Jeju Island Korea October 2011
Kangmoon Seo (l) treated us to Jeju Island black pig BBQ. Ellison Bentley, Dick, Gill McLellan, Dan Williams
The Dak Paper Doll Museum is located under the 2002 World Cup Soccer Stadium. A teacher and his student are in the right forefront.
At the Yakcheon Temple, built in the 1990s, a Buddhist nun instructs a group of children.
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.
Yakcheon Temple is the second largest temple complex on Jeju Island. Bell tower (l), Kangmoon Seo (r)
Horseback riding on Halla horses with Ruthanne Chun, UW Vet Oncologist, at a local stable
Basalt cliffs behind the International Convention Center
Columnar joints in the basalt cliffs
Polygonal columns of basalt
Dick, after his lectures
Kangmoon hosted a sashimi dinner
Ellison Bentley and Dan Williams
Sachiko Saito
Fresh Abalone is a Jeju specialty
Kangmoon started the drinking games
Drop the shot glass of soju into the glass of beer and drink up
Kangmoon and Akihiko Saito appreciate the quick learners!
Dick with Maggs, Ofri & Bentley
Dr. and Mrs. Kei Ono
The Japanese guests spotted Dan’s hanzi tattoo through his shirt
Preparing to depart
The party ended Japanese-style, with a single clap in unison
Peace!
Trekking Route 10 of the Jeju Olle
Jeju Olle Spiders are large and plentiful!
Sogeummak cliffs
There were ~32 in our tour party.
Hangmandae cliffs
The only time we shared the road
Southwestern coast of Jeju Island
Replica of Hamel’s 17 th c. Dutch ship
Sanbang-san Mountain
Sagye Pogu port
The holes in the rock face are where the Japanese stored their armed fast boats during WWII
Sanbang-san Mountain
Sanbang-san Mountain in the distance
Brothers Rocks
The grassy crater of Songaksan Mt.
Pampas grass
A burial mound
Climbing Songaksan Mountain
On Songaksan Mountain with Ellen Bjerkas and her husband Rolf
Goats graze on Songaksan Mt. slopes
View of the East China Sea from Songaksan Mountain
The Halla horse
Altteureu (Japanese) Airfield in brown
Buckwheat Field
Memorial site
End of hike at Altteureu Airfield
Manjanggul Lava Tube and Column
Bukchon Dol Harbang Park
Dol Harbang variations
Mark Mitchell, U. of IL professor of conservation and zoo veterinary medicine
Barry Hartup, Director of Veterinary Services, International Crane Foundation
Jeju Island Black Pigs
Seongsan Ilchulbong (Sunrise Peak)
View from Seongsan Ilchulbong
Seongsan’s crater
Views from Seongsan Ilchulbong
Seongsan is 180m high
Hello Kitty at the Hotel Lotte Jeju
Kim Young Gap Gallery
The “Korean Banana”
Kim chee pots at Jeju Folk Village Museum
Back to Seongsan
Seongsan = Sunrise Peak
Women divers at the base of Seongsan
Jeju Haenyeo (women divers)
Octopus!
Turban Snails and Sea Cucumber
The diver prepares and sells plates of raw seafood.
Dan Williams and Gillian McLellan
Lions Club clock in the seafood restaurant
Squid hang to dry near Sunrise Peak
The squid farm is in the distance
Pampas Grass at San-Gumburi Crater National Monument