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[bikefast]

Does anyone know of any hotels in Jinbu, the small town just south of Odae-san? From the sounds of things, staying in Jinbu is the best bet if you want to hike Birabong and get back in one day.

A google search revealed the "Kensington Flora" 5-star hotel, but I'm not going to pay that much.

I found this blog: http://taiwaneers.com/2009/03/korean-lodgings-for-travellers-living-on-the-cheap/
He says they stayed in: " Some local hotel in the town of Jinbu right near Odaesan National Park. Unfortunately I have no idea what the name of this place was. Our room was great. It was clean, and stocked with plenty of toiletries! Our refrigerator even had two energy drinks in it. The coolest part of this room was that it was an ondol room. By that I mean that the room�s floor was heated. It was a faux wood, floor and in the corner of the room was a pile containing two sleeping pads, two pillows, and two blankets. After watching tv for a while and taking showers we spread out the pads, curled up in our blankets, and slept soundly. This was a wonderful way to sleep and extremely warm. I also have no complaints about the fact that we were on the floor. I woke up in the morning with zero aches or pains. Another cool feature of the hotel was that our room fee came to a whopping $21 USD for the night. While the hostels charged by the person this place charged by the room!!! They only took cash though."

Anyone know what this place is called?!

[bikefast]

I hate bumping my threads, but Chuseok is getting closer and I really need to firm up some plans. Any thoughts on this would be awesome, thanks!

[b-class rambler]

There's quite a bunch motels around the Jinbu interchange of the expressway. I reckon you wouldn't need to book as long as you didn't turn up too late.

If you have a tent, there's also a campsite (Dongpigol IIRC) on the left of the road past Weoljeongsa temple.

[bikefast]

Cool. Any chance of a web listing of these hotels?

[b-class rambler]

Probably your best bet is to use the map on Naver, move it to that area and put 모텔 or 숙소 in the search line and see what comes up. From memory, there's a least a dozen motels or yeogwan type places within 1km or so of the expressway exit.

This is one I'd previously looked up myself. It's right by the expressway interchange.

http://local.naver.com/siteview.nhn?code=12072902