Ramada Plaza Jeju Jeju City

... minutes there until our bus left. While we were driving we were able to look out and enjoy the scenery. Korea, and especially Jeju, is a very green place. The winters are cold, but the summers bring a lot of rain and with the exception of the big cities where everything is concrete, there are beautiful green landscapes. It started raining about 20 minute into our ride so we were a little worried for our planned walk up the mountain, but luckily the rain ...

... they are a little off the beaten track to get to: 50 mins on a bus orm Jeju-si (2000W each way) / taxi from the bus stop (3000W) but the entrance fee is a miserly 2000W and there are other sights such as the Maze and Lava coastline just up the road which you can add to the excursion to make a day of it. Getting a little sick of all the rain yesterday I decided to escape in the afternoon and took myself to the cinema. As it was a choice of waiting 4 hours for the ...

I was very fortunate to be able to attend this year's junior field trip to Jeju Island. It began with a very early departure of 6am for Gimpo airport. (Gimpo handles most of the local flights, and Incheon handles the international flights.) The students looked so different to me since they were not in their school uniforms and they were allowed to wear make-up and jewelry. For some of them this was their first time flying, so I was asked ...

... just didn't like mosquitoes. I'm pretty sure that malaria isn't in southern South Korea but if they were I'd sure feel comfortable. Which brings me to my next point. How f'ed skyward is it that you can get killed by small things. Mosquitoes, peanuts, even rifle bullets are like 22 mm. Ok, the rifle part wasn't took convincing but you can die from tiny accidental things. Allergies are proof that immortality is a fools dream. Gulliver, from ...

Flew from Gimpo airport this morning to the volcanic island of Jeju. The island is situated 85km from the southern coast of the Korean peninsula. The island is referred to as "Honeymoon Island" and is described as a mix between Hawaii due to it's volcanic features, and the Mediterranean due to the abundance of citrus fruit orchards. Will stay here for 4 days before heading back to Seoul. When I arrived in Jeju I headed straight for the Manjanggul ...

... old women who dive for sea treasures for hours with only a scuba mask, no tank. They are very fun too watch and extremely impressive, especially considering most Koreans can't even swim. From there, we headed to the east coast for a boat ride. It was relaxing and scenic. We headed to cow island, and saw fisherman stranded on lone rocks with awful high waves all around. Apparently, they were pretty serious about fishing. We declined to do the submarine ride ...

... I chose to hire the taxi. Against our will, the taxi driver were hilarious and eager to take us to a lot of places. The first destination to visit by taxi was a horse riding farm near Mt. Halln. Actually, I had never experienced horse riding before and not known I could do in Jeju. As I was just a beginner, a cowboy towed the horse on which I rode. It was not so fun itself, but the view on the route was good. The taxi driver took us to a boat cruise next, but because ...

... The outdoor gardens were also themed - Japanese Garden; Korean Garden; Jeju Native Plants Garden; Rock Garden; French Garden; Italian Garden; Lawn Garden; Herb Garden; Children Garden; and Palm Garden. After the botanic gardens we made our way to Cheonjeyeon Falls. Along the way we came across the "Fountain of Five Blessings". This fountain symbolises the five blessings of longevity (tortoise), wealth (boar), honour (dragon), love ...

... people were out and about as we got to the foot of the caldera, but for the most part the only activity was the shuffling about of the horses out in the field. Once back at the summit, we were able to take in the fascinating contrast of the peaceful, sleeping town to the west and the lights of busy fishing boats dotting the brightening eastern horizon. It took a good half hour before the sun finally appeared though, its disk popping up right at 5:42. I realized then that ...