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South Korea Winter Trip. Day 3: Jeju Island

On the early morning of the second day, the taxi driver brought us to a number of spots not on my 3rd day list. The day then went on until late night, and it was our last day at Jeju Island.

But I guessed the main highlight was the volcano, Halla Mountain, which is the highest in South Korea.

To get things started, we visited O'Sulloc Green Tea Garden and had breakfast in their cafĂ©. Guess what, everything was made or has green tea in it, from sandwiches to cakes and ice-cream! 
Two big cups of tea, please...

Macam kat Cameron Highlands je...

Apart from museum, there was a nice cafe to try out

Some exhibit items related to green tea


And a nice garden to lepak!

Twenty minutes continued to the north, we visited Hallim Park, an 80-acre wasteland turned into green park. It consists of 9-themes that include gardens of subtropical botanic, palm tree avenue,  wild grass and flower garden and stone and bonsai garden that caught our attention. It is worth to visit Hyeopjae and Ssangyong cave. We spent almost 2 hours in this park before continue to stop at the nearby beach.

Hallim Park Entrance

Cactus Garden

Palm tree avenue

Love park.. :-P


Stone garden

Easy walking path in the cave.. don't need to worry





Nice bonsai garden

Mats rempit..








Cold air blown even though it was midday when we stopped for pictures on the beach.



Crystal-clear blue ocean yet it was so cold

Yet another interesting show was The Ma Horse performance featuring Mongolian riders story lining the historical and mythical of Jumong. We got the chances to feed the horses too!

Then, we were taken to a glass theme park call Jeju Glass Castle, which is a must! We experienced the first glass-labyrinth in the world that exhibited more than two hundred items made from glass.





Taking pictures with one of the actor(s)

The Jeju Glass Castle facade


Waiting for Jack with his chicken


Cinderalla?




Hope one day we will able to visit this place...

and this place...

and this too!

I'm stronger than you!












After the visit to Jeju Glass Castle, we headed back to the hotel. But the day was just not over yet. We visited the Ripley's Believe It or Not! located nearby.











  

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