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Jeju island is an absolute volcanic island.

In Jeju island, there are more than 360 diverse volcanic craters as well as 120 lava tubes formed by volcanic activities. Furthermore, it also has the highest Mt in South Korea called Hallasan.

Various scenic view from volcano is magnificent comparing to other volcanic places.

Due to the recognition of the natural scenery, geological and biological value, Jeju island has been registered by UNESCO as natural, geological and biological heritage of the world.
It also has been designated as one of New 7 Wonders of nature.
Needless to say, Jeju island is a treasure island in Korea.

However, I want you to know we have different culture and life style from the main land(Korea) and other rest of the world.

Jeju island has not only beauty of nature but also has a long history of Tamra kingdom.

Jeju island had been use to be exile prison since kyore dynasty with a prohibition of going out of its island for 300 years.
Thanks to this ironic history Jeju island has most traditional culture. And it has been known as a rebellious island because there were rebels and suppressions repeatedly.


Jeju island keep stimulating interest of foreign visitors with gut,myth which Korean society still doesn't have generosity of understanding.


You can access to the freshest food in Korea because it is an island.

So, slow food is possible. People get gather at 5 days market to buy Jeju red carrots, potatoes, dropwots etc.

Jeju island has been known for abundance in winds, stones and women.

Islanders have been venerable to nature to struggle against wind. The land is barren to dig out numerous stones for farming.

And women always had been outnumbered to men dud to lack of men.

Nowadays 3 abundant things are beautified for story telling in Jeju island but actually they shows the pain of Jeju history.

But... We are making electricity by winds and we have stacked up stones to make walls which now are agricultural heritage of the world.
Jeju island has become a place where people from all over the world are interested in.

 

As time goes by, Jeju island has turned to be modernized and the ratio of man and woman becomes half to half. And the profession of woman diver endangers which is supposed to be registered as an intangible heritage of the world by UNESCO.

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Seolmundae & her 500 sons

On the west south side slope of mountain Halla, there is a picturesque place called "Youngsil", where steep stiffs and rugged rocks rise high up in the sky. These rocks are called five hundred generals or five hundred arahans.

Legend has it that Grandma Seolmundae lived with her five hundred sons long ago. In a ear of severe drought they were starved, and the five hundred sons went out to find some food. Waiting for her five hundred sons return home Grandma Seolundae was cooking soup but slipped into the boiling pot and drowned.

 

Not knowing of their mother's death, the famished sons devoured the soup which they found more delicious than ever. The youngest son returned home last and founda none in the soup which he realized was his mother's. He angrily denounced his brothers who ate the soup their mother drowned in and ran out crying for his mother.

He ran until he reached as far as Chagwi island of Kosanri, Hankyingmyun and there he turned into a rock. His remaining bothers watched this and stood together lamenting mother's death every night and day until they all turned into rocks. They became the five hundred generals.

It's been 4 years since I have changed my job.

Actually, I was an English teacher for elementaries but I got sick and tired of not going out the world. I really want to meet more diverse people from all over world.

 

One good thing for being an English speaking tour guide is that I can meet so many diverse people from all over the world.

 

This time, my clients came from Malaysia.

 

One thing I always have difficulties with Malay clients is that chooing a proper restuarant.

Not because of their nationality but because of their preference of food.

 

As you know, Black pork is one of the most famous food in Jeju island.

And Black pork meat is used in so many foods in Jeju island.

One of my favorite food pork noodles is one of the kind.

 

So that, Choosing a restaurant for muslims is very difficult thing.

Because they don't eat pork meat as well as any meat without Halla.

 


They are medical doctors and students.

 

I like students clients because I can see through them that they want to learn something about Korea and Jeju island.

 

So that suddenly I want to show them a real Jeju island.

 

Out of sudden, one of them asked me about K pop.

 

Then I just got an idea " A-ha there is common topic between us, that is a K-pop and drama".

"Ok. Let's start talking with this"

 

"Do you know Yu Jae-suk?" "Do you know his nick name?" "Do you know Moohan doJeon?" Well, they already knew about lots of thins on Korean TV program.

 



Well, there is no special things to break the barrier of the religions or cultures.

Just show them our things slowly then they will show us theirs.

I think it is a way of breaking cultural barriers.

Like this when we travel together we are the one.

We are going to share thinkings, We find our common things as well.

We went to the restaurant which serve Jeju traditional food.

The food name is 뚝빼기 they never seen abalone shells before and they were amazed by the beautiful inside of the shell.

They brought the empty shells to the wash room and wash them to keep them as a Jeju survirnior.

I think it is a good idea to have them from their food.


We hiked 'Youngsil' on the first day after abalone lunch.

They said they didn't have much experience to hike on the mountain.

We counldn't go to the top of the mountain. 

However, we enjoyed enough the beauty of Valley of mountain.

 



On the third day. It was rainning and windy.

I asked them if still going on the trip? At first they hesitated then I insisted to keep going. Well, they told me this is like a military training, fun training. they seemed happy. I should be a leader of the traveller. that is my job. some times push them, some times pull them up.
One thing I have more than they have is that experience and what they want is that my experience.


 

*Notice- this article is written by non native English speaker





Mt. Halla which rises 1,950m above sea level is the highest mountain in South Korea.
There is a crater and lake located at the summit of Mt Halla and its name is Baengnokdam(White deer rock lake) and about 40 parasite craters around the summit. A beautiful sight of steep and fantastic rock cliffs are designated in 1966 and 1970 as Nature Monument and National Park respectively, and in 2002 it was designated as a bio-reserve area by UNESCO.
As the peak of Mt.Halla is made of diverse volcanic characteristics, depending on the angle of one's view, one can feel its uniqueness. To the west of Baengnokdam crater, a steep shape formed by basalt lava of high viscosity is found and to the east, low viscosity basalt lava formed a gentle plateau. The south is so beautiful that it is captured in a folktale which states the story of immortals that played in the lake.





Mt. Halla is also a mountain where fir tree forest is found which is unique of its kind in the world.

At 1,400m above sea level an endemic species of cinder cones including pine trees are grown. It also possesses an outstanding biological research value in the study of cinder cones. Besides this at 1,700m, are distributed 39 different kinds of polar species which play very important part in the study of alpine life such as, jeju weasel, Jeju salamander, women diver snake, etc... are seen in Mt. Halla.
Well endowed with natural resources of scientific values, Mt. Halla is a noted mountain worldwide.