Just Jeju (Oedolgae Rock, LoveLand, E-Mart Jeju)

As Grandfather statues (Dol hareubang) is the symbol of Jeju... you can easily find them all around the island. They are considered to be gods offering both protection and fertility and were placed outside of gates for protection against demons. Now let's go to  find pretty Grandmother Rock (Halmangbawi)!

6. Oedolgae Rock (외돌개) / Grandmother Rock

Oedolgae was named for its isolated location on the sea. The 20 meters stone pillar "Oeodolgae" and 10 meters in circumference standing at the beautiful beach of Samebong Peak and located 2 km from the west of Seogwipo. It was formed by volcanic activity at the same time as Jeju Island 1.5 million years ago.

  It is also called Grandmother rock (Halmangbawi).

The legend has it that an old woman waited for her husband to return from a fishing trip.When he didn't come back, she became a rock. On the tip of the rock, some pine trees and grasses grow, resembling human hair. It will give you the impression that the old woman forehead,sorrowful eyes and nose can be faintly seen on the left side of the rock. The open mouth will make you feel like the old woman is calling for her husband ㅠㅠ

There is a rock right under the Oedolgae that looks like it is floating.

It is said that the rock is her husband body before she become a stone pillar. Spreading like a folding screen, the oddly-shaped Fairy Rock (Seonnyubawi) cliff surrounds the rock as if it is trying to embrace the stone couple.

 

Oedolgae Rock is surrounded by beautiful islands such as

Bum Island, Sae Island and Seonnyu (fairy) Rock.   

What a spectacular view!!!

filming location of TV drama series, 'Jewel in The Palace'

  In episodes 30 and 31, Jang-geum stands alone

on a precipice looking out to the sea in firm resolution. 

   

Pictorialization - Charcoal and Color pencil

There's an almost-hidden stairway will lead you down to a bed of volcanic rock, a natural pool, and a prime location for cliff jumping and snorkelling. It's popular during summer months, the swimming hole is populated with locals and tourists seeking a cooling dip and soak in the summer heat.

   

Goodbye kiss from Dolphin... muuaacchh!

7. LoveLand (제주러브랜드)

Mr Park told us that we can only go to Loveland on our way back to Jeju City. This time, he didn't join us in... he just politely said that he'll wait for us outside and asked us to enjoy ourselves ㅎㅎㅎ

Jeju Love Land is a theme sculpture park based on sensuality and eroticism. Twenty artists, mainly graduates of top art school Hongik University, helped open it in November 2004. It was the first such museum in Korea at that time.

The park as a whole looks like a piece of land art. This park is focused on a theme of sex and featuring 140 sculptures (40 within the gallery and 100 outside) representing humans in various sexual positions.

It's an attractive place, where love oriented art and eroticism meet

in cool, fun, humorous styles.

Omo!!! Just found out that he cheated me with other gals and even guy! (Proof)

Just Google for more pictures here

미... 미안해~... did I molest the statue?!

Love is all around~

Why you should visit there?

Because... it's fun and even the statues are enjoying themselves!!! ;P

8. E-Mart Jeju (이마트 제주점)

We asked Mr Park to drive us here to nearby shopping mall or eatery place instead of hotel. He's so thoughtful and told us that he'll picked us after our dinner. We told him that it's fine for us to go back ourselves as we might want to go shopping after dinner. And it'll be inconvenience for him to come back if he's not around that area.

Our scrumptious dinner @ E-mart food court

(Jajangmyeon + fried Rice + Sweet & Sour Chicken, Fish Fillets, Salad & Soups)

That's end of our awesome taxi tour experience with Mr Park. Really thanks him for showing us beautiful Jeju Island. Annyeong~~~ hope to see you again next time!

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Just Jeju (O'Sulloc Green Tea Museum, Jusangjeolli Cliffs)

Green Green Green~!!!

We're so lucky to have Mr Park as our tour guide. He's so kind and honest! Why I said so?

If you're in Indonesia... even you don't know the place that you want to go, please just pretend that you know it to avoid unpleasant experience... My friend was almost missed her flight as the taxi driver made a big round, which actually from our hotel in Kuta Bali to airport is less than 20 minutes. We kept questioning the driver and told him that we're late for flight.

