Here's what we did on the last day in Jeju:
First we visited the O'sulloc Tea Museum and the Innisfree cafe.
Operating Hours: 9AM - 6PM
Admission: Free
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| Miniature model of their tea harvesting and processing process |
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| O'sulloc cafe |
While walking to Innisfree cafe, we saw this huge spider with an insect being spunned into a ball. Wasn't that interested so I walked away but J and sis kept staring at it and snapping away for a good 5-10mins, gosh..
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| Entrance of innisfree shop and cafe |
Love the quietness of the innisfree cafe as compared to the o'sulloc cafe. Would love to spend a lazy afternoon here :) and they have a very nice view of the tea leave farm.
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| Interior of innisfree cafe |
We ordered a hallabong tea and multigrain cereal drink to share, 6000won each. The hallabong tea was a little too citrusy for me but the multigrain cereal tasted surprisingly nice, but the downside was that the black sesame seeds kept getting stuck in my teeth haha.
Headed to Sanbangsan Mountain 산방산 after our drinks. We walked around the area and weirdly I forgot about the Sanbangsa temple thinking that it's similar to Mount Hallasan so we didn't get to see it :( Will come back in future.
Anyways here are some information about Sanbangsan mountain, it is about 400m above sea level, the formation of the mountain is due to volcanic activity many hundred thousand years ago. The name of this mountain literally means cave in the mountain. Sanbangsa and bomunsa temple are located on the mountain and it holds the Buddha relics. The view is said to be magnificient and worth while to go :)
After walking around Sanbangsan, we drove to Cheonjiyeon waterfall but due to my blurness, I brought J and sis to Cheonjeyeon waterfall instead and I didn't realized it till after lunch hahaha. The whole time when we were there, I was wondering to myself why does this place looked so different from the KTO website and why was the seonimgyo bridge visible from this waterfall :p So guys, remember to read the signage properly, it is only a letter difference!
Cheonjeyeon Waterfall 천제연폭포
Admission fee: 2500 won (adult) 1350 won (child)
Operating Hours: 9AM - 6.30PM
There were lots of stairs to climb so do wear comfortable shoes! In fact, if you are planning to visit Jeju, do wear a good pair of shoes as there's lots of walking to do. I wore my converse high top shoes, it was really comfortable and it doesn't get wet easily as the soles are quite thick.
Upon exiting the waterfall, you will see Seonimgyo bridge, it has seven nymphs carved on both sides.
We had our lunch at a nearby restaurant (5mins drive away) called Jangsuhaejangguk, they serve all sorts of hangover soups. We ordered a haemul tukbaegi (seafood soup), gamjatang (spicy pork rib soup) and soondubu jjigae (tofu soup). Total cost 27,000won (~S$32).
The seafood soup was the most expensive, about 12,000won (S$14) but it's so worth it. The soup was filled to the brim with an assorted range of seafood- 3 abalones, 1 small crayfish, 2 prawns and 2 green mussels. It was one of the best meal I had in Jeju, a definite must-try!
J drove around to look for the Oedolgae rock and Jusangjeolli cliff but after walking around, we still couldn't find it. Supposed to look like this:
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| Jusangjeolli cliff, Credits: Visit Korea Website |
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| Oedolgae rock, Credits: Visit Korea Website |
But we only managed to see these :p
Last stop Saeyeon bridge, before we return the car, if I'm not wrong, it is the longest pedestrian bridge built in Korea. Upon arrival, we were lucky enough to see a few haenyo (female diver) packing up and bringing their catch to the back of their restaurant to wash and prepare for business. It started to drizzle again so we quickly took some photos before driving off. If you have the time, do come here in the evening to see the sunset view from the bridge and to try the freshly caught seafood prepared by the haenyos :)
Before returning the car, do remember to refill the fuel tank or else there will be a penalty charge. For the 2 full days of car rental, we used up 33L of petrol which cost about 62,000won (S$74). Returning of the car was fast and we took the free shuttle bus back to the airport. Sincer we had some time, we decided to settle our dinner at Lotteria- Korea's fast food restaurant. Their fish burger was pretty good :)
On a side note, if you would like to visit Jeju, go for at least 4 Days 3 Nights, we were there for only 3 Days 2 Nights, even with a car and planning the itinerary according to areas, I find it quite rush, as most of the time, the duration it takes to travel from 1 place to another can be time consuming and the areas for each place can be quite big so you will need to set aside at least 2 hrs for each place if you do not want to rush.
I personally think it will make a very good honeymoon or anniversary trip as the island is so peaceful and it doesn't have the stress ambience like in big cities and most importantly, their sceneries are super nice.
On a side note, if you would like to visit Jeju, go for at least 4 Days 3 Nights, we were there for only 3 Days 2 Nights, even with a car and planning the itinerary according to areas, I find it quite rush, as most of the time, the duration it takes to travel from 1 place to another can be time consuming and the areas for each place can be quite big so you will need to set aside at least 2 hrs for each place if you do not want to rush.
I personally think it will make a very good honeymoon or anniversary trip as the island is so peaceful and it doesn't have the stress ambience like in big cities and most importantly, their sceneries are super nice.
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| View outside the airport |
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