Trip to Jeju Island

Went on a 4-day tour to Jeju Island and it was the best Group tour that Mummy had since coming to Korea. For the first time, Mummy can smell "freedom" coming. Gee... tho' not really there yet.
It had never been easy going on group tour with 2 young toddlers (especially when they only want Mummy, ie. not Daddy or others). But on this trip, Mummy can finally have a proper meal with little supervision over them self-feeding and finishing fast with no spillage. Best of all, they are more willing to join in the fun with the other older kids after their meals (unlike the past of clinging tightly onto Mummy wherever I go).

Tho' still tiring, it has been a fun-packed trip. The tour itinerary include hiking on 2 mountains. But with Daddy's back condition, we actually have a great time at the foot of the mountains. We did some woody handicrafts at Hallasan National Park Visitor Center and also had a lovely picnic at the foot of the famous Sunrise Peak aka Seongsan Ilchubong 성산 일출봉 (see pictures on left).

For Mummy, the most memorable would be the horse riding session as my white horse was superly timid (the only horse that doesn't need a whip) and so it ran extremely faster than the rest, with just a shout from the trainer. Phew.

For Daddy, guess it was the time spent at Marado (a small island off Jeju) where we got to be at Korea's most Southern point. It has been fun self-driving round the little island on a golf buggy kind of vehicle and enjoying great views. The picture on the left was taken near the jetty at Jeju to Marado. It was also one of the filming site of "Jewel in the Palace".

For the darlings, guess they have many favourites on this tour. First, they love watching the Pacific Land show where they can see the performance of dolphins and sealions. They also enjoyed the short time that they got to play with the water at the beach and of course, eating the green tea ice-cream and cake at the O'sulloc Tea Museum.

Best of all, were to be able to bring their "babies" around everywhere and also to take pictures with some lovely cartoon characters at the Mini-world (haha... rather than the famous world architectures).

Our tour also include the Dokkaebi Road, Jusangjeollidae, Oedolgae, Cheonjiyeon Falls, Jeju Folklore Museum, Hallim Park and Yongdu-am (the dragon's head, see picture below). With such tight schedule, it was a pity that we were not able to make it to the Teddy Bear Museum in Jeju.

Jeju Island has been well-known for its Stones, Wind and Women. But it's the windy condition that has been the most unforgetable in the hot Summer days.