Another incident was in Thailand... we saw on the tourist map that there's nearby shopping centre. It's unbearable hot, so we decided to take taxi... but we regretted it much. Not only you got heart attack to see the taxi fare, but also wasted your precious time... as we might reached that mall faster if we walked there. 

Mr Park brought us to all the places that listed on our itinerary including those around Seogwipo area. He can actually just follow our itinerary and have more time to rest while we visiting that place of interest... 정말 고마워요 ^^

4. O'Sulloc Green Tea Museum
 
It was not in our itinerary, but grateful that Mr Park brought us here, which I enjoyed so much! First time visit tea plantation. By the way, I'm a tea lover (green tea, white tea, oolong tea, herbal tea, fruit tea, tonic tea,...), but I don't drink coffee :P

 A Big cup of O'Sulloc Green Tea, anyone?

The “o” in “o’sulloc”, means to appreciate and enjoy, and it also stands for the origin of sulloc, only sulloc, and of sulloc tea. In September 2001, Amore Pacific opened OSULLOC Tea Museum, the largest tea museum in Korea, in Jeju-do. (source: Visit Korea)

There is a small cafe where you can enjoy a cup of hot green tea,

 cake and ice-cream, waffle, and other snacks

with a view of the tea plantation

If you have time, why not talk a walk to the tea plantation field.

 

and the bushes with wild flowers...

Really refreshing to breath fresh air with green tea scent!

Wohoo~~~ after a cup of tea and snack, we're ready for next destination... back to Seogwipo city!

5. Jusangjeolli Cliffs

Spectacular volcanic rock formation at the southern coast of Jeju Island, when the lava from Mt.Hallasan erupted into the sea of Jungmun.
 

They are rock pillars shaped like cubes or hexagons of various sizes and almost seem as is stonemasons had carved them out. (Source: Visit Korea)

 Jeju Global Geoparks Network established by UNESCO,

includes nine Geosites, which one of them is

Columnar Joints at Jeju Jungmun Daepo Coast

 Admiring the beauty of nature... Spectacular view!

similar rocks can be found in Ireland's Giant Causeway 

Natural Monument No.443

wondering how to go down there :P

 

Wow! The height of these columns are about 30-40 meters.

The waves of the high tides crashing into the side of the cliff

provide a  breath-taking view of the ocean surrounding the pillars.

Wanna scream loudly... I LOVE JEJU~~~!!! LOVE JUSANGJEOLLI ♥♥♥

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Just Jeju (Yeongduam Rock, Geumneung Beach, Hyeopjae Beach)

Uh oh! I jumbled the places I visited in Jeju. Pardon me for my poor memory added with no sense of direction ㅠㅠ
Just referred back to my photo album, our first destination was Yongduam Rock before Hallim Park.

Jeju Map - places we visited in numerical order

1. Yongduam Rock Dragon Head Rock (용두암)



The 10m high and 30m long volcanic rock formation perched along the ocean side is said to resemble a dragon’s head.

There are several legends of how it came to be. One legend has it that a dragon stealing precious jade from Mt. Halla was shot down by an arrow from the mountain deity. When he fell down on Yongduam, his body immediately sank into the ocean and his head rapidly froze looking at the sky. Another legend has it that a white horse, who dreamed of being a dragon and ascending to the sky, came to be caught by a soldier and froze into the rock.

  

It's recommended as the best evening driving course for a beautiful scene of Yongduam Road

 

when there is the full moon shining above the lake, the waves are splashing...

 Isn't it resembling like fairyland, where the dragon is about to rise from the sea?!! ^^

Dragon head Rock and Mermaid statue

View of Jeju city and surrounding.

It takes about 10 minutes drive from airport to Yongduam Rock.

3. Hyeopjae Beach (협재해수욕장)



Hyeopjae Beach is located on the west side of Hanrim-eup, and is part of Hanrim Park. The beautiful white color of the sand comes from the large amounts of crushed seashells that have been mixed in with the sand. The long seashore stretches for 9 km and has cobalt colored seawater and evergreen forests scattered around the vicinity, making the scenery very beautiful. (Source: Visit Korea)

Filming location for several scenes of Jewel in the Palace (대장금 = 大長今)



아름답다... Hyeopjae Beach!

Love this nice shot taken by Mr Park
Printed it on my NETS MRT Card

Village background @Hyeopjae Beach

These following photos were taken somewhere near Hyeopjae Beach. So, I presume it's Geumneung Beach (금능해안). Please let me know if you know the exact location of these photos.

