Wednesday, January 20, 2010

My Jeju Trip Part 2

Day 2 of my trip to Jeju Island. Now the second day, there were two options to choose from: a 9 hour hike up the tallest mountain in South Korea OR a visit of a few touristy spots with a buffet lunch! I chose the latter. I'm not sure why but a 9 hours hike up and down a icy mountain which required you to buy spikes for your boots so that you don't slip and fall to your death on a cold and a little snowy didn't seem so appealing. I will admit the buffet lunch was a big factor in my decision as well.
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So this is the outside view of the pension I was staying at.


The pension.
The first stop on our tour was Happytown.
We saw Chinese acrobats. They said not to take pictures. There were a few people taking pictures but I was afraid to, so yeah, no pictures of them. But it was fun, and they also had a motor show where these guys were riding dirt bikes inside a spherical cage.
The next stop was the green tea field and museum. It was cold. It was basically bushes. It was meh.










I liked the design and structure of this area.





And this fancy looking place was where the buffet lunch was!!! As soon as I walked in, I was horribly disappointed. The buffet was crap. The food was regular Korean side dishes. They also had a picture of the Last Supper where the Jesus looked a lot like Mona Lisa.
Next was the Glass Art Museum. It wasn't too bad. It was indoor/mainly outdoor so I had to deal with more coldness.









































The last stop on the tour was a famous cliff in Jeju. It probaly has a name that I forgot. But I must say, I impressed myself with the top-notch picture taking haha.












I think this one is my favorite one. It's pretty much National Geographic worthy.


If you look closely towards the middle-left, you can see a man on the rocks. The next shot is a shot zoomed in.
And that right there, is some hardcore dedication to fishing. I don't even know how he got down there.
Another Charlie Kim work of art.

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So that was day 2. Day 3 there's a mysterious road ooOoOooOOoo...