I Meet The Most Random People In Korea 🇰🇷

I Meet The Most Random People In Korea 🇰🇷

[Music] Cafe Life. Thank you for the delicious 
bagels and coffee the past 3 days. They were delicious. This is pretty cool. Something uh you don’t really 
see too often here in Korea. Just a really tight-knit community. All these houses look like 
they’re right next to each other. Man, it looks like a kampung in Indonesia. I don’t know. Let’s go for a little stroll. This is what I like doing when 
I’m in countries like Indonesia. Just going down a a random road. I don’t think you’re going to see any chickens or 
anything like that running around here, though. Probably back in the day. I wouldn’t be surprised. Little to zero activity here, man. It’s It’s crazy. From up top, they’re like 
all right next to each other. Okay, nothing to see here. Yeah, bike looking good. Holding up good. Knock on wood. My sign. Mochicholeando, he got himself a sign. And uh my friend Lucy in the Philippines, she 
has her YouTube sign kind of just like mine. And so I’m a trend setter. I will say this though, Andong might be 
one of the most active cities I’ve been to. Found this last night when I was just cruising 
around enjoying the sunset down by the river and I was heading back to the hotel and I came 
across this like a huge free public rock wall. I mean, I guess it’s free. I mean, I talked to a guy that was 
over there doing the uh the climbing. He came over and said, “What’s up?” And it’s he said you had to sign some 
things obviously like releases saying like if you die it’s not the city’s fault 
but I think for the most part it’s free. And so another cool thing about Andong. Wonder what this granny’s doing. Okay. Okay. It’s a beautiful city. And you’re just hanging out in the shade. Bye-bye. I’m curious uh what that little statue is. I’m guessing maybe for a movie or something. But again, does that ever get old? Honestly, I mean, Andong, I’d have to say like 
city city-wise, like you know, back where I was staying wasn’t the most exciting place, but this 
would be one reason why I would come to live here. Just a beautiful river. Of course, you have the Han River in Seoul, but then you got to put up with 
all the hustle and bustle of Seoul. And so, you have everything you 
want in by the Han River here. Okay, she’s doing okay. She’s on her way. She was just taking a little break 
in the shade underneath that statue. Good. Good. I’m probably going to be on her mind all day like, 
“Who was that guy who talked to me on the bridge? I can’t believe that. So random.” Oh man, that is a beautiful site. Look at that. You got the the river winding around right here. So, I really want to go to Vietnam. maybe next. And uh I know it’s going to be 
hilly, especially in North Vietnam. And uh the screen dirty. Sorry. And I was like, man, this is going 
to be some good practice for me. I mean, I think all of Korea is good 
practice for the hills in Vietnam. But I don’t know. This is what I kind of imagine 
Vietnam to look like a little bit. Like just hills and rockface 
mountains like this and rivers. What do you think? And that looks like some jjimdak. Had that yesterday. It was pretty damn good. All righty. So, I went with the Andong soup And just like so many times here in Korea, when 
you order something simple, this is only 8,000, but you get all these extra signs and 
they look fresh and they look delicious. And you get some tofu. Nice. Some nice red spicy looking sauce. I don’t know. These look like some uh 
flour noodles, I’m guessing. [ __ ] Does this go in here? No.
No. No. No. You go. This. Ah. Okay. No. Vegetables here. This This goes in here. Okay.
Okay. Okay. This is some dark brown soybean paste. [Music] Okay, that’s enough. I don’t know what I’m doing, but that’s all right. [Music] What is it called? Okay. Cheers. Thank you. Oh man, that’s good. I should have got that instead of this. This is good, too, though. I love these. Ah, that’s a good one. Is it possible to buy just one or two peaches? Yeah. Okay. I don’t need eight or nine or 10 peaches. I just want one or two. All right. All right. Man, these peaches are so fuzzy. Right here. Ah, nice. Thank you. Hey, you’re welcome. Oh my. Oh, that’s good. That’s good. Enjoy. Thank you. Do you live here? Okay. Yeah. How many people live here? About how many people? About 140. Wow. That’s crazy. People come each and every day. Well, I guess it’s good and bad. You know, you know, they bring money in to 
the small little village every single day. So, that’s good. What’s that? You want to go for a little walk? All right. Uh-huh. Okay. These peaches. It’s okay. Here. Really? I don’t see one peach on these trees. Peaches. Sagua. No. Peach. Apple. Apple. Apple. Ani. Uhhuh. Apple.