Titanic pose on the cliff of the rock :P

what a giant stone!

It's so cold!!! Playful Mr Wind kept blowing so hard~~~

not even listened to my instruction to stop for a while!

magnificent view of Geumneung Beach (금능해수욕장),
which connected to Hyeopae Beach (협재해수욕장).
both beaches combined are also called Hyeopjae Beach

  

Yes! beautiful blue sea and blue sky, how about adding other colors to this trip? Let's add green, ok?
기다려주세요... Just Jeju (Part IV). 안녕~~~^^

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Just Jeju (Hallim Park, Hyeopjae Beach, Biyangdo Island, Black Pork BBQ)

Yohoo!!! It's on Sunday morning when we reached Jeju Island after spending 1 night in Udo Island. We boarded the first ferry from Cheonjinhang Harbor to Seongsan Harbor, Jeju.

I purposely arranged our itinerary to Jeju - Udo - Jeju - Busan to make sure we have enough time to catch the flight to Busan on Monday.

Short video on our trip in Udo Island

From Seongsan Harbor, we took a bus back to Jeju city and checked-in to Jeju Marina Tourist Hotel. We asked the receptionist to book a taxi for exploring Jeju city, as we didn't book any land package.

We called taxi rental agency from the hotel.  She said Sunday mostly all taxis were booked especially for English and Chinsese speaking driver. She asked us to call back in half and hour time, as I said it's fine to have Korean speaking driver.

Hotel manager asked us to go to Yeha to join the land tour. We walked to the office, which not to far from the hotel, but too bad it was closed :(

Then, we found public phone and called the taxi rental agency again. But, luck was not on our side! Even Korean speaking taxi driver also not available. How?!! It's not possible to walk to the places that I planned to visit! Hiks hiks ㅠㅠ

Phew~!!! We saw a taxi when we were crossing road on the way back to hotel. I just tried my luck to ask the driver whether he can drive us to one of the nearby attraction. To my surprise, he offered to take us around the Jeju for 9 hours. I don't remember how much he charged, but it's definitely cheaper than the rate from the taxi rental agency and extra 1 hour too. Wow~~~ Perfect!!!  Super duper happy that I almost cried!

Mr Park, our 기사 님 (kisanim = taxi driver), tour guide and photographer

Quickly hopped in the taxi, and he asked where we want to visit. I showed him places for interests in Jeju City. We told him that we visited some places in Seogwipo City. He showed us the map and told us that he can drive us to Seogwipo City too, although we said it's alright as we afraid that it's too far and troublesome for him. Anyway, we were fine with his recommendation as we can go to more places that didn't listed on our itinerary.

Let's start our journey in Jeju:
First stop... Hallim Park

Hallim Park, almost 100 thousand square meters, has a variety of gardens that can be enjoyed in any season. The most famous tourist sites in Hallim Park are:

~ Hyeopjaegul and Ssangyonggul Caves, the only two-dimensional caves in the world.

Cave's ceilings resembles the scales of the dragon body

Legend of Dr. Jin.

 ~ Jae-Am Folk Village, revives traditional Jeju life

Jeju Folk House.

~ Water Garden



~ Stone and Bonsai Garden

~ Bird Garden

gorgeous white peacock 

After walked for almost 2 hours we were really hungry. We told Mr Park that we wanted to eat Black Pork BBQ, but he didn't know about it. He called his friend to check where to find the restaurant or sikdang that sell black pork BBQ. Since he has never eaten it before as he just moved to Jeju from Seoul. So, we asked him to join us for lunch :)

Mr Park requested 이모 to teach us how to BBQ and eat it...

"Ssam" style (wrap with lettuce leaf, dip with ssamjang and topped with raw or cooked garlic, onion or banchan)

  

I can SEE awesome view of Hyeopjae Beach and Biyangdo Island.

TASTE and SMELL mouth-watering barbequed black pork.

FEEL the cooling breeze from the sea and HEAR the sound from playful waves!

우와! Five senses satisfaction ^^

 너무 좋다!!!

  

Really sorry that I don't have the address of the sikdang. It's nearby Hallim Park and Hyeopjae Beach.

And after stored all the food in our tummies... (To be continued)

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