Pics from Udo and Jeju City

Hello everyone,
We are doing very well and had a great long weekend. We have two vacations during the year and this one was really fun. We will have a few more long weekends but not one of 5 days like the one that just past. It was really fun.

On Friday, we went to Jeju City to explore the biggest city on the ilsand. We had to pick up our alien registration cards form Korean immigration. We visited the city and did a little shopping. It was alot of fun. We took the bus there in the morning and walked around all day. It was fun.






In Jeju City, we walked up this hill on the edge of town. It was really cool. There were all these Koreans walking around and doing there exercise. I got a few reps in and enjoyed the sites. We had supper and I found some shoes although shopping is difficult at times since nothing fits me. That night we took the bus home and relaxed.



On Saturday, we went to play Rugby with all the expats. I also got to play cricket again. It was fun. That night, we all got together to eat and have a few drinks. It is always funny to have a bunch of us together. Everyone is nice and we enjoyed each others compagny late into the night.




On Sunday, we drove of to Udo island with a New Zealander couple. It is a beautiful island with a population of 1750. It is really small and we were able to bike around the whole island. We had a few of our friends join us that night and enjoyed our hotel room right in front of the coral beach.














Udo island is the one of the few islands to have three different types of beaches on it. The closest beach was at the door step of our hotel. It is a coral beach. The coral is really soft and white.







This is the other beach on the other side of island that has black sand. I will put other pics on the other site that show more of the beach. We biked past the other beach put we were going so fast we did not take any pics.


On Monday, we biked around the island and it took us around 2 hours. There is a hugh lighthouse on the east coast of the island that is on the tallest point of the island. We will take some picks of it when we go again.



The island was amazing. The best part is that after returning our bikes on the last night we saw a pod of dolphins playing in front of our hotel. They were swimming around for around 30 minutes up and down the coast. It was amazing to see them in the wild. We were told that it is a good omen to see them. We were all delighted to see them. That night, we relaxed and enjoyed the heated hotel room and TV. At home, we try to conserve on heating costs so it was nice to have the heat on full blast.

On Tuesday, we had a late breakfast and made our way home. We took the ferry home and drove back to Seogwipo. It was a gray day and so we drove on the back roads home and enjoyed the countryside.

It was a great week-end. We even went for a swim on the coral beach. We had a great time and enjoyed our long weekend.

Talk to you soon. This weekend we are going to take it easy but will do a little more exploring. The island has a lot to offer.

Bye

Christian and Karina