Hidden Mountains

Harri-bou before coffee...

Harri-bou after coffee.

Usually, when the weekends hit in summer I'm off to the races.

Running from here to there for hiking and oceans.

However, I've started to realize

that I have all this in my own backyard.

This weekend we went hiking 

about 30 minutes outside Pyeongtaek

in the hills behind Soho (my favorite coffee shop).

Just off the road

behind a mountain rest stop

is a labyrinth of magnificent hiking trails

that can be as hard or easy as you chose.

Jeju men randomly hanging out in the mountains.

There really is no better way to spend a lazy holiday

than wandering through the mountain flowers

on a warm Friday afternoon.

So don't always run away.

Stay home sometimes

and take a little time

to smell the mountain roses.

How To Get Here:

If you don't have a car, get some folks to go with you and split the taxi.
It will be about 18,000 won.  Totally 100% worth it.

Address:

대한민국 경기도 안성시 양성면 동항리 창진산장휴게소

By Bus:

Suggested routes

1. 2 hours 11 mins

   
   

   

     
   

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   May 18, 2013, 5:47am - 7:58am
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   May 18, 2013, 5:54am - 7:58am

Taste The Rainbow

Pyeongtaek Restaurants
We love

For over a decade 

beauty danced so close to me, 

but my heart was broken

turning everything 

to cool colors of grey.

Now, that I can see again

I want to taste every color.

Lick up each hue.

I salivate 

at the blues, reds and yellows

of my life 

and drink in each one.

What was grey is now saturated 

with all the flavors of the rainbow.

 GETTING HERE:

NOTE THIS RESTAURANT 

IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE LAKE 

FROM PRADA and SOHO.

You will have to go around.

DRIVING:

Prada Hotel

(Soho Cafe Is Across The Street)

389-25 Chilgok-ri, 

Wongok-myeon,  

Anseong,  

Gyeonggi-do,  

Korea

BUS:

From Pyeongtaek.

The 8 will take you directly there.

It's located across from the 

Prada Hotel which is easy to see.

Soho Hobo

Stunning year round.

Pyeongtaek Coffee

Some places are a world

all of there own.

They swallow you up.

A view that puts you at rest.

This is one of those places.

Stunning interior.

A cup of joy.

Sibling chat

Sitting in Soho

listening to bosa nova,

sipping rich espresso,

watching light dance on the water,

laughing with my family -

I feel only happiness

for my abundant hobo life.

The Perfect Place for Love & Naps

I stay all day and into the night

GETTING THERE:

DRIVING:

Prada Hotel

(Soho Cafe Is Across The Street)

389-25 Chilgok-ri, 

Wongok-myeon,  

Anseong,  

Gyeonggi-do,  

Korea

BUS:

From Pyeongtaek.

The 8 will take you directly there.

It's located across from the 

Prada Hotel which is easy to see.

Pyeongtaek coffee