Jeju Island one of the 7 natural wonders of the world

De fyra första sommardagarna spendareades på den Sydkoreanska paradisön Jeju island, vilket också är den mest sydliga delen av Sydkorea.

Jeju island är en en vulkanö som med dess tropiska klimat alltid varit ett attraktivt resemål för nygifta. Berget (Hallasan mountain) är också Sydkoreas hösta topp (1995m (den är dock inte högre än Baekdu mountain som ligger i Nordkorea)) har gett Jeju dess unika klimat som skiljer sig mycket från fastlandet, palmer, apelsinträd (Jeju har sin egna apelsin som heter Hallabong som är man måste smaka om man är på Jeju) etc växer fritt i naturen. 

Att ta sig till från Busan till Jeju var mycket smidigt och billigt. Direktflyg avgår dagligen från Busan till Jeju.
2011 så blev Jeju island en av världens 7 naturliga underverk.

The statue is a symbol of Jeju island and can be seen everywhere! On every bridge, signs, benches etc etc The name of it is Dol hareubang

 Location of Jeju island, I've pointed out the places which we visited

Day 1

After arriving to the airport in Jeju city we immediately went with bus to the southern part of the island, close to the city Seogwipo.

 Hallasan mountain is surrounded by many national parks,. This is one park with amazing views and many waterfalls. It almost felt to be in the djungle when walking through this woods.

One very high bridge in the middle of the park

 The view from the bridge 

We used these kind of pathways in the woods

Day 2

Second day on Jeju we spent looking on some nice scenery

We spent the night very close to the Jeju World cup stadium, which hosted three games during the world cup 2002: Brazil vs China, Slovenia vs Paraguay and Germany vs Paraguay

 It can take almost 35 thousand people

Hallabong orange, which is a Jeju fruit. It can be found throughout the island 

Odoelgae Rock, it is also the scene for some Korean movies

On Odoelgae Rock

 Observe the fishers which fish along the waterline, they risks their lifes just to get some awesome Jeju fish

 Briefly: During the Korean war North Korea wanted to deploy a spy along the shore not so far from Odoelgae Rock, however they were stopped by the South Koreans

 Some nasty turns along the way

 Saeyeon bridge, it is the longest footbridge in Korea. The bridge was modeled on Jeju's traditional fishingboat, the tewoo.

 Another beautiful park, located not so far from Seogwipo.

 Me and some Jeju statues

One very beautiful place 

The meal of the day ^^ 

 Traditional Jeju cake

 Some canoeing, we arrived to late so it meant no canoeing for us... 

Well we couldn't do any canoeing so I went for a swim instead! It was quite cold though and not so many people swimming :-P

Day 3

When it turned dark we left Seogwipo and headed for the western part of the island, where some of the most beautiful parks were located

Sunrise peak, maybe the most beautiful place on Jeju

This is an aerial view on the Sunrise Peak, the arrow points out the viewing point where we hiked

The road up to the top

Diving women!

 We ate some snails and some shrimps

 Trip to the small island called Udo

Not far from the Sunrise peak park is the small island called Udo. Udo is different from Jeju because of the volcanic eruption which created Udo separately from Jeju. 

 The local ferry

 The harbour had a lot of fishing boats, it was a lot of seafood everywhere on Jeju

The island of Udo, it is called the cow island, because it looks like a cow ;-) 

The roads on Udo are ideal for bikes

 On the ferry back from Udo

Day 4

This day was just the day of departure

The four first summerdays were spent on the South Korean paradise island Jeju island, which is the southernmost part of Korea.

Jeju island is an volcano island, its tropcial climate have always attracted newlyweds. The mountain (Hallasan mountain) is also the highest mountain in South Korea (1995m (it is not higher than Baekdu mountain though which lies in North Korea)). The volcano has given Jeju its uniqe climate which is very different from the main land, palms, orangethrees, (Jeju also have their own orange, named Hallabong, which you have to try if you visit Jeju)

To go from Busan to Jeju was very comfortable and cheap. Straight flights departure daily.

2011 Jeju island became one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.