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seongsan ilchulbong and a lap around jeju-do

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seongsan ilchulbong

DSC_5276we wake up before dawn and hike up seonsgsan ilchulbong, an old tuff cone on the northeast corner of the island. we watch the sunrise.

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DSC_5250 mural of a jeju diving matriarch and a captured facehugger.

DSC_5378turtle rock and a chinese man.

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DSC_5421sleeping colt.

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DSC_5449david bowie’s dog.

DSC_5466 ice coffee on a tree house cafe.

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hexagonal lava columns

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the sad cuttle bone of a cephalopod. DSC_5487

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hyeopjae beach

DSC_5518DSC_5533sea lettuce on ancient, crusty lava.

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DSC_5584we 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.

DSC_4991lunch by the road.

DSC_4993DSC_5001we drive towards manjanggul.

DSC_5172 a phallic grandfather sculpture guards the entrance to a garden .

DSC_5163we descend to a lava tunnel.

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back on the surfaceDSC_5020 a swallow feeds her youngDSC_5027while a cat awaits.  DSC_5188 DSC_5184we stop by a beach and then

DSC_5202off to seongsan ilchulbong peak

DSC_5245jeju black pig and makgeolli dinner. DSC_5248

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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.

imageAt the pension we leave the tv off and have pudding and chips.