{"id":801,"date":"2026-11-12T18:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vandermeij.familyds.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=801"},"modified":"2026-11-13T17:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T08:19:28","slug":"namwon-jirisan-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vandermeij.familyds.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=801","title":{"rendered":"Namwon &#038; Jirisan, March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Trip to Jirisan, 27\u201329 March 2026<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Riders:<\/strong> Peter van der Meij and Yoon Yi-Han (both from Yeongjong-do, Incheon), and Laurens (from Geoje, 220\u00a0km to Namwon).<\/p>\n<h3>Day 1 \u2013 Friday 27 March: Yeongjong-do to Namwon<\/h3>\n<p>I met Yi-Han outside his apartment at 07:30. The ride to Namwon was 321\u00a0km and took 5 hours 58 minutes. We had a coffee break at 10:12 in Hwaseong (\ud654\uc131) and a lunch break at 12:10. We reached the Sanriji Hotel at 15:48 (124 Sori-gil, Namwon-si, Jeollabuk-do). Laurens arrived later that afternoon. He got lost, which was predictable without a navigation app on his phone. He like to ride with printed maps. The three of us had dinner within walking distance of the hotel.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit,minmax(260px,1fr)); gap: 12px; align-items: start; margin: 1em 0 1.5em;\">\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-17.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-17.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee break in Hwaseong (\ud654\uc131)\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Coffee break in Hwaseong (\ud654\uc131)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-18.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-18.jpg\" alt=\"Checking the route from the coffee break to the Sanriji Hotel\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Checking the route from the coffee break to the Sanriji Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-21.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-21.jpg\" alt=\"Navigation at 12:12: 179\u00a0km. After lunch still to go\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Navigation at 12:12: 179\u00a0km. After lunch still to go<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-44.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-44.jpg\" alt=\"Lunch break\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Lunch break<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Day 2 \u2013 Saturday 28 March: around Jirisan<\/h3>\n<p>After breakfast together, all three of us rode from the Sanriji Hotel towards Jirisan. We made our first photo stop on road 861, at 141-43 Jicheon-ri, Gwangui-myeon, Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do, among the cherry blossom.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit,minmax(260px,1fr)); gap: 12px; align-items: start; margin: 1em 0 1.5em;\">\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-42.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-42.jpg\" alt=\"Morning of 28 March at the hotel: discussions among the touring guides\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Morning of 28 March at the hotel: discussions among the touring guides<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit,minmax(260px,1fr)); gap: 12px; align-items: start; margin: 1em 0 1.5em;\">\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-12.jpg\" alt=\"Photo stop on road 861\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Photo stop on road 861<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-19.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-19.jpg\" alt=\"Photo stop on road 861\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Photo stop on road 861<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-22.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-22.jpg\" alt=\"Photo stop on road 861\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Photo stop on road 861<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-31.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-31.jpg\" alt=\"Photo stop on road 861\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Photo stop on road 861<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-39.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-39.jpg\" alt=\"Photo stop on road 861\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Photo stop on road 861<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the top we stopped at a lookout area for coffee.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit,minmax(260px,1fr)); gap: 12px; align-items: start; margin: 1em 0 1.5em;\">\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-10.jpg\" alt=\"Lookout rest area at the top\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Lookout rest area at the top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>We then continued to the Odojae (\uc624\ub3c4\uc7ac) viewpoint, with a view over the winding road of Jianjae (\uc9c0\uc548\uc7ac) below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit,minmax(260px,1fr)); gap: 12px; align-items: start; margin: 1em 0 1.5em;\">\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-06.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-06.jpg\" alt=\"Information board: Odojae (\uc624\ub3c4\uc7ac)\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Information board: Odojae (\uc624\ub3c4\uc7ac)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-05.jpg\" alt=\"Yi-Han and Laurens above the winding road\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Yi-Han and Laurens above the winding road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-15.jpg\" alt=\"Selfie at the viewpoint\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Selfie at the viewpoint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-20.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-20.jpg\" alt=\"On the steps of the lookout\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">On the steps of the lookout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-38.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-38.jpg\" alt=\"The winding road below the lookout\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">The winding road below the lookout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-37.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-37.jpg\" alt=\"On the steps of the lookout\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">On the steps of the lookout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-45.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-45.jpg\" alt=\"The three of us with the mountains behind\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">The three of us with the mountains behind<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>For lunch we had wild vegetable bibimbap. The restaurant no longer exists.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit,minmax(260px,1fr)); gap: 12px; align-items: start; margin: 1em 0 1.5em;\">\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-04.jpg\" alt=\"Wild vegetable bibimbap lunch\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Wild vegetable bibimbap lunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>We took a break at the Donghoje pavilion.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit,minmax(260px,1fr)); gap: 12px; align-items: start; margin: 1em 0 1.5em;\">\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-28.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-28.jpg\" alt=\"View from the Donghoje pavilion\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">View from the Donghoje pavilion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-33.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-33.jpg\" alt=\"Resting in the pavilion\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Resting in the pavilion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-51.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-51.jpg\" alt=\"The painted roof of the pavilion\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">The painted roof of the pavilion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our last coffee break was at a coffee shop on the way back to the Sanriji Hotel. In total we rode 182\u00a0km around Jirisan.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit,minmax(260px,1fr)); gap: 12px; align-items: start; margin: 1em 0 1.5em;\">\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-03.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee break\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Coffee break<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Day 3 \u2013 Sunday 29 March: home<\/h3>\n<p>The next morning we went our separate ways: Laurens back to Geoje, 202 km, Yi-Han and Peter back to Yeongjong-do, another 321\u00a0km.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit,minmax(260px,1fr)); gap: 12px; align-items: start; margin: 1em 0 1.5em;\">\n<figure style=\"margin: 0;\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-35.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jirisan-35.jpg\" alt=\"Leaving the Sanriji Hotel on 29 March, heading home\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"font-size: 0.9em; text-align: center;\">Leaving the Sanriji Hotel on 29 March, heading home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"\/wordpress\/?page_id=793\">\u2190 Back to My Harley<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trip to Jirisan, 27\u201329 March 2026 Riders: Peter van der Meij and Yoon Yi-Han (both from Yeongjong-do, Incheon), and Laurens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":793,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"disabled","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"disabled","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-801","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vandermeij.familyds.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vandermeij.familyds.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vandermeij.familyds.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vandermeij.familyds.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vandermeij.familyds.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=801"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/vandermeij.familyds.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838,"href":"https:\/\/vandermeij.familyds.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/801\/revisions\/838"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vandermeij.familyds.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vandermeij.familyds.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}