Although Jeju Island has too many attractions to enjoy in just two full days, we were able to venture around what is Jeju's most arguably best attraction: Udo Island. Located 3.5 km off the east coast of Jeju, teeny-tiny Udo Island with an area of 6 km sq. (approximately 1/95 of the land area of Oahu) is literally translated to "Cow Island" because it looks like a cow lying down.
We left the hostel early in the morning to take an hour-long cab ride (which amazingly barely cost over $21) to the east coast, where we took a 15-minute ferry to Cheonjinhang Port on the southern tip of the island. We originally intended to rent ATVs and ride around the island, but unfortunately, we were required to have international licenses to operate any vehicles on the island. So instead, we rented bicycles for three hours at the price of $7.
The weather was amazingly warm and sunny, which made biking around the island feel spectacular.
We left the hostel early in the morning to take an hour-long cab ride (which amazingly barely cost over $21) to the east coast, where we took a 15-minute ferry to Cheonjinhang Port on the southern tip of the island. We originally intended to rent ATVs and ride around the island, but unfortunately, we were required to have international licenses to operate any vehicles on the island. So instead, we rented bicycles for three hours at the price of $7.
The weather was amazingly warm and sunny, which made biking around the island feel spectacular.
 View from the port |  Bye-bye, Jeju! |
Welcome to Udo!
We began to bike clockwise around the island, and like the tourists we were, we decided to stop every three minutes to take pictures:
 Reaaaaadyyyyy to BIKE! |  Udo Island Peanut Ice Cream |
 Cow Island  |  |
For lunch we chowed on Hwoe Guksu, which was pretty much Korean noodles mixed with sashimi, vegetables, and gochujang (chili pepper paste). We also had more sashimi (predominantly mackerel) on the side.
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After our fun-filled day cycling around Udo Island, we ferried back to Jeju Island and headed to Bijarim Forest, which is apparently the world's largest nutmeg forest. We enjoyed the greenery and crisp, fresh air as we wandered aimlessly around the forest, while excessively taking pictures.
 Greeeeeeeeeen (like in Kyoto!) |  Hug a statue! |
We then headed back to Jeju City in search of a restaurant that serves horse. After wandering around without a clue to where we should search, we ran into a mini amusement park which had an insanely dangerous but thrilling ride...and I forgot its name. It's basically a rotating platform bordered by seats facing inward with no seat belts or harnesses to hold riders down. It would violently rotate in either direction, and occasionally bump up and down, sending some of its riders flying into the air, only to land back on the platform (or the seats) with a loud and usually painful thud. Only six of us were brave enough to ride it, and we can all agree on one thing: we all thought we were going to die. Here are some random pictures:
Us shaka-ing before our impending deaths...
 ...then death (look at Julia S. clinging on to her life)... |  ...and here we can see Sylvia and Julia A. clinging on to their lives as well... |
As we later continued our journey to find some horse toe eat, to our detriment, we were directed to a restaurant that happened to just recently took horse off its menu. Nonetheless, we enjoyed a traditional Korean meal for dinner which was, of course, delicious.
The next day, some of us flew back to Seoul as we had classes on Monday. The others who didn't have Monday classes stayed for an extra day and had adventures of their own (you can check their adventures out by sifting through their blogs; the links are on the "Links" page). That's all for my Jeju Vacay...we're planning to have a trip to Busan soon. We'll see if anything interesting happens in between now and then!
The next day, some of us flew back to Seoul as we had classes on Monday. The others who didn't have Monday classes stayed for an extra day and had adventures of their own (you can check their adventures out by sifting through their blogs; the links are on the "Links" page). That's all for my Jeju Vacay...we're planning to have a trip to Busan soon. We'll see if anything interesting happens in between now and then!
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