seafood! Dozens of restaurants with huge fish tanks along the streets, full of fish too lively for me! Some of them looked like we'd have to fight to see which one of us will be eaten!
A complete stranger sat at a table next to us outside a chicken restaurant in the stunningly lit streets. He offered us some of his honey chicken and a drink of his Soju, not quite as strong as some of the vodka we were accustomed to, but very nice.
I think I'm going to enjoy Korea!
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