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Jeju Island

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March 21st 2009
Here are the long overdue pictures from our trip to Jeju Island in January. After the most terrifying flight of my life (which consisted of 3 attempts to land in a snowstorm, and an uncountable number of filled barf bags) we finally landed in Jeju-si, the capital of Jeju. After we rented our Matiz (a cute teeny Korean car) we spent the first day driving around Jeju-si. We visited Samseonghyeol, ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Jeju

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more