Formerly, the lack of public roads posed a problem. It used to take 16 hours to make the trip from Yuching to Tainan by foot.
回憶起自己上中學所走的路程﹘ ﹘「行行重行行」，簡直就是一部玉井早期開發的艱辛史。他記得每次放假從台南走山路回家，走得「無暝無日」，要十五、六個鐘頭才能抵達。