travel

Before going to bed…

Me: Probably we should skip Hallasan tomorrow and visit the museums instead….
B: why? Since we are already here (in Jeju),we should give it a shot.

This is what i love about my man.

And we did. No regrets even though came back with legs that we wished that they did not belong to us after all those hiking

We woke up 630am, drank coffee and made our way to the bus stop. We took bus number 780 to Seongpanak which will brought us to the entrance or the start of the easiest trail.

We were not trained nor geared for the hiking so we thought we should start from the easiest trail.Wore sandals and tried to survive the day with 3 fan duan , 2 breads and 2 liters of water.

Our snacks

The sandals was the biggest mistake.

For people like us who do not hike or exercise much, should really train for this trip if your ultimate goal is to get to the top.

the map

entrance

Anyway there was a time limit whereby you will not be allowed to proceed to the top if you get to the 2nd shelter after 1230pm.

We set a goal. To get to the 2nd shelter before 1230pm.

Here we were at the entrance. You can purchase a certificate or even a medal at the ENTRANCE to “certify” that you had reached the top. That was so contradicting. Ha.

medal anyone?

The path were just rocks, uneven rocks.

rocks.. more rocks

at the 2nd shelter

above the clouds

autumn to be here soon

All in all , we took 3 hr and 15 min to get to the 2nd shelter and about 9 hours to and fro. My legs just simply hurt at every move.

Lucky thing the bus stop is just outside the entrance .

And we had Mister Pizza for dinner. Not too sure whether that was a local pizza chain or probably that’s the only restaurant I could remembered that was near our hotel. We had the seafood pizza because most of their pizzas contained beef.

food.!!!

dinner at mister pizza

Lucky that the weather was good

Personally I learnt that if i kept worrying how to descend , i would not get to the 2nd shelter. Same applied in life, if you kept worrying about failure, you will never succeed!

Good morning from Jeju!

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!

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)

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

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

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

the Korean side dishes

thought i saw those at some … aquarium..?

erm… not too sure what is this ..

not-so-crowded market lane

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

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”

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

Jeju Day 2 : to conquer Hallasan (erm 2nd shelter)

Waking up on the Jeju morning