Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Jeju in Spring

I had an incredible weekend visiting Jeju-do 제주도 again. It rained lightly and intermittantly the first day and the wind was strangely absent for Jeju. These photos are of the same, large and unique lava rock formation looming over the beach near Jeju Airport called 용두암 (Yongduam or "Dragon rock head").



Instead of just climbing a mountain, this time I visited the north, south, east and west of the island. I ate delicacies of Jeju and witnessed incredible vistas... jagged mountains rising from the sea, a very very large buddhist temple, a series of lava tube caves and gorgeous coast lined with lava rock. I met a horse decended from Mongolian invaders, a flock of ostrich who thought I was their long lost brother (they saw our resemblance), native pheasants and creatures picked from the sea for dinner. I got to taste the flagship oranges of jeju grown from volcanic soil.

This trip to Jeju happened more than one month ago and I've lost interest in maintaining this blog. I'm considering starting a new blog with a different format and migrating these posts there. I'm thinking about a new blog sorted into topics. If you care about this blog and want me to continue posting, let me know. Also, I have been recently posting on Youtube.com.