Cliff(y) Goes Travelling

CJU-HKG (3h) Airbus 320-200 ETD: 2.05pm (GMT + 9)  ETA:  4.05pm (GMT + 8) Apart from closing the chapter on Jeju Island, this entry shall be the very last on Dragonair as the airline has recently been rebranded as Cathay Dragon. Do note that KA325 is the flight code for the CJU-HKG sector at the point of writing.

2 Gonghang-ro, Yongdam 2(i)-dong, Jeju Island, South Korea Jeju International Airport was originally established in 1942 as a military facility before being reopened as an international airport in 1968. It's said that the number of passengers on domestic flights to the airport reached over 13 million in 2009, exceeding that of Gimpo International Airport in Seoul.

284-12 Ilchul-ro, Seongsan-eup, Jeju Island, South Korea Daily: 1 hour before sunrise till sunset Seongsan Ilchulbong, also known as the Sunrise Peak to many foreigners, is a 182 m tall tuff cone formed by hydrovolcanic eruptions many years ago. Said to resemble a gigantic ancient castle, it has a bowl-like crater that has a diameter of 600 m.

182 Manjanggul-gil, Jeju Island, South Korea Daily: 9.00am - 6.00pm From Jeju City , my BFF and I travelled east to see for ourselves one of the finest lava tunnels in the world. About 1 km of the 13.4 km Manjanggul Cave is open to the public, leading to the gorgeous lava tube that's 30 m in height and 23 m in breadth.

Jeju Island, South Korea Hours vary by season  ( http://www.hallasan.go.kr/english/content.php?page=020104 ) Continuing from the previous post on the Yeongsil Trail @ Hallasan National Park , I present you some pictures taken at Witse Oreum, as well as the subsequent Eorimok Trail that my BFF and I took to walk down the mountain.

Jeju Island, South Korea Hours vary by season  ( http://www.hallasan.go.kr/english/content.php?page=020104 ) Perhaps the most iconic natural feature of Jeju Island, Hallasan is surrounded by 368 parasitic volcanoes called oreum around the main mountain. This highest mountain in South Korea is also known as Mt. Yeongjusan (lit. mountain high enough to pull the galaxy). As the number of pictures I took during the day trek is stunning, I've decided to split them into two posts.