【Korea 韓國 2018】8D7N Jeju-Seoul Trip 濟州島-首爾 8天7夜 自助遊 【Winter 冬天】
by
Travellover23
- February 12, 2018
**If you plan to go Korea during spring, you can see this POST.
Still reminiscing the moment sitting leisurely in the cafe listening to Korean song. This time i had followed a tour instead of renting a car as I wish to have another new experience. I have chosen a travel agency that has been in Jeju for 15 years plus. They have tours in multi-language like Chinese, English, Cantonese, Korean.
Let's start our wander journey!
--- DAY 1 ---
Can't sleep in the middle of the night is torturing!! As our flight is in the early morning, we have to depart to KLIA2 at late night. Maybe I'm too excited I can't sleep. We have our supper at the Family Mart as I damn like their tom yum base fishcake!! Finally, we get on the plane and our seat is separated. WTfish!!
After 5hours plus napping, the flight attendant announced we have reached earlier at Jeju International Airport. The airport is kinda small so it was a long queue in the customs area. And when I step out the arrival hall, I saw my name on a board. OMG! like a star! "Syok sendiri". I have met my tour guide aka driver of the day, Ricky and also MinHo, a local Korean. Ricky is a friendly and humorous person who able to speak Cantonese, Chinese and English. While Minho able to speak in Chinese too beside Korean. So there is no worry of communication during the trip. I have pick up my unlimited data simcard at the arrival hall before leaving the airport.
Since this is my second time to Jeju, I went to the place I had never been. First stop, we have visited the Yongduam Rock 용두암.
Once we arrived, the sea breezes damn strong and started snowing. Ricky has explained the existence of this Yongduam Rock. Yong means dragon. And you will see the dragon head rock at the Yongduam.
Just a stone's thrown away from Yongduam Rock was the Yongyeon Cloud Bridge 용연다리. You will see the beautiful Yongyeon Pond 용연where the river water meets the sea water. The pond is so deep, the bottom cannot be seen. Seriously if the weather is good, the view of the Yongyeon bridge is damn captivating.
Then, we went for lunch at nearby. When you come to Jeju, one of the local dishes you cannot be missed is the abalone porridge especially in this cold winter season.
I feel damn warm when eating the abalone porridge. I like their side dishes as well especially the green seaweed. The green seaweed damn crunchy when I chewed it.
After that, we went to the Jeju Dongmun Traditional Market 동문재래시장 which sold a lot local stuff like tangerine, seafood and many more.
We didn't buy anything as the tour guide say the tangerine there is expensive. Then we walk to the Jungang Underground Shopping Center which is near to Dongmun Market. The clothes at there kinda old and pricey. We plan to shop at Seoul so just window shopping around there.
Then, we went to a DIY workshop. We have DIY natural soap, perfume and lip balm. Is kinda interesting. The tutor is a local university lecturer which is expert in making natural soap. The one I did is flower soap, flower scent perfume and chocolate lip balm. Really smell like choco and feel wanna eat it.
Then, we went to check-in at Haema Hotel 해마 호텔. I damn like this hotel as it has a CU convenient store in it. We took bath before went out for dinner.
The dinner place was located just a few steps behind our hotel. We went to this BBQ black pork shop 칼맞은삼겹살 twice because is tasted so damn nice! nice! nice! I need to mention it three times as it's tasted too yummy.
Remember to order cold noodle 냉면. One spoon of cold noodle with a piece of pork was a perfect match.
Anyeong! We have our first breakie at our hotel. The ambience of hotel cafe was damn good. We have a great time to enjoy our breakfast. Their breakfast is either Western style or Korean style. 
---DAY 2 ---
Fortunately, the moment we went down from the car, the sky started snowing heavily and wind blew strongly. Can you imagined that?! The wind can blow us away and we really cannot stand properly.
Later, we went to Jeju Folk Village 제주민속촌. Jeju Folk Village has been a casting place for the Korean drama 《Dae Jang Geum》.
The aggressive black pig excited when met its long last friend ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Before that, we will see a lot of Dol Hareubang around the Jeju Island. Ricky has told us about the story of this stone grandfather. The one with a raised right hand symbolized a civil officer meanwhile a raised left hand refer to a military officer.
The Dol Hareubang has shifted back to the cafe
Next station we had visited the Sangumburi Crater 산굼부리. 
Dinner time we went to a Chinese restaurant to have jjajangmyeon 짜장면.
After finish our dinner, we went for a walk around our hotel area (Singwang-ro street) and grabbed some skincare and cosmetic products too.
--- DAY 3 ---
Good Morning !! Our first stop was O'sulloc Tea Museum 오설록 티뮤지엄. Today snowing heavily as lots of cars stuck in the middle of the road. Now I just realized they are using snow chain to prevent the car from sliding. When we arrive the museum, the snow started to fall again. We visit the tea museum and having the green tea swiss roll and ice cream as well.
