Korea Photos...Day 7

Day 7 (Friday): We arrived early at Kimpo Airport, which typically services domestic flights within Korea, in order to fly out to Jeju Island, the equivalent of Korea's Hawaii.  When I got to the airport, though, I saw some traditional Korean items of which I couldn't resist taking a picture...I'm such a sucker for historical things:

One of Korea's many types of traditional drums

An old form of transport for the nobility and wealthy...you've seen this in the historical dramas

The next two pictures were taken almost as soon as I arrived in Jeju Island as I was leaving the airport.  What amazed me most was the type of greenery I saw:

All the palm trees must have been imported, no? I don't think palm trees are indigenous to Jeju.

Cute little Korean-styled information booth.  :)

By the time I got out of the airport, though, it was time for lunch, so my friend took us (me and my sister) to a nice seaside restaurant.  Below are a picture of the view from the eatery and one of a fantastic plate of sashimi (raw seafood is popular in Korea):

After lunch, we visited this place called Miniature Land, a sort of theme place that showcases (in miniature scale) many of the world's famous monuments.  I think it's been used as a location spot for a number of dramas (i.e. What Planet Are You From)

Map of the place :)

Sign telling tourists that it appeared in a drama

A scene from Gulliver's Travels

A display of the twins (Romulus and Remus) in Roman mythology

A display showing the famous Jeju oranges and the cartoony Jeju people

You can see a rendition of the famous Jeju black pig

I think that you can recognize many of these monuments/places without labels...taking too long to caption. :(   The place had an interesting mix of internationally renown monuments/structures as well as fun displays for kids as you can see:

Yeah, this is me acting silly. 

The tiger from Kung fu Panda

 

This last one was a picture of me in a mirrors/illusion house designed just for kids...interesting, huh?

After we got done with Miniature Land, my friend drove us to a golf course/coffee place for a panoramic view of a part of Jeju Island...the weather was incredible, especially since it was snowing in Seoul at the time.  

By the time we got to our hotel, it was evening and the inside of the hotel was lit up beautifully (picture above). As I explored the hotel a bit, I ran across two little bears that were on display in commemoration of the Teddy Bear Museum in Jeju Island as well as the drama Goong.  There was also a display for the drama Iris, which had apparently been filmed there, but I wasn't too interested...hence no photos of that.  LOL

Hmmm...it's already past 2:30AM...the photos are taking forever to upload, so I'll save Day 8 for tomorrow.  Hope these photos gave you a nice glimpse of another part of Korea and a sense of seeing what I saw.  If nothing else, perhaps it provided a nice break from work for some of you.  :D  Until next time!