Showing posts with label jeju. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jeju. Show all posts

Friday, September 11, 2009

Jusangjeolli Cliffs and Hallim Park

The Cliffs or Pillars are located on the south part of the Island, about 10 minutes from our hotel. About a 2km stretch of coastline has these lava formations that are hexagonal and cubic pillars. It's really quite amazing. They offered tours to see the coastline from a boat which would have been awesome but we'll just have to do it another time.













Hallim park is on the West side of the island and had a small sampling of everything Jeju island had to offer - a lava tube, a limestone cave, a Korean folk village, and several gardens. They even had a rock and bonsai garden. David enjoyed climbing on some of those rocks.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Seongsan Ilchulbong "Sunrise Peak"

SI is a dormant parasitic volcano on the Eastern side of Jeju island. Grass now grows in the crater and beyond the peak is the ocean. It was a fairly easy hike to the top but very windy. David thought running down the grassy hill was the best part. Just to the North is Udo Island which you can take a ferry out to - we didn't and there's also a little cove where the women divers work out of. These women dive for seafood and shellfish w/o any apparatus. A and David saw some one morning at the beach by our hotel but they are all over the island.

This shot is near the top, looking down at the coast. David just happen to stick his head out.
At the top. You can see the crater behind us.









David and the hill