Nothing much change but the stamping postcard become a paper already.
After that, we had visited the Yongmeori Coast 용머리해안. I walk along the coastline and enjoy the unique cliff and ocean wave. Before went into the cliff, you will pass by a big pirate ship.
Finally i can try the ChiChiPong at Jeju.
Wee! it was lunchtime. We proceed to Seogwipo Olle Maeil Market 서귀포매일올레시장 that I really want to revisit again. The food there damn tempting. I had eaten Tteokbokki, Fishcake, Kimchi pancake, BBQ pork stick, cheesy octopus bread and many more. Damn, I still missed those foods.
Our dinner was at Hwamokwon 화목원. Their famous dish is fresh seafood. I had eaten a lot of raw seafood. Have a great night before departing to Seoul on next day. The snow and icy condition become worst and worst.
--- DAY 4 ---
Waking up in the morning and feeling damn excited because we gonna depart to Seoul. Ricky has sent us to the airport and we had breakfast at Lotteria. At first, the flight was announced will be delayed but after we finished our breakfast, the flight was cancelled. Immediately i contacted Ricky to inform him. 
Ricky had told us this was the most serious snow he had met. We were damn lucky. I had my lunch at 김밥천국 along Singwang-ro street.This time I had ordered my favourite dish kimchi chiggae.While waiting for hotel check-in, we went to the Angel-in-us cafe having some coffee. I had ordered matcha latte. It tasted damn nice.
--- DAY 5 ---
We went to the airport and ask the Tway counter again for the earliest flight again. Once we get the immediate ticket, we run to the departure area. Finally, we can board onto the plane. Phew~~The view from the plane was damn awesome. 
Our stay really looked like a sweet room. The room had a small kitchen area. It was well equipped with essential toiletries. I really fell in love with this Airbnb.【Link】 If you haven't register yet, you can click【Link】to register and get RM120 credit.
After that, we went to the Piggy Bank 돼지저금통 to have our BBQ pork feast!
--- DAY 6 ---
We woke up early in the morning and went to shuttle bus pick-up point for going ski. We need around 2 hours to reach the Vivaldi Ski Park. Before that, I have booked the package at Funtastic Korea website. I have written down my ski experience in another post. (LINK)
After ski, we just walked around Hongdae and found out a cafe Waffle Monster 와플몬스터 .
The cafe ambience damn cosy and the waffle was met my taste. The cream that they use is handmade blueberry instead of whipped cream. I had ordered a grapefruit tea too. Recommend to try their waffle and drinks as well.
I like the LED decoration in the cafe. This place suitable for couples dating.
After that, we went back to Airbnb for a rest. Before that, I saw a lot of people queuing up for the Takoyaki stall near to our Airbnb and decided to give a try. We plan to go DDP and Dongdaemun area but end up sleeping till the morning. Haha XD
--- Day 7 ---
Good morning!! We went to the famous cafe --- Florte flower cafe 플로르떼 to meet our friend.
We have ordered 3 set of drinks and a muffin as well. This cafe was instagrammable as all corner can be a great backdrop take photos.
After that, we went Gwangjang Market 광장시장. We had started our eating journey again. Eating Ttoekbokki, Eating kimbap, Eating Live Octopus too. The aunty in the market was very friendly. The small bench at the market was equipped with the heater as well so that we won't feel cold while eating.
Then we wore the hanbok to the Gyeongbokgung 경복궁. For your information, wearing hanbok can enter the Gyeongbokgung with FREE entrance fee. But due to lack of time, we just wear for around one hour. The place was damn beautiful. We had taken a lot of photos. Thanks to my bitchy 여자친구 for doing beautiful hair braid for me.
On the next day, we had our breakfast at Issac Toast before departing to the Jeju airport.
This counter is near to Gate 14
After this trip, I realized that there are also a lot of benefits of a private tour in Jeju. Firstly, you can personalise your own schedule and route. Meanwhile, you no need to worry about get lost in this island as they provide you with an experienced driver. The public transport now still upgrading process so usually need to wait at least 30minutes for the bus. During winter, if you not familiar with snowy road drive, I will recommend you to get a private car driver instead of self-drive. One more thing worth to be praised is their service. Due to sudden flight cancel, Cherrie and I need to stay one more night in Jeju. I had informed the Jeju Ever Tour person-in-charge, summer about our flight cancel and immediately she helped us to settle our accommodation. Their tour guides were friendly and able to speak multi-languages. With their guided tour, I can try the local food recommend by them. =)
Photos are taken using Olympus OMD EM5 Mark ii with 7-14mm lens
Jeju Tour information:
Jeju Ever Tour 濟州愛寶旅行社
Website: https://www.jejuevertour.co/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/travel.chriswang/
Email: koreajejuevertour@gmail.com
Contact:+82 64 900 8828
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