Showing posts with label Jeju. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeju. Show all posts

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Sightseeing around Jeju

The day tours around Jeju island are normally packaged into two options. Tourists could choose either to spend the day at the east area or the west area of the island. Our group opted for the east area tour, as it covered most of the major attractions we've been planning to see. It's okay to pick and choose your itinerary items as long as those are in the chosen routes and within the 8-hour time limit. Surcharges apply on extended tour duration. 

We didn't manage to secure an English-speaking driver to guide us through the  tour. Amazingly, we got through the communication barrier with little English mixed with bits of Korean...I laughed at myself thinking about the sentences that I tried to construct while talking to the ahjussi. No, it wasn't that awkward..I think. It's remarkable how all of us and the driver got through the day. 

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Jeju, South Korea

Background: The island of Jeju is a famous tourist spot for both locals and foreigners. Located at the southernmost part of the country, Jeju enjoys the warmest climate and experiences the most rainfall. As a volcanic island, Jeju hosts many amazing geographical features that hail it as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site

Nice to know: 'Jeju' can be one of these three places - 'Jeju-do' (the province), 'Jejudo' (the island) and 'Jeju-si' (the city i.e. the island's capital).
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