Anie. Right.
No. No.
Apples. Ano? N. I don’t see any. I don’t know. Oh, pears. Yeah. Pear. Pear. Pear. Pear. Wow. I’m dead. Hodu. Okay. Maybe like a fig. Yeah. Fig. Hey. Oh, my buddy. My brother. pomegranate. What is pomegranate? Okay. I don’t know what that is, but I don’t know. English.
All righty. Thank you guys. See you. Hey, shoot. Thank you. And of course, it feels like you’ve stepped back in time or maybe just gone 
to New Mexico or something. And this really is a huge area. It looks like there’s tons of houses and 
things you can check out all throughout here. And looks like some of them are just open. This one I was reading the head house of 
the descendants of Dongyong 1542 to6007. Man. And so these are pretty old. Obviously they had to renovate them and renew 
them and whatnot, but this village is old. And so this would give you an idea of 
what a Confucian house would look like, a Confucian village during that time period. During the Josong period, 
Korea was a Confucian society. And so what does that really mean? Well, Confucianism is a religion, but it’s not a 
religion like you would think in a lot of ways. It’s not like there was a god. You don’t pray to anyone. You uh you basically devote 
your lives to your parents, to the elders, to uh harmony within 
the village and within the community. And so it’s like a religion 
but kind of not in a way. Like I said, you’re not praying to a god. You’re not uh serving a god or anything. There’s no heaven and hell, but uh 
it’s basically focuses on community, loyalty to your parents and elders, 
wisdom, those kind of things. Yeah, I think people are definitely still 
living out here, which is kind of strange. I mean, it’s a huge tourist attraction. I mean, they’re literally shipping in bus loads 
of people each and every day to walk the streets. How would you like that? I mean, I guess like these kind of places, if you’re living there, you 
know, you have it walled off. You’re closed off. Maybe you you can shield yourself from 
all the tourists, but are you traveling? I’m traveling. Yeah. What are you? US. US. Maybe you can answer. People still live here. Yeah. So, there’s a lot of residents here. The old people live there. Live there. Live now. Yeah. Here now. No, no. A little bit. A little bit. Right. Hang out with the harmony. Hey.
Hey. T. The Korean grandma are the cutest. Hello. Uh oh. Oh, sure. Beautiful picture. Hi. You’re very welcome. Have a great day. Hey. Hey.
How’s it going, man? I’m good. How are you? Good. Where are you heading to? I uh I’m heading kind of towards Daejeon Yeah. That north of south. That’s kind of smack dab in the middle. Man, I say you’re traveling kind of light. Yeah. Yeah. That’s perfect. Hey, and I picked up a new 
friend, Gilbert from the UK. He’s going to be joining me 
all the way back to the main bike course that goes between Seoul and Busan. He’s going to Busan though and so, but it’ll 
be nice to have a friend for a few few kilometers. What a cool spot. So, this is uh my new friend Gilbert from the UK. And uh he’s doing this Inch Chong 
to Busousan for what’s it called? The four trail four rivers trail. I should know that. I’ve done it already too. But he’s doing the four rivers trail. He rented a bike in Seoul. 120,000. He has it for a week. He’s trying to book it down to Busan. And then from there, you’re just going to 
return the bike and then take the train back? Yeah. What are your uh thoughts on Korea? It’s um definitely the safest place 
to do a a bike like bike packing trip. The roads are really nice. You never feel like you’re in danger. Plenty of toilets, plenty of places to get 
food and uh yeah, it it is really good. Probably one of the best. I mean, I’ve only I’ve done two bike packing. I mean, yeah, he’s Amsterdam and this, right? Amsterdam. He’s from the UK, so he did London to Amsterdam. Yeah. And then I mean most of the bike 
routes here in Korea look like this. So it’s pretty smooth, pretty nice. And uh yeah, we’re heading kind of to Sanju. He’s been doing hotels. I’m going to look up a jjimjilbang to see if there’s one in the area cuz he has no idea what they are. And so if there’s one, then 
I’ll have to teach him about it. So let’s see. Man, have you jumped in the river anywhere? No.
