1. Jeju Island Korea October 2011

2. Kangmoon Seo (l) treated us to Jeju Island black pig BBQ. Ellison Bentley, Dick, Gill McLellan, Dan Williams

3. The Dak Paper Doll Museum is located under the 2002 World Cup Soccer Stadium. A teacher and his student are in the right forefront.

4. At the Yakcheon Temple, built in the 1990s, a Buddhist nun instructs a group of children.

5. In the center of the four-story (28 meters high) main prayer hall, which claims to be Asia’s largest, is a large golden Buddha.

6. Yakcheon Temple is the second largest temple complex on Jeju Island. Bell tower (l), Kangmoon Seo (r)

7. Horseback riding on Halla horses with Ruthanne Chun, UW Vet Oncologist, at a local stable

8. Basalt cliffs behind the International Convention Center

9. Columnar joints in the basalt cliffs

10. Polygonal columns of basalt

12. Dick, after his lectures

14. Kangmoon hosted a sashimi dinner

15. Ellison Bentley and Dan Williams

16. Sachiko Saito

17. Fresh Abalone is a Jeju specialty

18. Kangmoon started the drinking games

19. Drop the shot glass of soju into the glass of beer and drink up

21. Kangmoon and Akihiko Saito appreciate the quick learners!

22. Dick with Maggs, Ofri & Bentley

23. Dr. and Mrs. Kei Ono

24. The Japanese guests spotted Dan’s hanzi tattoo through his shirt

25. Preparing to depart

26. The party ended Japanese-style, with a single clap in unison

27. Peace!

28. Trekking Route 10 of the Jeju Olle

29. Jeju Olle Spiders are large and plentiful!

30. Sogeummak cliffs

31. There were ~32 in our tour party.

32. Hangmandae cliffs

33. The only time we shared the road

34. Southwestern coast of Jeju Island

35. Replica of Hamel’s 17 th c. Dutch ship

36. Sanbang-san Mountain

37. Sagye Pogu port

38. The holes in the rock face are where the Japanese stored their armed fast boats during WWII

39. Sanbang-san Mountain

41. Sanbang-san Mountain in the distance

42. Brothers Rocks

43. The grassy crater of Songaksan Mt.

44. Pampas grass

45. A burial mound

46. Climbing Songaksan Mountain

47. On Songaksan Mountain with Ellen Bjerkas and her husband Rolf

48. Goats graze on Songaksan Mt. slopes

49. View of the East China Sea from Songaksan Mountain

50. The Halla horse

52. Altteureu (Japanese) Airfield in brown

53. Buckwheat Field

54. Memorial site

55. End of hike at Altteureu Airfield

56. Manjanggul Lava Tube and Column

57. Bukchon Dol Harbang Park

58. Dol Harbang variations

62. Mark Mitchell, U. of IL professor of conservation and zoo veterinary medicine

63. Barry Hartup, Director of Veterinary Services, International Crane Foundation

64. Jeju Island Black Pigs

65. Seongsan Ilchulbong (Sunrise Peak)

67. View from Seongsan Ilchulbong

68. Seongsan’s crater

69. Views from Seongsan Ilchulbong

70. Seongsan is 180m high

71. Hello Kitty at the Hotel Lotte Jeju

72. Kim Young Gap Gallery

73. The “Korean Banana”

74. Kim chee pots at Jeju Folk Village Museum

75. Back to Seongsan

76. Seongsan = Sunrise Peak

77. Women divers at the base of Seongsan

78. Jeju Haenyeo (women divers)

80. Octopus!

81. Turban Snails and Sea Cucumber

82. The diver prepares and sells plates of raw seafood.

83. Dan Williams and Gillian McLellan

84. Lions Club clock in the seafood restaurant

85. Squid hang to dry near Sunrise Peak

87. The squid farm is in the distance

89. Pampas Grass at San-Gumburi Crater National Monument