Of course, you don't travel to a far away tropical island to leave it again after two days of conference. So, we booked the flight back on Sunday evening instead of Friday. To explore the island a car is absolutely essential and due to lacking an international drivers
licences for a while it seemed that we wouldn't be able to get one. However, to our luck Shang Yik - actually born and raised on Jeju island - decided to stay a day longer and show us the island by car. We started looking at Oedolgae rock and continued from there to the Cheonjiyeon waterfall, a rainbow showing in the spray. We then visited Seongeup folklore village. This village - in contrast t
o all others we heard of so far - actually preserved the old life style and people
still live in the houses, so it is not a museum as the traditional Korean village in Seoul for example. Houses on Jeju were traditionally made of stone and the roofs are also unique in Korea, since Jeju has to withstand heavy rains and storms unrivaled on the main land. They even held some of the famous black pigs in the back. After having a late lunch there, we continued to Seongsan Ilchulbong, known as sunrise peak. First we stopped at a botanical garden featuring a lava cave below, to then
continue to a beach near sunrise peak to get an impression from afar, before finally driving up to it and climbing to the crater at the top, offering a magnificant view. Finally, we travelled to the mysterious road south of Jeju city, the only slight disappointment of the trip, since it did not rival the mystery spot in Santa Cruz, CA. Our tour guide than sadly had to leave for his plane and we went to have dinner and relax from an exciting trip.
Of course, you don't travel to a far away tropical island to leave it again after two days of conference. So, we booked the flight back on Sunday evening instead of Friday. To explore the island a car is absolutely essential and due to lacking an international drivers 
licences for a while it seemed that we wouldn't be able to get one. However, to our luck Shang Yik - actually born and raised on Jeju island - decided to stay a day longer and show us the island by car. We started looking at Oedolgae rock and continued from there to the Cheonjiyeon waterfall, a rainbow showing in the spray. We then visited Seongeup folklore village. This village - in contrast t
o all others we heard of so far - actually preserved the old life style and people 
still live in the houses, so it is not a museum as the traditional Korean village in Seoul for example. Houses on Jeju were traditionally made of stone and the roofs are also unique in Korea, since Jeju has to withstand heavy rains and storms unrivaled on the main land. They even held some of the famous black pigs in the back. After having a late lunch there, we continued to Seongsan Ilchulbong, known as sunrise peak. First we stopped at a botanical garden featuring a lava cave below, to then 
continue to a beach near sunrise peak to get an impression from afar, before finally driving up to it and climbing to the crater at the top, offering a magnificant view. Finally, we travelled to the mysterious road south of Jeju city, the only slight disappointment of the trip, since it did not rival the mystery spot in Santa Cruz, CA. Our tour guide than sadly had to leave for his plane and we went to have dinner and relax from an exciting trip.
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