Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
The weather was looking really gloomy at 5PM when we left Hallim Park, and it was drizzling on and off. Still, we braved the weather and drove the very short 2-minute distance from Hallim Park to Hyeopjae Beach. The beach
Like Spirited Garden, Hallim Park is one South Korean’s passion project: that of Mr. Song Bong-gyu, who in 1971 created this recreational park after recognizing that tourism would be in Jeju Island’s future. He purchased barren land, and improved the
Like the Haenyeo divers’ performance, we’d set aside more than one date to try to participate in a Firefly sighting tour, and we tried to do two bookings: the first turned out to be too challenging as we did not
A work colleague who saw our Facebook posts of our Jeju trip over the last several days messaged me and encouraged us to find time to visit Nexon Computer Museum. Nexon is a South Korean-Japanese video game developer and publisher,
Umutgae Beach is a pretty long stretch, with the Haenyeo divers performing at the section that’s at the foot of Seongsan. We caught the 2PM performance today, and didn’t expect it to be this well attended. There were large groups
Aside from our ascent up Seongsan Mountain earlier this morning, a visit to Seopjikoji and also the Haenyeo diver performance later in the day, the rest of Day 06 today was basically filler itinerary around these three places, and also
We returned to our guesthouse after our descent from Seongsan Mountain, washed up, packed, and checked out for our trip to our next location: Seopjikoji. We’d, a couple of days back, visited Suwolbong at the western end of Jeju. Seopjikoji
Seongsan Ilchulbong, often called Sunrise Peak, is one of the most recognisable landmarks on Jeju, and many holidays to the island would include a tour and climb up the crater. The crater was formed by a volcanic eruption beneath the
The daughter asked a week before we travelled if we were visiting Snoopy Garden. She had a friend who’d visited in December and recommended the place to her. I was initially unable to find time in the already packed itinerary
Mr. Lee had earlier called ahead to check if there would be a performance from the Haenyeo divers today, and advised us that the show had been cancelled because of high tides and rough seas. Not surprising, given the rain
The rain had somewhat subsided by the time we left Manjanggul Cave, though it still continued to look generally cloudy. We drove northwards and then eastwards along a coastal road to check out Woljeongri Beach. This beach is a small
It was past noon when we got to Manjanggul Lava Tube, and a visit to this cave system was one of the key highlights of our Jeju trip. This cave system had been closed for 2.5 years for safety upgrades,
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