Where will my feet take me next?: August 2012

Tuesday 21 August 2012

Kimnyoung maze and Manjangul cave

Our last two stops in Jeju were the Kimnyoung maze and Manjangul cave. Both were within a short walk of each other. The Manjangul cave is massive. My mum even commented that it was the longest cave she has ever been to. It is pretty cold down there so take a jumper! It's not good for taking photos as it's too dark but it's great for looking around. I always find caves cool!

Manjangul cave

We then went to the maze park because mazes are the coolest things ever! I really love mazes! I feel like I'm in Harry Potter in them haha. The guy told us the maze could be done in ten minutes of your lucky. Challenge accepted! We saw loads of lost small kids in there. I think the dads dump the kids in there are watch from the bridge. Cheap childcare! I managed to find the exit in 8 minutes! Yay!

Kimnyoung maze

The bell. Kimnyoung maze

Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak (Sunrise Peak)

One of our stops on our last day was Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak. My mum took one look at it and nearly fainted! Our taxi parked up while we went for a small hike. It is all stairs going up. It was so hot that day so the sweat was pouring down us. We had to stop in the shade a few times. I think it would look better in the spring with the flowers or in winter with the snow as it's just green in the summer. There were hundreds of people there! As soon as some left, others came. It cost about 2,000won a person to go up. My mum was glad it was over at the end haha. It is also near the women divers area, but we didn't see any as we came at the wrong time.

Pictures!!!

Horse riding

Happy to be at the top!

Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak

Divers area

Jeju womans divers

Seogeup Folk Village, Jeju.

Our taxi driver drove us outside this gate in this village. We really wanted to just look around but we ended up on being grabbed by this guy who said he was part of a government run tour group. At first we just had to listen to him which was boring and hot but he took some pictures of the two of us together. But after 15 minutes he took us into a room and tried to sell us teas. My mum has only so much room in her suitcase so we declined. Oh how someone can change within a few seconds. He went from friendly to an asshole. My mum felt guilty and gave him some money towards the village. Though I know for a fact (due to my visit to Nagan village before) that these villages get money from the govenment, as the govenement want working traditional villages. This guy was just trying to rip us off and sell us stuff. We didn't like this part of the tour as we only just wanted to look around.

Seogeup Folk Village

Trick art museum, Jeju

Here are some highlights from the trick art museum, Jeju. We went quite early in the morning so it was quiet ^^.

Trick art museum

I prefer the one in Hongdae, Seoul. The walls are too shiny to take photos in the Jeju one.

Monday 20 August 2012

Seonimgyo bridge and Cheonjeyeon Waterfall

My favourite place in Jeju has to be Seonimgyo bridge and Cheonjeyeon Waterfall. It is so beautiful. It is surrounded by trees and you can see the ocean from the bridge. We were lucky as our hotel was a 15 minute walk away from the entrance. When you first enter (depending on which entrance you come in) you see a temple and fountain. I made a wish in the fountain. The fountain has 5 animals all grant you a different wish - luck, love, health etc. If your coin goes in your wish will be granted. I love the bridge. It is so magicaland looks like it's out of a fairy tale. There are steps down to the waterfall (my poor mum!). We only went to waterfall one and two and skipped waterfall 3 as it was one of the hottest days. Waterfalloen is a lagoon/lake on top of the other two waterfalls. Some people were swimming whilst most just dipped their feet.

Seonimgyo bridge

Wishing fountain

Seonimgyo bridge

Cheonjeyeon Waterfall

Busy

Cheonjeyeon Waterfall

After climbing back up we grabbed some pineapple on a stick and a coconut with a straw! Best thing ever! Drinking coconut milk straight from the coconut!

Hallim park and Hyeopjae beach

Our last stops for that day were Hallim park and Hyeopjae beach. These are a 5 minute walk from each other. We went to Hallim park first. The whole plave is massive. We got lost towards the end but luckly I took a picture of the map. Hallim park is great for kids as it shows different plants and animals. You could easily spend half a day there with the family. The first part is plants and greenhouses. You then get to the caves underground which go on for ages. It was cool down there but if you go anytime other than the summer then bring a jumper.

Hallim park map

Hallim park

The shadow is supposed to look like a mum holding a baby

Hallim park

There was then a fake folk village and a bonsai garden which seemed to go forever! There was loads more to see like a bird cage but we were too hot by this point.

Bonsai garden

We then went to Hyeopjae beach which is beautiful but a bit busy. We only went to take pictures as we were so hot and hungry by this point but if you go to Jeju I recommend a visit.

Hyeopjae beach