Jeju part 2 ~ 20.6

So today is the second day when we are in Jeju, and also the last day. We’re leaving tomorrow in the morning. We met with our tour group again in front of the same hotel as yesterday, but today we headed to the eastern part of the island. Our first stop was for souvenir shopping. I bought two chocolate bars, one for me and one for my family. It was local tangerine chocolate so of course I have to try it. XD

After shopping was Jeju art land. We were so immersed with the paintings that we didn’t notice the second part of the area but then our guide told us that we should visit it too. And I’m so happy we did. It was a little bit like a trick art museum! We had so much fun and we were running from one picture to another one because we didn’t have much time to look around. ^^”

We made it in time to our bus and went to our next destination; Mongolian Show.  It was a horse show and told a story about the Genghis Khan. Maiju was so excited about it but me… well not so much. :D But it looked cool! And all of the riders were men~ ^^ When the show was over we were able to pat the horses and Maiju basically run there when she saw the horses. XD And luckily for her at our next stop we were allowed to ride an obedient pony. I didn’t like it so much but it was still fun.

LUCH TIME!

Our next stop was at a small local village. To us it was a bit boring because we didn’t understand what the tour guide was talking. We only understood a few words from here and there. And it was scary when all three of misunderstood that the villagers used to kill all the smart people… Yes, that has to be a big misunderstanding. ^^” At the end of the tour we got to taste some honey, strange medicine (again) and I think it was water with honey. They all actually were quiet good. The honey was really sweet.

Coming soon:

Park + Cave

Women diving museum thing

~Choko

JEJU~ 19.6

Today was our first day in Jeju and this is how it looked like:

Well luckily the weather got a lot better and the sun was shining in the mid-day. We had booked a two day tour for us and were waiting for our bus in front of a hotel. When we saw our bus it was huge and it was some kind of a VIP bus. And well, let’s say that we got a shock when we saw how the bus looked inside. We absolutely didn’t expect our bus to look like THIS:  

Our first destination was a butterfly exhibition and gallery. There were a lot of different bugs and they had made artworks from the bugs. I don’t know how to explain it but it was interesting. There and also a small house and inside it were mirrors that made you look different. So hard to explain this in English. It’s just something that you have to experience yourself  ^^.

After the butterfly gallery we had a lunch break. There was a buffet of Korean food where other tourist groups also went to eat. In the queue there and a guy who started to speak English to us but I didn’t understand a word he said to me. XD When we had eaten we went to Dwarfing land. There were a lot of miniatures of famous buildings and monuments. We had so much fun just running around and taking pictures of almost everything. ^^ Oh and I got a lot of attention today and few people said hi to me and asked where I was from. Oh why do I have blond hair, why?

Our next stop was at a local farm. They explained us about tangerines and about some healty mushroom thing. I didn’t really understand much because it was all in Korean. But we talked with this nice ahjumma who was also on the tour and she translated us a little what the guy was talking about the medicine. Her English was really good! And she was so nice. It felt like we were on a trip with our grand mom. ^^

It was time to leave the strange mushrooms behind us and go to a small trekking. It was really hot and I was sweating like pig. Good thing that no one noticed that. XD The walk was quiet long, about 40min. The path was right next to the sea and the view was so beautiful!

From the trekking we went directly to a cruise on a ship. We were so lucky that the weather was on our side that day. ^^ We were sitting on the deck and just watching the sea and taking photos. It made me feel like I was back in home, in Finland.

 

 

Our last stop was at a waterfall, but we didn’t have much time to look at it because we went to buy food.  :-----D We were really hungry after the long day and there was a Family Mart right next to us so… XD But we still got photos of the waterfall!

Oh and I forgot to mention that we went to watch a motorbike show in the morning, but I don’t have any photos of it. :<

~Choco

LAG, off to Jeju 18.6

Today we did absolutely nothing. We just packed our things and got ready for our flight to Jeju. I wss a bit sick so I spent most of my time resting.
When we arrived to Jeju it was raining. How nice... And our taxi driver was a "kusipää". He didn't help us at all with our luggage and asdfsnvl. Yes, that explains everything. Now time for some photos.

Hähähähäh, I skipped one day...