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Asia » South Korea » Jeju » Seongsan October 15th 2019

Tuesday, 15th October 2019 Since I had no intention to do a self-drive adventure in Jeju, I decided to follow one of the daily tours which would bring me to various scenic spots on the island. First up for today is the Eastern Jeju Discovery Program organised by Yeha Tour. The tour was easily arranged online a few days prior to my arrival in Korea. One of the highlights of the tour must be the horse riding experience in the morning. This was my first time on a horse back and easily one of the most memorable moments for me in Jeju (and probably in my life). The skies started to drizzle as we proceeded to our next stop, the Seongeup Folk Village where I learnt a great deal about traditional Jeju architecture including the rock ... read more
BBQ Korean Style

Asia » South Korea » Jeju » Seongsan June 5th 2015

I had set my alarm to get up early, but I decided to ignore it for a little bit and sleep on. I still managed to make it down to breakfast at a reasonable time. The hostel kitchen was really nice, it was big and clean with plenty of seating. The breakfast is make it yourself, but is included in the price. There is juice, tea, coffee, eggs, bread, peanut butter and jam. I made sure to have plenty of coffee and some scrambled eggs, and toast with peanut butter. When I left the hostel, the weather outside was pretty miserable and I was too cold in my shorts and t-shirt, so I headed back inside to put my jeans on. I thought it was meant to be summer... It was raining, so I popped into ... read more
Jeju Folklore and Natural History Museum
Jeju Folklore and Natural History Museum
Jeju Folklore and Natural History Museum

Asia » South Korea » Jeju » Seongsan April 20th 2013

Hello everyone! I know I haven't blogged for a while and it is 2 weeks since my visitors left, but this is pretty much the first chance I've had to write this blog about my wonderful Easter holiday with my fabulous visitors. A quick summary of my life between Thailand (my last blog) and the Easter holidays (this blog): work, eating, a gig of one of my friends, a couple of birthday parties, a ball, playing netball and rugby, pilates, salsa and sleep. Now I will get on with the holiday blog. So Kate arrived on the Wednesday of my last week of term. I was allowed to skip work for an hour to pick her up and take her to my apartment and then I strictly told her not to go to sleep and she ... read more
View from Seoul Tower
Seoul Tower by night
Supplies from Mum and Dad

Asia » South Korea » Jeju » Seongsan September 21st 2012

I've already said that Jeju is a volcanic island. And where there are volcanoes there is lava and lava leaves behind... lava tubes. And it was to see the largest of these lava tube systems, Mang Jang cave, that I went today. Mang Jang cave stretches about 7km in its entirety, but only 1km is open to the public. It is apparently the natural habitat of a number of endangered plant and animal species (including two kinds of bat and a salamander) hence the need to restrict human access. This is also presumably the reason why many of the other lava tubes on Jeju have been closed to the pubic. It was a scorching hot day, so I was glad to go into the cool (and slightly damp, dripping) cave. The ground was uneven but reasonably ... read more
Mangjang Lava Tube
Mangjang Lava Tube
Mangjang Lava Tube

Asia » South Korea » Jeju » Seongsan June 26th 2012

Well I am still listing this location as Seongsan (had to get the blog people to list it so better use it twice) and did spend only the evening in Jeju after all. Having wisely headed off backwards towards Jeju to the lava tube yesterday (it would have been impossible to park my bag back there etc ) today it was a relatively simple matter of leaving it at my hotel while I headed up Ilchulbong, which is the rather abruptly rearing green mountain outside my window . Regardless of the hour the path is always crawling with tourists and the car park full of tour buses. The ticket office actually opens at 4:30 AM because for Koreans it is a rite of passage to climb it and see the sun rise -- it's English subtitle ... read more
Ilchulbong viewing terraces
Ilchulbong vue of Seongsan
Ilchulbong coast vue

Asia » South Korea » Jeju » Seongsan June 25th 2012

Why am I "off the air"? some might say that happens frequently. In this case of course I simply refer to the fact that I am blissfully (well it does make a change) without an Internet connection. All the better to blog you with my dears, because I simply write this now and then post it later. The Toobs we will come to shortly as that was definitely the highlight of the day and almost possibly one of the highs of this entire trip in Korea. Well as David Byrne says in one of those Talking Heads songs, "how did I get here?". Well stoopid, on a bus from Jeju of course. The place is called Seongsan-ri - I think the "ri" bit is simply "town" in Korean. Anyway as I was only really going to ... read more
Jeonmang hotel2
Seongsan Ilchulbong
Manjanggul lava tube




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