Spent three days in South Korea last week; the picture to the right is of a bridge under construction in Incheon, where the airport is located. Seoul is a clean and well-managed city with 95% Korean cars. The people are very friendly, polite and love to sing karaoke late into the night, even on weekdays. The food was delicious; making South Korea well worth the visit.
Two days later (today), I went back to the Pudong International Airport, but this time by bike. Keeping my vow that each outing must include some new roads, I studied the map for the directions.
The trip was pretty straight forward, but I lost interest in the larger roads, so I veered off into a village, only to hit a dead end. I asked a local family (grandma and a kid came out; looking at me as if I were a foreign devil), and was on my way again until I finally reached the fence which surrounds the airport's runway. In the warm autumn sun (about 20 C), I watched a few international flights take off and tried to get them on camera. 
On the way home I stopped by a small shop to get some oil for the bike chain.
The owner's 8 year old daughter went into hiding each time I spoke to her and asked for a picture with her, but it seemed that her shyness was mixed with a dose of natural curiosity, as she kept peeking behind a wall.
And sure enough, another Grannie came out of the house and without reservation asked how much my salary was. (I just gave her a vague answer, "oh, several thousand.")
Mission accomplished. 55 km. New territory. Exercise. Another blog.
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