Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Like Suwolbong Peak, Saebyeol Oreum was a spot we’d included in Day 07’s plan. But we were able to squeeze in a climb up this oreum. Saebyeol Oreum is one of the many small volcanic cones scattered across the island.
With the removal of the Jeju Aerospace Museum from our itinerary, Mr. Lee – our driver – was able to include a visit to Suwolbong for us to walk the long geotrail along the coast, and also a visit to Saebyeol
We’ve seen our fair share of landscaped gardens in Asia – but the Spirited Garden in Jeju is special: it is particularly known for its large collection of bonsai trees. The park is the passion project of Korean Seong Beom-yeong,
While researching earlier this year on places to visit in Jeju, I read about a privately owned park situated inside a forest that was popular among locals as a place to take fun photos, so we decided to include that
Day 04 is when we continued exploring the south-western side of Jeju Island. We’d initially included a visit to the Jeju Aerospace Museum but dropped that when we reviewed the itinerary last night to add another coastal trail walk. Our
We spent almost two hours in the museum till almost 2PM, then used Kakao-T to find a ride back to Seogwipo to spend the rest of the day at Seogwipo Maeil Olie Market. The market is located very near our
Our next stop was the World Automobile & Piano Museum, which required us to travel 32km westwards across the breadth of the island. The museum houses an eclectic collection of vintage automobiles and antique pianos from around the world. There
We’d initially planned to hike Mt. Hallasan on Day 03, and to manage costs, we opted not to have Mr. Lee drive us around. The plan in the pre-departure itinerary was for us to walk the easier of two trails
It was about 3:30PM when we left Songaksan. As we had an hour or two left in the day, Mr. Lee suggested we also visit Camellia Hill Botanical Garden. This wasn’t in our itinerary, but I’d read about it in
While walking along the coastal route of Yongmeori, we were able to see Songaksan in the far distance on this clear day – about 5 kilometers away. So, after finishing the coastal walk, we drove next to the starting point
The wife has an ex-colleague friend who’d is also visiting Jeju this period and several days ahead of us. One place she visited was Yongmeori Coast, that we also visited today. The coast is particularly known for its layered cliffs
We’d skipped breakfast this morning, so the kids were getting pretty hungry by mid-morning, and the boy asked for McDonald’s – just to continue that family tradition of always eating at McDonald’s once on every vacation we take haha. Mr.
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