Seoul Trip 20-28th May Day 4

Day 4: Checked in to Goodstay Nulsong Parktel the night before. Upon reaching Jeju (new 7 wonders of nature!), it was really tough communicating to the taxi driver. No one knows where our hotel despite showing them the address.. It's not that our hotel was a ulu one, but they cant understand "Nohyung-dong".. and they only know how to read 굿스테이 늘송 파크텔 (Goodstay Nulsong Parktel). Luckily, the taxi driver was kind enough to lend us his mobile and we called the hotel using that. Then we got to our hotel, safely.

The next day, we were going to 2 places. UNESCO sites - Manjanggul Cave and Seongsan Ilculbong Peak aka Sunrise peak. The boss of the hotel was kind enough to offer us (and another pair of girls from HK) a ride to Jeju-si - Jeju Intercity Bus Terminal. He also suggested us to visit the cave first, then Seongsan. It was a half an hour ride to the bus stop near the cave, and then we need to take a taxi to the entrance.

The cave was VERY cold!! No sunlight can enter the place and thus the coldness. Everywhere was damp and there were puddles of water everywhere. It's very dark as well, though there was lamps along the pathway. It was a rough walk. No proper path, just rocks and stones. This cave is the longest lava tube in the world, formed about 2.5 million years ago. It was very long, but only 1km of its total length is for public access. It was beautiful.

Then we reached the end of our walk, everyone needs to take a picture with this particular background. It's the lava tube. It was not so amazing when we reached the end.. but we did enjoy the walk, and the coldness.

We then got out and onwards to our next destination - Seongsan! It was an hour's ride from the bus stop that we alighted... so along the ride, I took a short nap while dear dozed on and off, just in case we missed the alighting station.

Tadah~~ Here we are~! Magnificient view isnt it? Heehee. It was a tough climb up the mountain. Very steep steps... and it became narrower when you are reaching the top. There are many check points along the  climb too. If not, I guess I can't make it to the top. Haha.

So we reached the top. Very hot! Bright and sunny.... and sweaty. LOL. Didnt look that great when we were up there. Coz the perfect view will be taking a helicopter up and look down. (Got this image from googling) from top view nicer right?

Anyway, we stayed there for a while, calm down our breathless body and tired legs, we then walked down... with wobbly legs! haha. That's common for people who don't exercise at all. Weak! LOL. After we walked down, we were attracted to some people singing and we went there to take a look. It was the women divers performing! We didnt head down to see, but stood at the top, to enjoy the breeze and the view.

After that, we went back to wait for the bus. According the the schedule, we just missed a bus and have to wait for 40 mins under the sun for the next one! Thus we waited... and waited.. and my stomach started churning... so just when we waited for 39mins.. I broke the silence and said "dear, I have to go toilet and LS... if not, I cannot stand the 1.5hours journey back to the hotel..." So! Needless to say, dear was very angry.. 早不痛晚不痛。巴士来了才痛。I felt very bad and guilty.. but LS cannot wait!! Then we cant find a toilet too.. thus we have to walk all the way back to the entrance of seongsan!!! Sigh. What a bad experience~!

After the deed, we rushed back down to the bus stop and was just in time to catch the other bus which was coming 20 mins later. I cant imagine if I missed this bus too! Dear also cooled down after I apologised for x number of times..

We ended our day by having bbq at a restaurant just opp our hotel. Very cheap and nice (and we went back for the next day's dinner)!

That's it. Our mountain climbing experience. :)