Jeju Island - leaving tomorrow

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This is my last night on Jeju. I will have spent 2 weeks on this island which unfortunately is not anything close to Hawaii with regard to the weather. It rained 50% of the time with 2 or 3 sunny days :-( But who am I to complain? It's a great island nevertheless. I will leave for Gurye (southern part of the country, near mount Jiri) tomorrow taking the ferry to Wando and the bus via Gwangwon.

I have to do a bit of a catch up on what I have been doing the past days. Quick summary.

I loaded 450 bags of organic fertilizer on a truck only to unload them the same day. Turns out my farmer, who by the way is not farmer Lee but farmer Yang (sorry pal) runs a fertilizer distribution on the side. Each bag weights 20kg, you do the math, 9tons passed trough my hands. Great work out.

Climbed on mount Halla. 2000m up, 4 trails, I have never hiked on flat land - let alone climbed a mountain - but what the heck I took the longest and most difficult route. Stupid macho. Almost died on the 9 hour trip.

Camped on Hamdeok Beach. Got bitten by moskitos and couldn't sleep because large groups of teenagers from a nearby resort would descend on the beach and be Korean teenagers (loud and laughing).

Slept in a Korean style sauna. It's called a chim chil bang. You go there to sweat but a few people like myself, who dont want to spend money on a hotel, stay overnight and sleep in the resting areas. Koreans will know and probably laugh.

Went to a English Sunday church service and got to meet Aaron from Syracuse (in Jeju for 4 months on a church building project) and a cool pastor named Lee (it's really Leee this time).

Being an island, Jeju is full of fish and shell fish. As I don't eat meat this is heaven for me ;-) Check out the fish market and various fish meals I had.

Met up with Hye Kyung Nuna (my big sis). She is Seung Hun's sister and I know her from Hamburg also. She was in Jeju to teach at a Christian university. Has left already but I will see her again in Hawaii.

... and much more. See the photos...

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Photos

Bag Unloading
450 x 20kg = 9 tons

Fertlizer Bags
Finished at least

Picking Oranges
Me picking native Jeju oranges.

Juicy
Fresh of the tree

University of Nations
Hye Kyung Nuna and I on the campus

Splendid Meal
Korean seafood yenu, yummy

Turbo Shell - Sora - Meeresschnecke
A sea snail which we had for lunch. It's called Sora in Korean. They served them sushi style. Crunchy tase, I am not a fan of it.

Church I
Pastor Lee and me

Church II
Pastor Park, me and Aaron

Newborn Piglet
These were born the night before

Tiny Piglet
Tiny!!!

Fish Tank at Restaurant
Koreans eat everything. Fresh, fresher, the freshest. Yes, it is a mini sting ray.

Feed Me
Farmer Yang feeds me

Mount Halla - the Ascent
Still smiling, 19 km, 2000m altitude ahead of me

Trail
Start of the trail, very foresty

Mount Halla
Walking to the top

At the Top
The top is a volcanic crater. I thought there would be more water...

Top Down View
The island and the ocean

The Summit is Mine
I am really on the top.

Volcanic Craters Everywhere
Mount Halla has over 350 siblings

Mountain Spring
Fresh water supply from the mountain. Very refreshing

Back at Last
9 hours later, I have made it but unfortunately I can"t feel my feet anymore ;-)

Comments

[Sung-Hee]

cool .. dann kommst du ja voll mit muckies zurück ... find ich gut =)

[nils]

wohooooooo
hey daiwon... is this really the daiwon i have known for all these years? i think this trip will be amazing for you. i see you in sydney...

[Sung-A]

Haha.. das wollte ich auch schreiben: Dann kommste ja als Muskelprotz wieder ne? Durch die 9 tonnen Saecke... das ganze Wandern und was alles noch kommt... ^^ hoffe Dir geht es gut!