Haevichi Resort Jeju Jeju City

... professions of meterology or minor league baseball umpiring. For those of you that want to see what we saw, please click on the little mini video that Heather made. And, no I wouldn't really have traded Heather for a cup of hot chocolate. If someone had a whole thermus full....well, maybe.

We didn't stay at the top very long because it was freezing and started to make our ways back down. Unfortunately, I had to listen to whining the whole way back down about how ...

... sea are beautiful as well. The walk up is supposed to take "about an hour" according to all of the tourist materials. I don't know if that means for the elderly or women wearing heals, but we saw both of those groups make it up pretty quickly too. It takes about 20 minutes to climb up the continuous staircase that goes up to the top. From there we were able to look out and get a pretty great view. I think Justin brought the warm weather with him because ...

... the backs of Matty and Adams scooters respectively. We met James,Greg, and Julia and explored a bit. Matty went for a nap and gave me the keys to his ride so Julia, Greg, James, Adam, Sarah, and I explored some water falls along the coast. We ate black pig last night which is a specialty here on the Island. Still a bit woozy I didn't eat to much. After that we went to some bars. I came back to the hostel around 12am and hit the sack. It's 9am now and we plan on leaving for the ...

... of a hassle this way. The guy spoke some english but not much. I didn't have a international driver's license but it worked out just fine. It's a lot of fun just scooting around with cars passing us because we're going too slow.

Our first stop was the Manjang Cave which are caves made from lava. We stop for breakfast at a restaurant near the caves. I had ...

For the first week I didn't have the internet so I wrote blog stuff without a blog. Blog stuff . Did you know that blog is not a word recognized by Micorsoft word, but dodo is? Any it is day two in Jeju and day three in Korea. My apartment has a funny smell under the bed but I don't have a broom or mop so I wont clean it. Also if you refer to this pic (another word not recognized) you will see that the bed has an option of not having legs, or ...

... guesses. It's ******* an English teacher who's fighting against television teaching them incorrect English. The commercials here would have you laughing--they're silly, and obnoxious, and usually have crazy English being thrown in. There's this one commercial about a bank or something. On the screen, it says, "Rush Cash." But the way they announcer says it, they say "Rushee Cashee." So at school, if a word like this comes up, the kids will say it wrong, even ...

... definitely go back as soon as it's warm and I can take advantage of the beaches. Also, I really want to climb Halla, which I have heard is a wonderful experience. Short and Sweet Some of the best parts about Jeju is the affordability and the less than hour-long flights from Seoul. Helen and I purchased a fee package tour that included two nights at a nice beach side hotel, a rental car and airfare for only $250 each. Without the package, we would have paid ...

... was 4 km away from the closest bus stop. I thought it was convenient to take a taxi or to rent a car. On our way to the cave, there were some fields surrounded by stone-built wall, which was similar to Okinawan fields in Japan. I had no problem, but my mom looked tired and I thought it was better to take a taxi when we got back. At the ticket office, there was a guide speaking Japanese. He was kind and told us how to get to the next destination, Seongsan Ilchulbong ...

... know as the Boryeong Mudfest. A majority of the east coast is full of this smooth liquid like mud and they celebrate its ability to clense the skin. I think it's just an excuse for most of the foreigners in Korea to get together and party on the beach. It was a blast! In early August we had a few days vacation, so 7 of us along with a group of girls headed to the ever popular Korean vacation destination of Jeju island. I had heard from some Koreans that it ...

... years-old-looking packaged ice cream did taste a bit off. I wouldn't be surprised if it had melted somewhere along the line and the shop owner just refroze it. The fact that it was the only one of its kind in the freezer should have been a sign too. Anyhow, I digress. The owner of Sarangchae pointed me in the direction of a pharmacy as we desperately scrambled to get ourselves together for the airport bus. Fortunately, it was within a close enough walk for me to run and ...