Visited 2 waterfalls, Ollusuc Green Tea shop, Seafood Hotpot , Mysterious Road, Sanbangsan Temple and Mt. Song-ag.
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Today was the first full day in Jeju, we kept it easy, no pressure, all we could do was about 7-8 stops in one day!
Remember that most of the places in Jeju, are open and close between 8am-6pm. So you have to manage the time to visit at each place.
We started at Starbucks next to our hotel for breakfast. We are not a big fans of Starbucks coffee but we wanted to stop and take pictures in front of it. This Starbucks is part of the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum, so it looks funny outside.
Starbucks in South Korea has its own collections in each city, so it’s another good stop to get some souvenir for Jeju if you like the coffee cups, bottles, umbrellas, etc.
The first waterfalls (with 3 waterfalls in it) is Cheonjeyeon. This waterfall is about 2-3 km away from Lotte Hotel.
The waterfall is combined with 3 waterfalls, it’s a good workout to walk from one waterfall to others. So don’t forget to bring the water bottle with you!
The first waterfall isn’t a lot of water falling but it’s a very beautiful emerald pond.
The 2nd waterfall is about 300 meters away, it’s not bad but August is very hot to walk. We’re glad to came here in the morning.
The 3rd waterfall is a little more of a walk, but between the 2nd and the 3rd waterfall is a Seonim Gyo Bridge, this is the bird’s eye view of the waterfall river.
All 3 waterfalls don’t allow you to get too close.
In the waterfall area, there are some souvenir shops and fresh orange juice carts!
The Admission fee is 5000 won each.
Next is Eongtto Falls, This is about 15-20 mins away from Cheonjeyeon waterfall (where we just visited).
When we arrived in the waterfall parking area, there were only 2 tourist cars! We were confused about where to the waterfall is! The waterfall is opposite the bridge where we’re parking our car. It’s not a long walk to get to the waterfall.
Well, August is not a good month to visit this waterfall in Jeju island. There is no water at all!!!
I felt really disappointed and even more disappointed when I found out the waterfall that we really should have visited is Jeongbang waterfall, this is the only waterfall that falls into the ocean!
Next, Osulloc the huge green tea field in Jeju Island. I heard that this is the best green tea in South Korea! So this stop is for the green tea lovers and yes me too!
I don’t care to take pictures in the green tea field like other tourists. I went directly to the shop where they sell many foods and Green Tea products.
While I was shopping for green tea stuff, I made Tim stay in a long line for Green tea ice-cream for me! The line looks very long but they work very good, it was quick and we got what we wanted.
I love all the stuff that I got from this shop. The green tea ice-cream, green tea milk, green tea cake are so good. The Skin product is the must-try if you believe in green tea benefits or its smell.
I bought the green tea masks too, I love it!
We went back to our hotel for a quick break and after that, then we went back up towards the airport area for a SEAFOOD HOTPOT!
There is so many seafood hotpots in Jeju but I wanted to eat this one!
Again, the shop has no English sign – the GPS takes us close but we had to spot the Shop name in Korean by ourself. The shop name is Hae-Mul-Tang.
Same as the Black pork BBQ, we just gave them a sign for 2 people (50,000won). Just 2 minutes in there, they brought the big pot filled with seafood – some of them still moving!
They also take great care of us (if not, we would have no idea how to start to eat!).
Once all the meat is cooked, she will bring noodles. It’s a very nice hot pot but we felt like we’re monsters to eat it all!
Not far from the airport or the hotpot shop, we stopped at the Mysterious Road.
The road seems to slope upward from start point to endpoint of the Mysterious Road.
So many tourists stopped to roll water bottles uphill. I wanted to prove it better than the other by using the square bottle, it never moved at all LOL!
Well, I saw a lof of water bottles they left here, this is not usual for what I have seen in South Korea because it’s a very clean country!
We also took our car and put it in natural and the car moved uphill too!
By the way this road is a normal road and there are other cars driving around (and some of them drive very fast), tourists have to be careful!
The Road wasn’t that fantasia but it’s a good stop because we’re nearby. We didn’t spend too much time there, and off we went to our next destination!
From the Mysterious Road, I wanted to stop at Hallasan National Park but we were late, the park closed at 5pm.
So we drove to the temple, Sangbansa. The temple is not too far from our hotel.
The temple is very nice with the huge golden Buddha image in front of the cliff of the mountain.
I have been told to touch the tummy of Happy Buddha for good luck.
Up above the temple, you can walk to the Rock Plant Area or Yeongmeon Coast, there are admission fees for both stops but it was after 6pm, so it’s free for us to walk up to see the cave which was build from lava eruption that has a Buddha image inside.
Looks like many people come up here as we can see a lot of candles all lit up.
Last stop for today was at Mt.Songak, this is about 10 mins away from the temple.
Mt.Songak is a monogenetic volcano mountain. I have been told to look for the caves under the mountain. These caves were built by the Japanese using the forced labor of Jeju residents. There are 17 caves along the coastal cliffs of Mt Songak for hiding guns and small ships during the Pacific War.
This facility not only speaks vividly of the Japanese invasion but also demonstrates the cruelties of the war in which soldiers are forced to die…
There is the lighthouse up on the mountain but we decided to NOT walk up there this time.
After this, we drove back our hotel to relax!
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