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South Korea 2013

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Busan 2013 Greetings from South Korea!  I am anxious to get riding again.  I just spent a short time in South Korea. Too bad I did not have a motorcycle because there were some nice country roads with lots of twisty and winding turns.  I took a few photos of the road signs here in Korea too.  I think is neat to see road signs from around the world.  I’ve spent so much time driving in Japan that I felt odd sitting in a left side drive automobile (that drive on right side of the road).  The South Koreans drive on the right side of the road just like American drivers.   Historic Korea drove on the left side however after the end WWII they started driving on the right side. Where I currently live, Okinawa Japan, people historically drove on the left side until after WWII.  The U.S. controlled Okinawa from the end of the war until 1972.  During time of U.S. control, the Okinawans were compelled to drive on the right side.  Six years after the U.S. gave control of Ok