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seongsan ilchulbong and a lap around jeju-do
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seongsan ilchulbong
we wake up before dawn and hike up seonsgsan ilchulbong, an old tuff cone on the northeast corner of the island. we watch the sunrise.
mural of a jeju diving matriarch and a captured facehugger.
turtle rock and a chinese man.
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seogwipo
ice coffee on a tree house cafe.
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hexagonal lava columns
the sad cuttle bone of a cephalopod.
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hyeopjae beach
sea lettuce on ancient, crusty lava.
we eat poop cookies while watching the sunset.
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volcanic island in the east china sea
we arrive in jeju, korea’s largest island.
we drive towards manjanggul.
a phallic grandfather sculpture guards the entrance to a garden .
back on the surface a swallow feeds her youngwhile a cat awaits. we stop by a beach and then
off to seongsan ilchulbong peak
in jeju, we find
music: paco de lucia. la niña de puerta oscura (1972).
더럭분교 deoluck branch school
Women, rocks and wind
pudding + black pigs in jeju island
Traveled to the volcanic island of jeju. Most people at the airport wore surgical masks. Mers on the news.
Arrived in jeju around 2.
Went down a 1 km lava cave in the eastern side of the island. At night we had some jeju black pig and makeoli while the news showed blurred out hospitals, doctors and patients. More people with surgical masks.
At the pension we leave the tv off and have pudding and chips.