Jeju Island

Jeju's famous Avalone and seafood jongol (stew)

Jeju is a beautiful Island; it is the Hawaii of Korea!  what i enjoyed the most other than the view and the weird speaking koreans is the excellent seafood.
to the left is Jun bok haemul jongol in other words it is a soup/stew with lots of veggies like nappa cabbage, turnip, green onions, tofu with fresh shellfish like Avalone, conch, shrimp, octopus and huge variety of clams.  unlike most korean haemul jongols (seafood stews) this one has a clear broth untainted by the korean crushed red pepper (gochugaku)
it was mild and refreshing.

horse back riding in Jeju

traditional korean kitchen in Jeju

green tea fields

 why do i have a picture of pineapples you ask?  I am from florida, i had a pineapple shrub in my fron yard when i lived in Brandon.  It is not a big deal to me however i went on a tour and this is where they took me to.  to see pineapples.
some of the other koreans made comments like "oh my goodness i guess pineapples don't grow on pineapple trees"!!
i just thought it was funny.

Jeju do has many smaller Islands with caves, both natural and man made. I asked my guide why there were so many man made caves and he told me that during WWII after the bombing of Pearl Harbor,  the Japanese in fear of the U.S. forced the people of jeju to make man made caves to hide supplies.   it was interesting.

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