Monday, March 31, 2025

Jeju Island

Arrival on the Island of Sea Women (book title!). This is an interesting island, probably most populated by tourists in the summer but unique, and I’m glad we took a few days to check it out before Seoul. Our corner suite in the Grand Hyatt is deluxe!! The buffet breakfast and lounge dinners are quite nice too. 

Rock formations (Olin’s in front, Christian’s in back) at Hyeopjae Beach on the NW side of island. Driving here is verrrry slow. Lots of 30km/hour school zones, traffic lights, and speed cameras. 



We went to this place called Hallim Park to go in to the Hyeopjae lava tubes and were surprised to find a very enjoyable bansai area (the oldest was 300 years old!) and bird park

Testing massage chairs at Lotte Himart next to our hotel

Where’s Christian?

Checking on Dae’s sore throat. He got sick the 3rd and 4th days of Jeju. Slept a lot. 

Hyeopjae lava tubes

Fell asleep. Christian woke him up. Dae said oh you could have just taken his headphones off and let him sleep and Christian goes “but what about his teeth?” :)

Robot at Lotte Himart

Our Hyatt stay came with club access so we played a lot of Vietnamese poker and a little Catan. We came here for dinner two nights. Haha. 

These statues are all about the island 

Jyeongbang waterfall - only waterfall in Asia that direct empties in to ocean. We came across these ladies cutting abalone and sea squirt and got a plate of it. It was interesting. :)


With jet lag we were up around 3:30 so Christian and babz hit the gym in the hotel 

Market in Seogwipo - city on south side 




Gokarting at Wind 1947. They had a blast 




Some gummies at hotel breakfast 

Haenyeo divers! Did a little presentation at Seongsan Ilchulban beach area/volcano crater area 

Great heated rooftop pool. Was sooo cold and windy outside but it was so warm in the pool. 




The 500 step hike up to the crater formed by the old volcano Seongsam Ilchulban

Corner room!


Zzzzz

Jeju island is known for its oranges/tangerines, women divers (haenyeo), and black pork. We didn’t try black pork. Haha. Never got around to it!


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