Jeju Island - vol 1

Getting to Jeju Island was a challenge. At first, it wasn't even on our tour! However Klaudia insisted we came to Jeju due to its natural beauty. Next challenge was buying tickets: we tried several times back in UK to buy tickets on either Busan Air or Air Asiana website with no success. Everytime we got to the payment page, it just stopped working! Officially we gave up and decided to wing it while in South Korea. Not sure what it was back in UK, but we bought tickets without any problems here! Surely we paid double for late booking and the plane was delayed, but we managed to arrive on Jeju Island - finally!

First impression was a shock. For some odd reason, we were both convinced that the Island will be small enough for us to walk around it! It proved contrary, in fact Jeju is so big that the only means of communication are cars or buses! All the picturesque places are scattered around the Island which makes it even more difficult to see everything in short amount of time. I can clearly say (after only one day on Jeju) that one needs at least a week to enjoy the Island and its beauty!

With the plane being delayed, we arrived quite late. After finding our hostel, seeing advice on what's best to see and having a quick bite to eat, we left sightseeing only around 3pm! Itv was recommended to us that we go to the Seogwipo city first to see amazing waterfalls - Jeongbang & Cheonjiyeon. The bus journey took around an hour, which again we didn't account for!

Nevertheless, waterfalls were really nice and worth the journey. Jeongbang Waterfall was slightly better than Cheonjiyeong, so if one has time for one of them Jeongbang should be the one. 

Next stop on the way was the Yakcheonsa Temple. I know - how many temples can one see, right? However there was something special about that one. Maybe  because it was already late and dark outside, which added to its beauty? Truth be told, it was massive - much bigger than the ones I've seen so far! Not sure it would have the same effect, should we have visited during a daytime, but oh how mesmerising it was!

That was it for the day. We headed back to the hostel (got lost on the way & ended up at the airport, why not?!) and it's finally time for bed!