Jeju island English speaking tour guide

(Church of sky on the reflexion of water)
I think it's very encouraging to see the pattern of Jeju tour is changing. So far people have thought that Jeju island is just normal honeymoon destination. However, people start being interested in diverse tour program. So, if you try to find to have meaningful tour in Jeju island, you can have many things to enjoy and rich your life. 
People specifically looking or Eco tourism, Dark tourism, or Architecture tourism tend to come to Jeju island. last year I had Begium people for Architecture tour and this year is Danishes. 
We visited Daum space 1, Sky church, Glass house, and Genious Loci. Most of them are works of Anto dadao and Itami Jun. I feel little shame for that. Because there are many works by Korean architectures'
Personally I prefer domestic arts which contains traits of Jeju island. If I made an Itinerary I would list Gwandeokjung which is symbolic building of Jeju, Castle of Shell which is one of first modern building in Seokwipo, and Teshipon which is practical house in Jeju in 1960s. etc.
My intention is to show Jeju buildings to my clients, not just famous foreign artists's work. Well, those building by famous foreign artists's works are worth visiting though. 
Anyway, Thanks to working with architectures my level of appreciation of art seems to be improved. 

(Seongsan Ilchulbong in a frame in Genious Loci)

(The character of Genious Loci is expose concreat and straight line with dim light)

(Sky church, or it is called Ark church because it looks an ark)

(Bonte museum, another Ando dadao's work)

(Danish architects visited in jeju)

A few weeks ago I got a message from KTO(Korean Tourism Organization) that they requested me to take a tour with a blogger. The name of Blogger is Drew Binsky who is a very famous power blogger over the world travels all over the world to shoot a short video. One of his postings about North Korea got 9 million views. I thought It was so cool to have a tour with a power blogger. I always have been wondered how power bloggers work and post on their work. And It was a good chance to look into it. 
On the first day, when I met him at the airport he was carrying just two bags. His luggage was so simple. I might bring a too big car for only two people(He and I). He is supposed to come with his Filipino girl friend but she couldn't come because of a visa problem. Anyway we headed to Manjanggul lava tube which is the longest lava tube in the world.  
The theme of this tour was 'Romance in Jeju' but we have to change it. But it sounds ridicule to have a tour with two guys. I am very good at showing nature so I suggested that I want to show great nature in Jeju. He said he is good at filming nature too. Then we have decided to have a subject of 'Nature and Culture of Jeju island' Mangjanggul is one of  UNESCO natural heritages in Jeju island. So, I decided to go there first. 

Normally inside of the cave(tube) is damp and dripping water from the ceiling but this time it was so dry. Bit disappointed with much dry inside. However, he said he was impressed with the size and process of forming the tube. He was an English teacher in Korea for two years in PyeongTaek mainland. and have been a blogger since 2012. He have visited 115 countries so far including North Korea. Wow! 115 countries for five years! It was amazing. Traveling around all over the world by sponsorship to make a film could be my dream job.  

He carry a small drone for his film. When I see his posting there are many drone shots. I think Jeju island is one of the best places for drone shot. Jeju island is a volcanic island and lava black stones and which beaches are well combination to give a great view. After Mangjanggul lava tube we headed to eastern part of Jeju island named Weoljungri. This place is famous for beautiful beaches and black stones. Yeah, he must fly a drone for the shot.

We have three famous fish in Jeju island. Merclrol, Seabrim, and oar fish. We call oar fish tail fish because it has a long silver color tail. Tail fish is the most expensive fish among them and that much it is delicious. Drew had it first time and he thumbs up for the taste. We enjoyed the dinner even though it's expensive. 

Next day, we climbed up Seongsan Ilchulbong(sun rise peak) for the morning shot. Unfortunately it was cloudy to see the fine view beyond the volcanic crater. He really wanted to shot of a volcanic crater, so we went to A-Bu Oreom which is not high hill crater. The weather suddenly became good. Well, weather in Jeju island is notoriously fickle. Always changeable. Bad weather in the morning changed to be good in the afternoon. I think it's good sign for us.

Seogwipo city southern part of Jeju island is my home town. It might be prejudice but I think the most beautiful place in Jeju island is Seogwipo city. We have 6 big waterfalls and other small ones. Black cliffs with solitary rock is awesome. When we visited the Play K-Pop, receptionists gave us a good mini concert. It was so cool to listen real music. Ofcourse we had a photo with the beautiful girls. 

Jungbang waterfall is the one which is cascading to the ocean directly. There are only three waterfalls falling down directly into the ocean in the world. Jungbang waterfall is the one of them. The more interesting thing is that water from the waterfall in Jeju island is spring or ground water comes from under the ground because Jeju island is a volcanic island, so whenever it rains water just penetrates into the ground and comes out near the shore. Seogwipo has lots of cliffs on the shore and water falls down from the cliffs. So cool city I live.

I had a pleasure to have a tour with him and learned lot. As I mentioned before he is a power blogger. I think lots of people want to be a power blogger. I want to be a power blogger too. So I tried to see how he works. One thing impressive is that he always write and takes pictures. He shot film for more than 6 hours for 2 minutes post. That mean lots of work. and always work. I asked him "why don't you write it after work?"  then he said smiling. " If I don't write right now, I will forget the feeling of now, so I don't want to lose the feeling of right moment".  

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.