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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 Okinawa back to Japan, the traffic
changed from the right side to the left side.
This change happened on 30 July 1978.
Okinawa was one of the few places to change from right to left side traffic
in the twentieth century. A former
co-worker and retired Marine was on Okinawa during that day. One day he was driving on the right side and
the next day he was driving on the left.
The Okinawans seemed to change all the road signs, traffic lights and
everything over night. I imagine there
were a fraction of the signs and roads in 1978 than what we see in 2013. Of course folks had to quickly adjust to the
change.
Mirrors are common most Asian countries. I see them posted at tight intersections and
turns. I like this sign on a
bicycle/jogging path. It shows two
bicycles crashing. This sign was placed
at a 90-degree turn under a bridge.
I like this one. I
think it is the equivalent of “slippery when wet.” Note the snowman, rain and
swoosh you go over the cliff plunging into the water.
I jogged up a mountain in Busan that had some colorful
cherry blossoms. See the twisty and
steep road in the background.
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NO Horse drawn carriages!
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| These were fish drying at the fisherman’s wharf. |
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Oh, McDonalds delivers here on scooters.
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