Jejudo

A few weekends ago we managed to actually get 3 days off of work. This was the most time I'd had off since coming here in June '05. So, we packed up and headed for Jeju island.
Jeju is a sub tropical island in the south, it is a popular honeymoon destination and only takes 45min. by plane... or 9 hours by ship. The choice was clear.

We luckily got ourselves booked into a nice luxury hotel in the luxury hotel district along the southern coast. It was beatiful, palm trees and lush foliage line the roads. There was a gorgeous beach a few minutes walk from the hotel which was virtually empty of people. In fact, there was hardly anyone around. We did see a sign for a "Hooters" bar, optimism got the best of me as we entered and instead of buxom babes slinging chicken wings and beer, there were two dudes serving octopus soup and cold noodles. Oh well, at least they had beer.

The fact that it rained the entire time we were there was not all that disappointing. We still managed to see a lot around the area we were in. There is a beautiful botanical garden. A gorgeous tropical gully with a walkway leading down to a waterfall. We managed to visit a local folk village and also hit every luxury bar in every luxury hotel within crawling distance. Out favorite was the Hyatt which had a huge Goya fish pond surrounding the bar.

We did have a bit of an ordeal at our last dinner, the restaurant we went to was beautiful and designed like a royal palace. Most of the main dishes were horse meat. Now, horse meat doesn't really raise any ethical issues with me, but there is something just not right about it. So we had the pork.