Jeju Island, South Korea - Friday 9 October, 2026

 Today is my last day on Jeju and I woke up to another perfect day. View from my balcony...

I wasn't sure how long it would take to fill the car with petrol and drop it back to the rental place, so I left in plenty of time. Easy drive and I arrive in Jeju City with time to spare. I found a cute cafe called Cafe Bree Free and had some breakfast...

Then walked to the sea. This spot is virtually under the runway...

Easy one hour flight on Korean Air back to Gimpo (Seoul)...

Jeju Island, South Korea - Thursday 9 October 2026

 Woke up to another gorgeous day. I went and had a look at the hotel. Love the translation...

These are hanok houses on the hotel property...

I decided to go and look for a cafe. However, after crossing the road outside the hotel I saw a sign to another waterfall so I followed the path...

This one was smaller and free! It is called Sojeongbang Waterfall...

I walked back and got the car. Today I'm driving west, first stop Jusangjeolli Cliffs which were formed by cooling lava.

As always, there's an entry fee of 2,000 won and parking was an extra 1,000. Scenery was beautiful...

I was amused to see the car park containing white cars only...

I then kept driving to Osulloc Tea Museum. It's a popular tourist destination and they have done a good job with their marketing. It's not so much a museum as a tea shop but I had a nice lunch there and bought some chocolate.

I had the warm matcha noodles which were very good...

View of tea fields from the top floor...

You could walk through the tea plants...

After that, I kept driving to the West Coast, and went to a lovely place called Hyeopjae Beach...

I had a coffee at a cafe overlooking the beach...

I then had a walk around the small town before heading back to Seogwipo. Got changed and caught an Uber to Olle Market. I am sick of driving and getting a car park in the city can be challenging.

Tonight I went to a food court section of the market and tried some local food. This is octopus balls wrapped in bacon...

And this is an omelette with pork in it...

After that I stumbled on this cocktail bar...

And had a couple of cocktails...

Then headed back to the hotel. Tomorrow I fly back to Seoul.

Cheung Chau, Hong Kong - September 2026

 One day we caught the ferry to Cheung Chau. It's pretty hot. The boats in the harbour look great...

It was pretty early so the cafe's weren't open. So we went on a walk to Coral Beach where I had been in 2020. Google Maps took us up throught the village.

We had a swim and cooled off. Then we headed back to the town for lunch.

After lunch, we caught the fast ferry back to Central.