Jeju Day 1 – Seongsan Ilchulbong

Made our way to the bus terminal. It’s probably about 15 min walk from the hotel. I was expecting an interchange but instead it’s just the size of 2 bus stops joined together. Oh well, that’s the bus terminal.

to the bus terminal (circled in yellow) from little france

to the bus terminal (circled in yellow) from little france

We were checking out and staring at the map at the bus stop for a while and a nice helpful Korean lady tried to help us with .. er..  Korean.

 

this was part of the thing that we were starring at

this was part of the thing that we were starring at

 

Anyway B managed to figure out what she’s trying to tell us. She mentioned “30″ . So I asked B , what she meant? ” the frequency?, the journey duration? The next bus?”

B : /shrugs

So we approached the old man behind the ticketing booth and pointed to the Korean words on my ipad for Seongsan. He went “ahhhh”, wrote something on a piece of paper and showed us a right hand and index finger of the left hand onto the opened right hand.

“15″?

B said :”6″

Amazed at how he can read the folks’ mind. All of us laughed. The bus ticket cost us KRW 3000 each which is 10 x cheaper (i think) comparing to taking taxi.

We bowed to show our thank you and board the bus 700 soon after. Taking transport in Jeju is not difficult ( just need to know which bus number to take). There is voice announcement (in 4 languages; korean, english, chinese and japanese)of next stop and next next  bus stop in the bus. So just need to listen carefully and hit the bell.

On the journey there, the bus stopped for a while, the driver actually went for a quick smoke and back again. I don’t think our Singapore drivers can do that! Haha it was quite a sight actually.

After a while, the bus stopped again and we saw he went to buy himself a drink! lol!

Photos took during our journey there and the bus ride from terminal to Seongsan is about an hour.

9km more!

9km more!

 

 

Butcher shop

small butchery

alighted at the wrong stop .. so near yet so far

alighted at the wrong stop .. so near yet so far

Almost there!

Almost there!

almost almost!!

almost almost!!

 

Reached and bought 2 tickets!

tickets for 2!

tickets for 2!

Dolhareubang at Seongsan

Dolhareubang at Seongsan

 

here we go!

here we go!

Midway at Seongsan

Midway at Seongsan

Finally got to the top! It was not as spectacular but it’s still beautiful! Cannot imagine how beautiful if we get to see the sunrise in this clear sky.

Top of Seongsan!

Top of Seongsan!

 

to descend

to descend

decending trail

decending trail

 

Manjanggul was the next destination!

 

Waking up on the Jeju morning

Good morning from Jeju!

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Seeing my loved one making coffee ( manually grind + dripped ) while I’m watching S3 LoL world championship (OMG vs SKT) what else can I ask for?

LoL S3 World Championship live!

LoL S3 World Championship live!

 

B even remember to bring out the small bottle of milk from the fridge and warm it using the hot water ( cause I do not drink black coffee)

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This is the first time that I experienced what people meant by 暖暖的阳光。It’s sunny but yet it’s surrounded with cool air! (23degree now)

Now waiting for B to get ready to go out!

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It was a clear blue sky morning ! And it was very windy in Jeju!

clear blue sky

clear blue sky

 

While making our way to the bus terminal , we somehow got to Seogwipo Olleh Market ( i know there’s a market nearby but i did not bother to find out how to get there) . But anyway it’s walking distance from the hotel.

Seogwipo Olle Market

Seogwipo Olle Market

You can get the Korean side dishes fresh from the market!

the Korean side dishes

the Korean side dishes

thought i saw those at some ... aquarium..?

thought i saw those at some … aquarium..?

erm... not too sure what is this ..

erm… not too sure what is this ..

not-so-crowded market lane

not-so-crowded market lane

crowded junction in the market

crowded junction in the market

 

One of the must-try stuff would be the Jeju’s tangerine and also the tangerine chocolate. We only got to try the fruit on the day we departed from Jeju. I will post the pictures in another post.

famous tangerine

famous tangerine

 

After the short walk at the market , we walked to the food street and had lunch at a local restaurant . B was asking for menu but instead the restaurant lady took out a piece of small scrapped paper which only had the words “Pork”, “Beef”, “Beansprouts” and … “Blood” on it. Each time she would say the word on the paper and point to the picture they had on the shop wallpaper. Apparently both of us ended with “Pork” soup.

And here were our lunch!

"Pork"

“Pork”

the sides

 

We headed to the terminal to catch the bus to Seongsan Ilchulbong  and Manjanggul Cave.