Jeju

April 22nd
Jeju Island, Korea

I signed up for a crew tour today in Jeju, something one of my friends had organized and was extremely excited about. My friend had spent some time in Korea and was slightly familiar with the island, so I paid the money and set out on what was certainly an interesting tour.
First stop: Mystery Hill (oooooooo). And the mystery about the hill – cars roll up it instead of down. Yeah, sounds crazy right? Now, I saw it and can say it certainly seems as if these vehicles are rolling up the hills, along with the many water bottle we tried to roll in the opposite direction. The explanation behind it is that through some optical illusion formed naturally by the surrounding hills and hills before and after “Mystery Hill”, it undoubtedly makes it seem like the hill is slanted upwards, when in fact, gravity proves it isn’t. It might be hard to imagine, and pictures don’t quite do the mystery justice, so I guess you’re just going to have to take my word for it – Mystery hill is pretty darn cool (for about 5 minutes till you realize how easily amused you can be by a hill). After a quick stop to experience the magic, we left for the second stop.
Second stop: An outside museum called Love Land (yeah, what you think it is). This “museum” is predominately out doors and is little more than a showing of the museum’s comprehensive display of enormous, graphic sculptures – and let emphasize “graphic”. I have many pictures, none of which are suitable for posting, and should you want to see any of them, we can set up a meeting behind closed doors.
Third stop: Waterfalls! This stop was the first normal stop, and not that I didn’t enjoy the first to, but it was nice to end the tour with a more conservative sightseeing destination. We spent 40 minutes or so looking around the park area and then headed back to the ship.
And that about sums up my tour in Jeju, should you decide to deem it such. Thanks for reading!