Thanks to some extra time and budget, I enjoyed a short vacation at Muchangpo Beach, which turned out to be one of ideal places for my family vacation in this country. Personally, I don't like those bustling beach resorts like Haeundae in the south, Gyeongpodae in the east and the nearby Daecheon in the west of the peninsula or even Waikiki in Hawaii where my wife, daughter and I visited for a week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our wedding in late September 2007, primarily because there are too many things I need to pay attention to, interesting or not, in those well-known beaches, among others. At Muchangpo, however, I was able to relax peacefully, while sunbathing and reading books. One of the good things and virtues the beach provides to me was that I could have access to the beach pretty easily after parking my car at the street beside the beach. And also I could look over the panoramic view of the sea and several islands scattered along the coast with no disturbance from any source while sitting at a beach chair comfortably. (In the photo) My wife was reading a book while comfortably sitting in her beach chair, as well.
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When it comes to accommodation at the beach resort, there a lot of reasonably priced hotels, motels and pensions. In my case, I paid only 40,000 won to check in a nearby hotel room. The price only cover room fee, excluding any meal service like continental breakfast, for example, as usual in South Korea. There are numerous seafood restaurants, pubs and convenient stores, etc. around the beach, instead.
It took just two and half hours from my place near Incheon Airport to reach the beach mostly through the Seohaean or West Coast Highway, including a 30-minute stopover at Hwaseong Rest Area to have lunch and buy some refreshments.
