Relatives came to visit on a day off, and since I couldn’t think of anywhere in particular to take them, we made a quick trip out to the Gyeongin Canal. It was really hot that day. The view at Gyeyang …
If we had set out early in the morning and kept moving, we might have finished the Jungmun part of the itinerary before noon, but one thing after another came up along the way and it got quite late. We scrappe…
I knew there was a tourist complex in Jungmun on Jeju Island, but since I am not fond of crowds I kept going back and forth on whether to bother. Then I found out a domestic duty-free shop had opened there, so…
Coming out of the Wind Museum and walking a little further in, the Water Museum appears. The ‘Su’ (Water) Museum From the outside I couldn’t get a sense of what the inside would be like. W…
Before heading to Jeju Island, a bit of searching turned up the fact that there are four works of Itami Jun architecture near the Podo Hotel. Nowhere was there any detailed explanation, just people saying they…
A good hotel is something you should check into early and enjoy, but our schedule was so packed that last night we only got in after dark. After breakfast I lazed around in the room for a while, then took a qu…
For our second night we went to the Podo Hotel, run by the PINX golf course. As far as I know, the Podo Hotel is one of the very few truly top-class hotels in Korea. Come to think of it, unlike Japan, Korea do…
Sitting at Mint, and then at Genius Loci, I kept staring at Seongsan Ilchulbong until I wanted to go see it for myself. It isn’t far, and the place we were having lunch was nearby, so we jumped straight …
On my way back from a short break at Mint, an unusual-looking building caught my eye, so I went in. At first I only meant to look at the entrance, but something about the mood told me this was no ordinary plac…
When I was planning the Jeju Island trip, I laid it out so we would work our way clockwise around the sights and the good places to eat. To pack in nothing but the very best of Jeju Island in two nights and th…
“Gakjaegi” is the Jeju word for horse mackerel. So many people said that if you go to Jeju Island you absolutely have to try gakjaegi-guk, so I worked it into the second day’s plan. Dolharuba…
On the morning of the second day of my Jeju trip, the first place I headed for was Dongmun Traditional Market. It sits about a five-minute taxi ride from Tapdong. My main goals for the day were a pilgrimage ar…