Magical History Tour

Of course I’m tired. I’m worn out. And quite satisfied.

After 80 miles and over 7 hours on the bicycle, my backside is a bit sore, but my spirits are incredibly high. I pretty much always feel that way after a long ride. Especially one on which I see so many interesting things.

I’ve written over the past few days about the history I was going to explore today. You can go back just a couple of days to catch up on that. The only problem with today was that the places we visited all required an entry fee — and of course that was just going to take too much time. We were shooting to get back by 2PM after a 6AM start (and we pretty much hit that time on the nose), so not a lot of dawdling was built into the schedule. But we did visit the forts I was looking for, and I got to run through the events of that June 150 years ago.

Not the best day for pictures, but I got a few. Here they are, along with the video.

The beginning of the “Peace Trail” that starts on the West side of Gimpo and goes around the end of the peninsula.
Still reminded that we’re not far from North Korea.
Across the strait from the Gwangseongbo Fort. This is considered something like the Korean Alamo, where over 300 men fought to the death.
The front gate of Gwangseongbo.
Statue of General Eo, who was killed in the battle for the Fort.
Fort Choji — the first fort taken by the Americans.
The northern end of Munsusanseong Fortress, Gimpo.
North Korea visible from the fort.
The way home — the trail next to the canal that runs from Seoul to Inch’eon.

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