Udo means Buffalo Head when translated. Personally I think it means crap place to live. The island is so miniscule. I could never survive there. I wondered about the poor lone English teacher who might be there stuck teaching at the one lone school I saw. Does he or she speak Korean? Has he adapted…
Disappointed. That’s how I felt after experiencing Manjanggul which is one of the great lava tunnels of Jeju. Maybe I was expecting too much. I had visions of Journey to the Center of the Earth and Land of the Lost floating in my head and that probably was a bit of an overreach. Definitely. I…
This visit happened after I’d uttered the phrase, “If you’ve seen one Korean Folk Village…” Which, I can now reluctantly invalidate because the Jeju Folk Art Village provided a few distinct experiences I’ve yet to encounter in it’s sister sites dotted throughout Korea. Things didn’t start off on that great. Drizzle quickly turned into slushy…
Jeju just isn’t a paradise for work weary Seoulites to flee to for a few days of rest and relaxation. Nope, it’s also, and has been for a very long time, an island refuge for artists. Once you’ve seen the craggy bluffs, deep blue seas, and forested volcanic craters its not hard to figure out…
Billed as a 5,000 year old art form and a stroll through Jeju history the Kimnyoung Maze Park proved to be a big hit with both Ian and myself. At first I was a bit hesitant to go. Despite it being the backdrop of the KTF LG mobile hand phone commercial starring Lee Young-Ae I…
Ian wasn’t so sure about the Glass Castle in Jeju. He thought it might be a waste of time. He should’ve known after the Trick Art Museum to have a little faith. Maybe he expected a glass collection of old coke bottles or something, but no matter the case he ended up pleasantly surprised. Walking…
Before going to Jeju I already knew that the island was famous for its orange tangerine chocolates. I made it a special point to check out as many chocolatiers as possible. I found time to squeeze in two: the chocolate museum in Seogwipo Si and the Chocolate Palace Café on Udo Island. The Chocolate Museum…
Pensions, Resorts, Motels, oh my! Finding a place to stay on Jeju can be a daunting task. There are literally hundreds of options to choose from, ranging from pricey hotels with too many stars to count to off the road shacks you might want to think twice about staying in. Still, especially during the off…