No. No. No. Have you? Ah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Man, just absolutely gorgeous out here. I love this road right in the 
middle of the rice fields. Got some farm houses over there tucked away. There’s an old granny over there riding a bike. Nice stretch of road right here. And so yeah, we’re heading to Sanju go have dinner and I think they have a gyabong and 
Gilbert says he’s up for trying it. So. Man, so this is what welcomes 
you when you come to Sanju. And I was just reading over 
there because I had no idea. But this was the headquarters of this provincial government like in this region for 
likeund 190 years from 1408 to 1592. It’s a pretty long time. And then they’ve kind of recreated what that 
would have looked like during those times. And you can tell this is relatively new. I mean, it looks old, but I’m 
pretty sure this was recently built. And so, yeah, it’s kind of cool. Here in Korea, they they’re trying 
their best to preserve their history. You know, they’re building 
places like this in Gyeongju They’re trying to rebuild the 
Silla Kingdom and whatnot. You know, in Andong, all the folk 
villages they’re trying to preserve. And so, good job, Korea. I think this is the cutest burger 
joint I’ve ever been to in my life. Gift burger. Never seen it once in Korea. But we were passing through, 
heading to the jjimjilbang and we were hungry, looking for dinner, and 
uh Gilbert, right, he made a good point. He was like, “Man, I could use some comfort food.” And so we stopped to get a burger. Nothing wrong with that, guys. Nothing wrong with that. And so, I don’t know. Have you guys ever heard a Gift burger? He got what’s called the juicy burger. How is it? Is Is that double? I think I think it’s double. I don’t. Have you got two? Yeah, man. I think she got them mixed up. That’s the double. The double. She dropped the burgers off and she was like just. Yeah, he’s eating my burger actually. And I’m going to. It look too good. It look good. And then uh let’s test the fries out. How’s that double? Huh? How’s that double? All right. So, let me try the juicy burger. Comes with bacon. That one have bacon. I’m guessing it does. So, it’s basically the same thing. It’s weird. They have a classic burger. They have a juicy burger. They even have a mystery burger. Whatever Whatever that means. Yeah, I think juicy just means saucy. I think that’s what it means. It’s very wet. Very wet. Yeah, you’re right. It’s kind of just like a a smash burger. It’s messy. It’s greasy. It’s delicious still, though. It is still pretty good. It’s different from any kind of 
burger I’ve had in Korea, though. I’d say that. Got onions, ketchup, mayo, 
some uh very soft, limp bacon. That’s just how they do it here. Thank you, man. I’d give it 7 out of 10. What about you? 8.1. 8.1. Okay. I’m glad you went here. Well, I mean, if I had my double cheeseburger, 
maybe I’d give it an 8.12, but I don’t know. We’ll actually pretty good. So, what did you think of your first jjimjilbang? Yeah, there was there was before the jjimjilbang, and after There’s before and after the jjimjilbang There always is. I wasn’t quite sure. I was expecting it to be like a lot of seedy like drunk people. Yeah.
As far as like that was it was a quiet place. It was clean. We had our own little nook over there. Mhm. We had our own little literally had 
our own separate sleeping quarters. Slept great. Whatever. Good luck to you, brother. Later, man. Bye. All right. So, the red coat, he’s heading back to the uh the 
bike course and then he’s heading south. All right, I’m kind of heading 
the opposite direction. I’m going to Daejeon So, let’s do it. [Music] Harvesting rice, I think. And she’s way in there.

Today was another fun day! After setting off from Andong, I made my way west towards Daejeon and back towards the Four Rivers Trail. Along the way, I stopped at the Andong Fold Village and met some fun and crazy locals. On the way out, I met a British guy who was cycling the country from Incheon to Busan. We were heading in the same direction and ended up spending the rest of the day together. Super nice guy, even though he stole my burger at dinner 😂.

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