Halla San

Thursday was the last full day in Jeju during our holiday. We left the hotel after a big breakfast (what's new by now? We ate a LOT during breakfast) and set off for Halla San (Mount Halla). Halla San is the main volcano and made up most of Jeju island. No matter where you are in Jeju, you can see Halla San. We took Yongshil Trail, the easiest path up to the summit. Yongshil Trail is the shortest one in Mt. Halla but known for its best picturesque scenery. The roads are well paved. Distance : 6.5 kms (4.1 miles), Time required : Ascending(3hrs. 50mins.) Descending(3hrs.) We saw a deer on the way and it was the closest ever she got to a non-domesticated animal.






Were we a bit too aggressive to go to Halla San when we were traveling with Changunnie? Probably. She was a good girl and wanted to walk herself but we ended up carrying her most of the way and it wasn't easy when we were close to the summit. It rained right there and there were places that required a bit of leaping. By the time we were done, we were starving. It was really cold that afternoon and we ordered dduk gook and mook at the tuck shop at the beginning of the trail. I was cold and starving but was still convinced that the soup for dduk gook should be made of bones or I shouldn't touch it.....

After the Halla San hike, we went to more parks (folk village, bonsai and caves...etc) but I was so tired that I slept through most of them. And we stopped by Seogwipo on the way back to have dinner. It was a hole in the wall type of place but the gooksoo (noodle) was good. Funny enough, they served gherkin with kimchi! Weird but tasted alright.