Friday, October 24, 2008

Seongsan

Seongsan is a tiny little town on the east coast of Jeju Island. It's famous throughout Korea for Seongsan Ilchulbong, which is an extinct volcano right on the coast. Because the volcano is the easternmost point on Jeju, it's the first place to see the sunrise, and so it's very popular for Koreans to travel there to witness the sun come up. Although we stayed here 2 nights, I didn't feel compelled to get my ass out of bed to watch the sun come up.
It's a 20 minute hike to the top from the town, and from there you can look into the crater. We saw a couple of rabbits living it, and apparently there are deer and badgers also, although I didn't see any.
The first picture I took near the volcano, looking north at Udo Island. The second picture was from the hotel.

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