The Suites Hotel Jeju City

... of the harbour from our window. In the evening we asked them for a recomendation for dinner and the man took us to a restaurant that served a set menu that included tastes of about 20 different items. Some of them were good, some we couldn't even touch, like the crab that was "cooked" in the acid of the sauce it had been fermenting in for however long that process takes. Justin did find that he liked the korean pancakes as long as they aren't seafood ...

... along the seafront from my hotel, there are competing ledgends surronding the attraction but basically what you end up looking at is a basal formation about 30 meters long rising out of the sea (not that dragon looking, unless you squint a bit) a byproduct of the islands volcanic formation. It's hilarious really how the Korean's approach touristic sights - for them it's very much about turning up at an "attraction" (and bear in mind this can be ...

... tout bonnement a diner, meme si ils ne parlent pas vraiment anglais (le fils oui, par contre). C'est aussi en visitant les environs que mes maux de dos lies a mon dernier voyage sont revenus me hanter. Vous savez, ceux qui pincent le nerf qui influe sur la "digestion"... Je me rends ensuite a Yeosu, ville portuaire qui, je l'ai decouvert sur place, sera l'hote de l'EXPO 2012. Cette ville possede un jolie parc sur un ile liee a terre par un pont ...

... blown away by his kindness and warmness. Didn't know what to say... Gave him a hug. It's the kind of thing that makes you feel warm inside. So now off to Busan (by air, thank god). Two days there and then back to Seoul to pack up my **** and finally head over to HK... New chapter! And seeing my family after three long years. Woohoo!! Photos and videos of the paradise that is Jeju soon. xXx Afterthought: After shedding ...

... the hill. Turns out that there are three along the coast near my hostel. I forget the names and seeing that they are mostly irrelevent outside a please walk along the coast, I will only point out the following (pics in the video). One of them is the only waterfall in Korea that falls directly into the sea. Seogwipo is one of the ...

... find the various restaurants from his guidebook, it was already quite late. I did have time to meander on down to the City Hall area and checkout a Mexican Restaurant that Lonely Planet claims has a Korean Chef that studied in Mexico City. I have been without Mexican food for an entire year and my only attempt to find some in Itaewon ended Disagreeably. El Paso, as the restraunt in Jeju ...

Mushi mushi folks... I've arrived in South Korea safe and sound. It's weird. It's got the buildings and style of Japan but not as clean. Also, in Japan I noticed that everyone seemed minted, hardly any difference in social standards, but here you can see some people are poorer than others. On a brighter note, my hostel was on the 13th floor of a high rise flat and the view was awesome. Only thing ...

... from 750 metres with a mist hanging over the mountain, hiding it from sight and bringing an element of mystery to the whole walk. The pathways are covered with volcanic rocks and in some parts boardwalks. The rocks make it difficult walking as they are uneven and slippery. But we climbed steadily and made it to the shelter at 1500 metres in a little over 2 hours. There are a couple of toilets along the way, and at 1500 metres there was a building where you could buy some food ...

Travelling last minute to the island of Jeju couldn't have been much easier. There are over 3 dozen flights a day from Seoul, so a walk up ticket is still the same price, at about $70 each way. Considering how the Koreans, (and the guide books) talk about it, Jeju is a no-brainer. I haven't found it to be quite that yet. At least there's very few people around. The weather ...

... sky to make things quite toasty, so we soon retreated to the relative cool of the breezy seaside. In a short while, we then rounded the bend towards the tall cliff of Udobong - the highest point of the island. Just below it stretched a few kilometers of volcanic rock scattered along the coast, with the fine black sand of Geommeollae Beach hugging its immediate edge. A couple tour buses arrived just previous to us, and a pack of Korean tourists scrambled down the steps ...