Korea Tourtilla: Our Jeju Vacation (in pictures)

For our summer break, we spent six days in the South Korean Island of Jeju-do.

DAY ONE

The flight was about 1 hour from Seoul to Jeju-si and cost about 150,000 won roundtrip per person. I couldn't believe how short the flight was! We listened to an audiobook on the flight which made it feel even faster!

Laci reading Incognito at a 24-hour coffeeshop in Hongdae (Seoul)

Jarrett, always a cool cat, in Hongdae (Seoul)

We arrived around 5pm at our adorable hostel in Jeju-si.


Our first beach trip: Namyang Beach. The sand is black and supposedly has therapeutic healing powers.

Sunset at Namyang Beach

DAY TWO

We took a trip to a beach farther to the east called Hamdeok beach. The water was warmer, the sand was fine and white, but there were tons of Koreans there. Then we had a burger and a beer at the seaside restaurant.

Jarrett at the Folklore Museum. According to the Samseong Myth, which tells of the first settlement of Jeju Island, three demi-gods emerged from the ground and wandered through the land hunting animals, making clothes from their skins and subsisting on the meat.

Beachside Restaurant

DAY THREE

One of the best days of our vacation! We took a ferry to the nearby island of U-do. It was tiny! We rented scooters and explored the island for two hours. The only bad part was the sunburns afterwards.

Laci's first time riding anything with only 2 wheels and a motor.

Helmet hair!

The waves were insane!

We aren't that sunburned, just a weird setting on the camera.

DAY FOUR

We went to some underground caves caused by lava flows. It was so hot and muggy, but underground it stays really cool (~60*F).

Jarrett with two teachers we met on the way.

DAY FIVE

We went to a love theme park called "Love Land." The park is filled with funny (semi-erotic) statues made by art students. In such a prudish country, we found it funny that this is one of Jeju's most popular attractions! The pictures aren't safe for children so you can click here to see them.

DAY SIX

The last day, we went to the southern town of Seogwipo to see some famous cliffs and do the typical tourist attractions (Ripley's etc.)

waterfall

We must have walked three miles to see these cliffs... they were beautiful though!

The lamest/most random thing we did was go to "Chocolate Land." Basically just a bunch of display cases with chocolate in them. We were laughing the whole time because the theme park was just so random.