All In House

Jeju is the best natural shooting place, many famous Korean drama series or movies were filmed in this island, just name it: Jewel in the Palace (Daejanggeum), All In, My Girl, Goong and the list still goes on.

Our trip in Jeju was quite short so we only managed to visit Seopjikoji from All In and the other one was Daejanggeum shooting place. All In House is more like a museum that provide everything about the drama. The All In House opened its door on June 3, 2005 and it's the first drama memorial hall in Korea. The House located in a beautiful shore of Jeju's southern district called Seopjikoji.

(All In House in Seopjikoji)

As for Daejanggeum shooting place, it's hidden in untouched coastal scenery, the beautiful ocean and stunning view of cliffs and surrounding rocks is simply breathtaking, if you are visiting Jeju island, it's one of must see destinations.

(Daejanggeum shooting place)

Tangerine Farm

Tangerine is Jeju's signature fruit, you will find this mandarin orange sold in every local shops and tourist spots across the island. Visiting the Tangerine farm was one of our itinerary in Jeju. Located not far from the Folk Village, the farm allowed us to look around, pick the tangerine from the trees and taste how sweet the fruit is. We found the tangerines hang on almost every branch made a beautiful background to pose on.

Tangerine farm in Jeju

Jeju tangerine sold at a market

Beside the abundant tangerine you'd also find some cookie product made with tangerine including tangerine-filled chocolate. We did try and buy some orange choco as souvenirs, I reckon this Jeju orange chocolate is a must buy product from Jeju.

If you happened to watch Korean drama series "My Girl", some scenes were set in a beautiful Tangerine farm of Jeju, and it's one of many famous Korean drama series I've watched.

Submarine Tour in Seogwipo

Still in Jeju island, Seogwipo is a port city located in the southern part and is the second largest city on the island after Jeju city. It's much smaller compared to Jeju city but you would be amazed by the view from both above and under the sea.

Seogwipo port

There are two options to enjoy the underwater scenery, either scuba diving or submarine. Submarine is the easy way and who would go for scuba diving in winter time? We went down to the very end of the harbour to find the submarie tour desk in a building shared with the cruise tour. The 'feeder boat' took us to the submarine docking are, where the crews escorted the passenger one by one to the submarine boat, given times to take picture nobody missed this chance to pose with the submarine and surrounding rocks. Stepping the ladder all the way down the bowel people settle down in small benches facing the glass windows on each side of the boat. The excitement begun when we saw a diver swimming through followed by a huge group of fish. It really was a unique experience enjoying the beauty of coral reef and colourful underwater life. With the minimum lighting we couldn't take good shots but it really was an enjoyable trip we would love to go back.

The beautiful sea of Seogwipo

The underwater view from Submarine

Jeju Folk Village

Jeju Folk Village is a place where you can see and experience the native's culture of the island as well as species of native trees. Jeju Folk Village has a range of tradtional folk collection from around 1890's, more than 100 traditonal houses and over 8,000 pieces of folk articles are also displayed. The houses on display comprises mountain village, hill-country village, Jeju old administration office, and fishing village including the women diver's house. You can also find the traditional marketplace like restaurant, convinience store, and souvenir shop.

(Jeju Folk Village)

As we joined a local tour, lunch was included so we didn't bother what's on the menu for our lunch. The traditional Korean dishes served on a long table, including the local famous Jeonbokjuk (abalone porridge), fried fish, hotpot and not to mention a range of Banchan (Korean side dishes) including kimchi, fried anchovy, and potato salad. Don't expect for a big portion of abalone porridge considering the price, but I was quite happy with a small bowl of this healthy and yummy soup. Lucky that we mingled very well with a lovely family whose daughter speak English fluently so we didn't get lost in translation. This time I didn't manage to take good pictures so no food pictures to share for this post.

Admission fee is 6,000 won for individual, open from 8:00 to 17:oo in winter, and open a bit longer in summer (18:00). Jeju Folk performance can be enjoyed 3 times a day, but better check the schedule beforehand.

Jeju Love Land

Jeju Love Land or Sex theme park is an adult only theme park, the only park of its kind in Korea, featuring 140 works of arts created by 20 artists from Hongik University in Seoul. Opened for the first time on November 16, 2004 the park has become one of top tourist spots on the island. The park is only 10 minutes from Jeju International Airport, open from 9 am till midnight and costs 7,000 won for admission. I do recomend to visit this park in the evening when the naughty yet humorous sculptures lit up by beautiful lightings. The official website describes the park as 'a place where sexually-oriented art and eroticism meet, breaking the traditional taboos surrounding love, and is a place where visitors can appreciate the natural beauty of love'.

Jejudo (Jeju island)

Jejudo or Jeju island, formerly called Cheju island, is a volcanic island located in the southern part of South Korea. This relatively small island has many beautiful and unique tourist spots across the island. If you are Korean drama or movie lover you will find many 'romantic spots’ where many popular Korean drama scenes were taken such as All in and the famous Jewel in The Palace (Dae Jang Geum). This island with its fantastic and mysterious spots indeed is a perfect place for honeymoon.

(Night view from Yong Duam Rock)

Here are the spots list from my Christmas holiday in Jeju:

• Korean drama shooting places (All in and Dae Jang Geum)
• Mysterious road (a road where you can feel optical illusion)
• Osulloc tea plantation
• Lotte Hotel Garden
• Tangerine and mushroom farm.
• Seongeup Folk village
• Seogwipo sub-marine cruise
• Mongolian horse show
• Pony horse riding
• Hapy Town (Chinese circus)
• Dragon Rock (Yong Duam Rock)
• Dongbokri woman diver, a village where you can try all kind of fresh seafood.
• Love Land (Sex theme park)

I am very happy to rate Jeju island as the most beautiful island in the world! During my 3 days only visit, I had tonnes of stories to be cherished and treasured with hope that I'd make it to this island again someday.

Almost forgot, you definitely should try the sweet tagerine of Jeju when you visit this island!

I couldn't fit all my stories of this island full with beautiful nature in one post so I'l update this post in some separate posts later.