Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Shortly after I concluded the series of posts covering our June 2026 Jeju trip, I revisited our plans for the year-end vacation. The on-off, is-it-or-isn’t-it war, open-or-closed Strait of Hormuz, and volatile airfares aside, we had some major changes to
The last post in our Jeju series – for real this time, and because I remembered to do a food post!
This has been our second trip to Jeju, and also to South Korea in as many years – and I find myself really liking the country after just three trips over 20 years. The scenery in Jeju is varied within
There are a number of accommodation options situated in central Jeju, so we were spoiled for choice! The central area is on the northern side of the island and generally where the airport is, so as long as you’re staying
We really like to do different things when travelling. I like to explore the outdoors and natural scenery, the wife loves flora, the daughter prefers to just shop, and the boy will look for anything that crawls on the ground!
A casual check online and also from reviews of private drivers in Jeju shows that most folks cover the island over 3- to 4-day visits. Mr. Lee – our Jeju driver for this trip – observed as much and quipped
We’d initially planned out a couple of places to visit around central Jeju where we’re staying, including exploring the Handam Coastal Walk and nearby beaches. In the end, we did none of that: opting instead to just unwind by vegetating
The weather was looking really gloomy at 5PM when we left Hallim Park, and it was drizzling on and off. Still, we braved the weather and drove the very short 2-minute distance from Hallim Park to Hyeopjae Beach. The beach
Like Spirited Garden, Hallim Park is one South Korean’s passion project: that of Mr. Song Bong-gyu, who in 1971 created this recreational park after recognizing that tourism would be in Jeju Island’s future. He purchased barren land, and improved the
Like the Haenyeo divers’ performance, we’d set aside more than one date to try to participate in a Firefly sighting tour, and we tried to do two bookings: the first turned out to be too challenging as we did not
A work colleague who saw our Facebook posts of our Jeju trip over the last several days messaged me and encouraged us to find time to visit Nexon Computer Museum. Nexon is a South Korean-Japanese video game developer and publisher,
Umutgae Beach is a pretty long stretch, with the Haenyeo divers performing at the section that’s at the foot of Seongsan. We caught the 2PM performance today, and didn’t expect it to be this well attended. There were large groups
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