Forgot to tell that we got a little of a misunderstanding with breakfast yesterday in the hotel Ramada Encore Jeju, Yeongdong, were we stayed. We went to the breakfast restaurant and they ask for my room number. So they give us a table when I suddenly saw they put a checkbook on the table.. so when we sat down I looked at the checkbook and I had to pay for breakfast 30.000 won. I was shocked and lost my appetite.. I mailed the agency Where I booked my tour and I also ask at the restaurant.. but they said no breakfast included.. So I had to pay 30.000 won (€25) later on the day I got an email back and that there was a misunderstanding and that I will get my money back. I felt relieved.
Today after breakfast we went to our room to prepare for leaving the Hotel. We took our suitcase with us for our last tour in Jeju. So the Tour bus could drop us off at the airport.
Our Tour guide today was Heather. That's her English name. She gave up her job as PR-agent in Seoul to become a tourguide in Jeju.
It's a rainy day. Our first stop is Horse backriding for 10 minutes. We got a hat and a raincoat. I have never been horse backriding.. it was an unique experience.
2th stop Seongeup Folk Village. A village where people live like the old tradition. We had the chance to visit a local house and the man and who lives there told us about how they live.
3th stop is Lunch. Black Pork or bibimbap.
It was delicious. We sat at the table with 2 girls who comes from Singapore.
4th stop was Seongsan Ilchulbong. This is one of the three UNESCO heritage site in Jeju.
Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak rose from under the sea in a volcanic eruption over 100,000 years ago. Located on the eastern end of Jejudo Island, there is a huge crater at the top of Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak. The crater is about 600m in diameter and 90m high. With the 99 sharp rocks surrounding the crater, it looks like a gigantic crown. While the southeast and north sides are cliffs, the northwest side is a verdant grassy hill that is connected to the Seongsan Village. (Credit to Visit Korea website)
5th stop: because of the bad weather.. the sea is rough... so we didn't get to see the women diver show.. We went to the museum about women diver. Women diver called Haenyeo in Korean. It means Sea women. They only exist in Jeju Island and Japan. They are a symbol of Jeju women as they were a leading role of Jeju Economy. This women gather seaweed, abalone or other shellfish from the sea. The museum exist because they want to pass on and preserve Jen's Haenyeo culture and so also acknowledged as a world heritage asset.
6th scenery is the Jongdalri Shore Road. it is the most beautiful seashore, but because it rained we could see much of the beauty.
7th Manjanggul Cave is one of the finest lava tunnels in the world, and is a designated natural monument. A lava tunnel is formed when the lava that was deep in the ground spouts from the peak and flows to the surface. The Cave has a variety of interesting structures inside including 70cm lava stalagmites and the lava tube tunnels.
Only 1km of the 13,422m Manjanggul Cave is open to tourists. The inside of the tunnel sustains a temperature of 11~21℃, creating a comfortable atmosphere. There are rare animals such as bats living in the tunnel, which makes this tunnel valuable for researchers as well. "Stone Turtle' is famous because it looks like the shape of Jeju do island.
The stone turtle.
The end of the Lava Road.
After the cave we brought to the Jeju Airport for our flight back to Seoul Gimpo at 7.30pm.
We arrived at Seoul at 9.40pm and a driver from Kim's Travel were I booked the Jeju Tour is waiting outside to pick us up and drove us back to the hotel where we stayed before. Uljiro co op residence. I checked in and this time we got a room on the 10th floor with view. Last time we got a room at the 4th floor and there was no nice view.
We got some groceries shopping and now doing laundry. It was a long day. Tomorrow we can sleep in and taking it easy.
This is it for today. Goodnight from Seoul again,
Xxx Lilia & Nydia
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