Travellers Hotel Jeju Seogwipo

... 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 ...

We flew into Jeju-si on Wed. evening and caught a bus to the other side of the island to the city of Seogwipo. When we got off the bus I took us in the wrong direction, so we had a nice evening walk on the way to our hostel. When we got there, they had messed up on the rooms, so there was only one room for mom and Connie. The owner took us over to a nearby hotel, Hotel Napoli, where we got to sleep on the floor. The yeo's (floor pads) were much softer than the ...

... not have prepared me for the psychological experience I would soon under go. My family had a pet dog many years ago and we did not keep it. My dad says that he and my mom are cat people and we have not had a dog since. I have seen these beautiful creatures as pets in Canada and as I considered the thought that I would soon eat one, I was caught in between a world of guilt and a thirst for a cultural experience far from my comfort zone. Once at Sally's apartment we made our way to ...

... at all as I thought a car was essential. I'd even traipsed to City Hall earlier in the week to obtain a Korean license, such was my desire to cruise around. Thankfully the information centre found us one, so it wasn't long until we were on our merry way.

We headed to Manjanggul first, a huge network of caves that were reasonably impressive, although I don't think either of us were blown away. Still, it kept us out of the rain as most of Korea was being battered by a monsoon ...

... in the ocean that had a small break about 300 meters out into the ocean. There was one person out there so I set out to find the rental shop. My gear was locked away in a locker for 3,000 WON. I found out where to go and was informed that all the boards were being used for the contest. Shiza! The woman I was speaking with smiled at my fustration and said I could rent one for free tomorrow. I explored the coast line climbing over volcanic rocks, finding a nice little ...

... 8:30 we went to the E-Mart to get more jam for the PB&J's. Then went back to sleep.

We woke up around 9 even though we sleep around 9. If those stupid moji's weren't buzzing in my ear trying to suck my blood I could have slept better. It was better went I covered myself with bug repellent. We returned the scooter around 11 and now we are at the airport just waiting. We're going to eat, me with my korean food and ...

... rain has seemed to follow me here I am hopeful for my dives tomorrow and sunday. One thing that has shocked me on this trip is how much my Korean has progessed. While I am hardly functional, my survival Korean flows so much more easily than my first clumbsy days where it would take me minutes to calculate even a couple of words in hangul. This is much to the relieve to the Koreans that are trapped behind the ...

... octopus, fish, and I-don't-know-what(sometimes it is better not to know). Sunday I fly off to Fukuoka, Japan, my last major foreign destination. Hawaii is only where I collapse and recover before coming back to friends and family in Canada.

... it would be "common" to find big black hairs in his food. Yick! The other abnormality of Jeju islanders is their unique Korean dialect. Eight months of developing my Korean listening skills went out the window, most of the time none of us could figure out what anyone was saying. Although we could more or less be understood when we spoke Korean, the islanders would rattle on in Korean as if you were expected to understand every sweet word. We all began to notice that things worked a ...

... and simply move there and play golf every day. Wewwwww! How lucky was I to have been on the same ferry as Kim! We stayed up all night talking and together we happily watched the sun rise over the water. Beers N Cheers toya....shane Accommodation: A most beautiful beach front Yogwan at Hallim ______________________________________ The soundtrack to this entry was Aussies 'You Am I' The album was their awesome 'Hi-Fi Way'