A beautiful day for riding to the coast. This ride begins in Buan valley of rice farms, then within 15km,  crosses small coastal mountains, finally coming out along the coast for a rolling hill bike ride. It’s the best road ride in Buan county.

One kilometer outside the town of Buan. Rice farms are on the left and right and foreground. In the background are the coastal mountains. In the foreground on the left side are the dog farms. While many Koreans I speak with, won’t or don’t eat dog, some do. The dogs looked to be treated like any other livestock. I saw a few hundred caged barking dogs.

Man helping nature grow  fruit. Just before entering the mountains are these small orchards of wrapped fruit. I’m not sure what is being wrapped here. I believe they are peaches. From what I could see every single one was contained in a  little yellow pouch. The first thing I thought was, “that’s impossible”. But, clearly it IS possible.

Crossing Buan Lake. About half way through the ride is the beautiful lake of Buan.

Tobacco farms. I only discovered that these were tobacco plants because of the smell. For about 1km it smell likes like a nice cigar. There’s not much left of these harvested plants. Most of the leaves were drying in greenhouses.

Canned coffee and a small island.