Sunday, December 28, 2014

Soesokkak / Soesokkak Estuary (쇠소깍)

[Tour sights - Natural]
















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Open hours/days: Open all year around
Admission Fee: Free
Adress: 140, Hahyo-dong, Weogwipo-si, Jeju-do, Korea
Contact info: 064-732-1562
Parking Fee: N/A (Parking facility is available)

*You can ride water bike and kayak in Soesokkak! These are some information you might need.

Kayaking Fee:
Adults: 10,000 won  
Youths (height of above 145cm): 5,000 won 

Water bike:
Adults: 7,000 won
Youth: 5,000 won

Taeu (Jeju traditional small boat):
Adults: 6,000 won 
Youth: 3,000 won

Duration: 20 ~ 30 minutes

Contact info: 
Kayak- 010-6417-1617 
Water bike- 064-732-9998

















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Soesokkak is where you can de-stress by walking around or taking a leisurely ride. As this place is not a well-known tours sight, it is quiet and peaceful. This is one reason why I like here. If you take the bus (information written below), you can directly walk to where the upstream starts and continue to walk or ride downwards. At the end, you will spot the ocean and sometimes spot dolphins!

Although I recommend you to go here during spring or summer, it is also nice to visit here during the winter because most of the trees in Soesokkak are green all year. 

You can ride bus 100 to Jeju Intercity Bus Terminal from Jeju International Airport or take bus for Namjo - ro (bus 730) from the terminal or take bus 700 from the eastern part of Jeju (e.g. Pyoseon, Seongsanpo). Get off at Dure Villa station and walk to the bridge that is located near the station (takes about 15 minutes to reach to Soesokkak). You can just ride a taxi too.

















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Sunday, December 14, 2014

O'sulloc Tea Museum

[Jeju Tour sights / Museums]














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Open hours:
9:00Am ~ 10:30PM
*Friday & Saturday 9:00AM ~11:00PM
*Closed at Lunar new year and Chuseok
Contact info: +i82-2774-5460
Adress: Seoul-si Jung-gu Myeongdong-gil 48 (Myeongdong2-ga)
Admission Fee: Free
Website: http://www.osulloc.com (Korean only)
Language available: Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese






Menu:
Green Tea Latte
Green Tea Caramel Latte
Royal Milk TeaFresh Orange Green TeaFresh Citron Green TeaFreddo Green TeaGreen Tea Ice Cream








Even though this place is called "tea museum",  it's more like a cafe. When you first enter the museum, you can look at different kinds of green teas, but this section is really short. I personally hope this portion of the museum can be expanded. After this section, there is a gift shop and a cafe. I recommend O'sulloc cleansing foam and Green tea with adzuki beans. They are really good! When you go out the building there is a cosmetic shop (innisfree) too. 

I really enjoyed the grass field next to the tea museum (you can go here when you turn left from the entrance).


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