Jeju vulkanö dag2 30/5

Day 2 we went up to the Hallasan mountain. We stopped several times on the way to Hallasan because the roads were very beautiful and the view very cool. Finally on the 1000-meters level we left the car and started to walk up on the Yeongsil trail. After some kilometers we reached the level above the trees and could see far, far away around Jeju island. Hiking in Korea was not the same as I am used to. Here the trail was full of Koreans and other tourists. You had to stop and wait at some places because of too many people.




One really amazing place is Jusangjeolli Rocks in Jungmun. Here Korean couples are everywhere holding hands and kissing each other under palm trees. The atmosphere is amazing and you just want to kiss your own girlfriend in this place. At the rocks lava has made some hexagonal rocks because of reaching of water.




After lunch we drove north to the O´Sulloc Tea Museum. Big green fields of tea plants were everywhere in the area. The smell in the air is also about tea. Inside of Museum we tried green tea ice-cream and there was also a huge shop with everything about tea.





Close from the Tea Museum there is a free-coffee place, 오월의꽃. Here it is up to you if you want to pay or not, no one is there checking. We went here and atmosphere was amazing. Everything was in white and with lights and nice stones. And they even had some snacks to have with the coffee or tea.




After this we just drived to the coast again and found 금릉해수욕장. A really nice beach, sand was so white and water was quite warm for May so I decided to try swimming. Along the beach side there was these Harubang statues, made of volcano stones. And in background of beach there was a green island. It looked more like being in Thailand than actually Korea. Beside the beach there was Koreans trying to catch small crabs and it seemed like they found a lot of it.