The Seoul Stumbler

For my summer vacation I went to Jeju Island with my friend Christine. Jeju island is an island off the southern coast of Korea, very similiar to Hawaii (I'm told). It's known for a lot of things, such as it's special oranges, or it's old lady divers.

We traveled with a tour group so we didn't have to book any hotel, flight or bus on our own.  We went with the tour group WINK (When In Korea). It was nice because we just payed the fee and they took care of everything for us.  The downside was that it may have been a bit more expensive since we paid for the guide, and the hotel was rather shabby. (We found a cockroach in our room! ah!) Though it was right on the beach!

For the trip we could either take the ferry or take a flight. The ferry ride was like eight hours so we decided to take the hour flight and just pay more for it.  We were very happy we did, as we arrived refreshed and ready for the day while everyone else was exhausted.

After we arrived, we headed first for a place called Loveland.  It's a park dedicated to sculptures on... er... love. It was a very awkward place, and I wouldn't have chosen to go there but it was part of our tour.  I couldn't bring myself to take any pictures there, and of course there were a ton of immature guys (and girls) in our tour group.





After that bought of awkwardness we went horseback riding, which was a lot of fun. Jeju is also famous for their horses so we took about a twenty minute ride around.










After our dinner, we headed back to the hotel and ran into a beach party! It was like an open club on the beach. There was a DJ and stobe lights as well. They played a lot of club music so we danced there until it closed around 10:30. It was very weird seeing clubber types mingling with little children and old ladies from the beach.