Thursday, September 24, 2015

VISITING (AND CLIMBING) MT. SANBANG GEOPARK



8th June 2015 ~ The next geopark visited was Mt. Sanbang which required visitors to climb up steps that led to a temple in the hill. I must say this should be a challenging activity for me and was glad I managed to get back to the bus after that. Again, we could not observe the beautiful panorama because of the weather.




going up or going down?


taking a (long) breather








the temple in the hill






the man from Brazil




the red circle is where the temple is located











One more destination before the bus would take us back to Jeju City.


















Wednesday, September 23, 2015

HAVING LUNCH IN THE SPIRITED GARDEN



8th June 2015 ~ Lunch was included in the bus tour package at a place called "Spirited Garden". I was actually mentally prepared to eat just a bit as there would not be halal food, or I would have doubt eating. And as expected, there was not much left for me to choose except for vegetables and kimchi. 





my vegetarian lunch


with miss Maggie from HK



Right after lunch, we went exploring in the garden despite the drizzle. For one thing, visitors were not allowed to take photos of the bonsai plants/trees but you had to be in the photos, beside the plants/trees. That should explain why I was there in almost all the photos.





orange tree in the background









We were lucky because we managed to get the master himself to be photographed with us. Master Sung Bun-Young was the one responsible to develop the garden. Just imagine the hard work and determination that he had put into to have a garden full of bonsai trees.


I am thinking of growing my own bonsai tree when I retire (which will be like more than 10 years). *sigh*


Tuesday, September 22, 2015

EXPLORING A SMALL PART OF SUWOLBONG GEOPARK IN JEJU ISLAND


8th JUNE 2015 ~ After the park, we were taken to one section of the beach which was also one part of Suwolbong Geopark. Unfortunately, the weather was very cloudy that afternoon so everybody must have missed the blue sky at the beach. 














Other than the sea, visitors come to this site to see the formation of rock which is related to the volcanic activities. That should explain the black sand and stones on the shore.






















This place was also used by the Japanese during the war era. We could see the a cell in the hill.




















We could not stay here long as it started to drizzle so everybody headed back into the bus for the next stop.