The morning sun was warming up the air, and as we approached the Incheon
docks in South Korea
Apparently Harley Davidson were going to try and have discussions with the Korean authorities in getting this silly rule changed as it was hampering their sales of motorcycles in South Korea. Good luck with that one!
Once we got off the
ferry and had been through the passed through immigration, we were greeted by
our Korean guide, Mr. Hong who was going to be with us throughout our stay in
South Korea. He then introduced another chap that was going to oversee the
customs clearance of our motorcycles. It all seemed very efficient compared
with the entry into China six weeks ago.
We were then taken to a waiting coach where we then started
a tour of Incheon and taken out for lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Mr. Hong was
very knowledgeable about the area and guided us through China town where we saw
a statue of Confucius. Confucianism is a big part in
Korean culture, and as he was Chinese, I guess it's only fitting that they have
a statue of the him in China town. Further on in a park up the hill we see the
statue of General Douglas McArthur. He was a U.S. Army general who led United
Nations forces in the Korean War (1950-1953).
It was also in this park that we
saw some locals playing board games under a covered area.
Whilst in the park
our guide got a phone call asking us to come back to the port as they wanted to
take the bikes out of the containers ready for customs inspection so we went
back to the coach and were taken back to the port. With the bikes out of the
containers and inspected by the customs officials, there was a wait of about an
hour before we were finally given the permits for the bikes and could ride away
to our first hotel in South Korea.
The hotel was in Seoul and we had to follow the van with the
guide in. It was very warm and the Seoul traffic was extremely busy. I guess
with over 3 million cars in the Seoul area, it was probably just the norm.
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