Last weekend, Angela and I went with Seoul Hiking Group on a daytrip to three islands near Incheon: Sindo, Sido and Modo. We rented bicycles and cycled all three islands via connecting bridges. Along the way we saw quiet reservoirs, love story film sets and a surrealist sculpture park.
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A map shows the three islands, with the smallest, Modo, on the left, and the largest, Sindo, on the right. |
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On a beach near Incheon airport we waited for our ferry across to Sindo. |
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Angela on the ferry. It was a short, 10-minute ride to the islands. |
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A lonely dog we saw on Sindo just after arriving. |
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Our group, led by Jason, rented bikes, while Warren's group hiked across the islands. |
Group shot.
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On our way across Sindo. There were very few cars and it was by far the quietest place I'd visited in Korea so far. |
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Jason taking snaps from his bike. |
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Cycling past some cube-shaped motel rooms. |
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Only a few hundred residents live on the islands, the vast majority of them farmers or fishermen. |
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The bicycles were quite old and only had a couple of gears; not so great when climbing steep hills! |
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We passed a house with lots of jindo dogs outside. |
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At one point we took a wrong turn and reached a dead end. |
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Jason checks his map. |
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Back we go. |
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The tide was low and the islands were surrounded by hills of sludge. |
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Crossing the bridge from Sindo to Sido. |
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Angela and I left the main group to visit the film set of a Korean love story. |
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Instead of taking the road to regroup with our cycling buddies, we decided to take a short cut round the coastline. |
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The coast was rugged and rocky so we had to carry our bikes most of the way. |
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