Next up Jeju...
Which looks like it should be quite the change from Seoul. There's a city (Jeju city) where the airport is located, but we decided (by chance/mistake) to stay on the south of the island, in a more countryside-esque area called Seogwipo-si. We got to our hostel by bus from the airport - an express bus that lives up to its name, as it sped around the gigantic mountain in the middle of the island in no time at all - leaving Dani like she needed to puke from the very start of the journey. Not ideal. Not feeling the best after all the travelling, we checked in to Slow Citi Hostel, which was nice, but basic/small. Next morning and we decided to go exploring, stopping off first at Antoinette for a sandwich:
Fuelled and ready to go, we set off then for the nearby nature/coastal walk:
which ultimately culminated in us finding Cheonjiyon Waterfall, a lovely site to call it a day - we'd wandered for hours at this stage:
Thankfully just across the road from the entrance was a massive bridge with benches laid out for a viewpoint, so we didn't have far to go to take in another sunset:
Next day, and we wanted to push the boat out a bit further, and we did by taking another vomit-inducing bus to the east coast of the island - where we got the fifteen minute journey by ferry over to Udo island.
After arriving we were greeted by plenty of people trying to get us to rent scooters/cars/bikes, as the island is too big to explore by foot. We had forgotten our international driver licences, so went with the obvious choice, an electric tandem bike:
After getting the hang of it (e-bikes are the future), we set off for a full circuit around the island. Hunger set in near the half-way point, so we stopped at the cheerily named Ha Ha Ho Ho Cafe, for a burger - Dani going veg, Stu going for the black pork burger (black pork seems to be a big deal in Jeju!). Great lunch, made all the better after a server came over and chatted to us for a while, about Jeju & Korea in general. She explained to us all the "cute" poses people do in photos too, not sure we quite got the hang of it for our attempt...
We then carried on with our circuit, though had to cycle back quickly by the end of the day, as we wanted to catch the 5p.m. ferry back to Jeju island, as we had one more thing on the itinerary for that day - sunset at Seongsan Ilchulbong. It's a volcanic crater that gives some of the best views of the island to catch either sunrise/sunset. We had to race up the pathway to get there in time (after a quick stop for some soju), but it was all worth it in the end, as we made it to the top with not long to spare:
And carried on into the evening on a little bit of a pub crawl, with Stu wanting to check out some of the Magpie beers (brewed in Jeju, but one of the biggest breweries in Korea).
Dani & Stu
Which looks like it should be quite the change from Seoul. There's a city (Jeju city) where the airport is located, but we decided (by chance/mistake) to stay on the south of the island, in a more countryside-esque area called Seogwipo-si. We got to our hostel by bus from the airport - an express bus that lives up to its name, as it sped around the gigantic mountain in the middle of the island in no time at all - leaving Dani like she needed to puke from the very start of the journey. Not ideal. Not feeling the best after all the travelling, we checked in to Slow Citi Hostel, which was nice, but basic/small. Next morning and we decided to go exploring, stopping off first at Antoinette for a sandwich:
Fuelled and ready to go, we set off then for the nearby nature/coastal walk:
which ultimately culminated in us finding Cheonjiyon Waterfall, a lovely site to call it a day - we'd wandered for hours at this stage:
Next day, and we wanted to push the boat out a bit further, and we did by taking another vomit-inducing bus to the east coast of the island - where we got the fifteen minute journey by ferry over to Udo island.
After arriving we were greeted by plenty of people trying to get us to rent scooters/cars/bikes, as the island is too big to explore by foot. We had forgotten our international driver licences, so went with the obvious choice, an electric tandem bike:
After getting the hang of it (e-bikes are the future), we set off for a full circuit around the island. Hunger set in near the half-way point, so we stopped at the cheerily named Ha Ha Ho Ho Cafe, for a burger - Dani going veg, Stu going for the black pork burger (black pork seems to be a big deal in Jeju!). Great lunch, made all the better after a server came over and chatted to us for a while, about Jeju & Korea in general. She explained to us all the "cute" poses people do in photos too, not sure we quite got the hang of it for our attempt...
We then carried on with our circuit, though had to cycle back quickly by the end of the day, as we wanted to catch the 5p.m. ferry back to Jeju island, as we had one more thing on the itinerary for that day - sunset at Seongsan Ilchulbong. It's a volcanic crater that gives some of the best views of the island to catch either sunrise/sunset. We had to race up the pathway to get there in time (after a quick stop for some soju), but it was all worth it in the end, as we made it to the top with not long to spare:
This brought us to our last day in Jeju, and feeling like we'd packed in enough in the previous two days, and also not wanting to have to get on another bus unless absolutely essential, we decided to take it handy back in Seogwipo town. We decided on lunch in Pasta Studio Jeju, which ended up being some of the nicest Italian food we've had on the trip:
And carried on into the evening on a little bit of a pub crawl, with Stu wanting to check out some of the Magpie beers (brewed in Jeju, but one of the biggest breweries in Korea).
And that was it. We'd laundry to catch up on, yoga lesson plans Dani wanted to put into practise, and more of the usual boring stuff you need to do every so often while travelling. We had to unfortunately board another express bus over the mountain to head back to the airport, but all went smoothly - next stop Busan, which will be our last in South Korea.
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