Last Friday was the National Foundation Day of Korea and thus, I had the day off to explore my lovely island. Except I actually left my island for another, much smaller island named Udo. There are a good number of small islands off of Jeju but many of the ones I have seen are either too small or to difficult to live on. Although, I guess that didn't stop people from living on Dokdo (but that's another story). I went with Claire, the constant companion, and I can honestly say it was one of my favorite days in Korea thus far. We took the ferry to Udo (about 15 minutes and only 4,500 won roundtrip!) and immediately upon exiting we went to find some of the famed peanut ice cream. After having some of really good ice cream we rented bikes for the whole day. The first guy we talked to about bikes definitely tried to rip us off because we're foreigners but when I whipped out some Korean he quickly changed his tune. I took that to be a bad sign and we moved on to the next guy who priced us right off the bat at a much lower rate than the first guy. We then proceeded to ride our bikes around Udo, stopping for pictures and what not. It was nice to be able to leave our bikes and not worry about people stealing them- oh the island life! We parked our bikes in order to climb the hill where the lighthouse is. Sadly, we couldn't get very close to the light house, but from high above the views were gorgeous. We rounded out our day by stopping at a little korean restaurant to have a late lunch. I ordered seafood soup which ended up having live abalone in it! I guess I can check that off my list now! On the ferry ride back we grabbed a bottle of the famous peanut makgolli and made quick work of it. All in all, a wonderful day.
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Author안녕! I'm Emmy and this is my blog detailing my life in Korea with Fulbright mainly through pictures. Feel free to contact me on my about page. TTFN Archives
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