Jeju Island Korea October 2011. Kangmoon Seo (l) treated us to Jeju Island black pig BBQ. Ellison Bentley, Dick, Gill McLellan, Dan Williams.

Jeju IslandKorea

October 2011

Kangmoon Seo (l) treated us to Jeju Island black pig BBQ. Ellison Bentley, Dick, Gill McLellan, Dan

Williams

The Dak Paper Doll Museum is located under the 2002 World Cup Soccer Stadium. A teacher and

his student are in the right forefront.

At the Yakcheon Temple, built in the 1990s, a Buddhist nun instructs a group of children.

In the center of the four-story (28 meters high) main prayer hall, which claims to be Asia’s largest, is a large golden

Buddha.

Yakcheon Temple is the second largest temple complex on Jeju Island. Bell tower (l), Kangmoon

Seo (r)

Horseback riding on Halla horses with Ruthanne Chun, UW Vet Oncologist, at a local stable

Basalt cliffs behind the International Convention Center

Columnar joints in the basalt cliffs

Polygonal columns of basalt

Dick, after his lectures

Kangmoon hosted a sashimi dinner

Ellison Bentley and Dan Williams

Sachiko Saito

Fresh Abalone is a Jeju specialty

Kangmoon started the drinking games

Drop the shot glass of soju into the glass of beer and drink up

Kangmoon and Akihiko Saito appreciate the quick learners!

Dick with Maggs, Ofri & Bentley

Dr. and Mrs. Kei Ono

The Japanese guests spotted Dan’s hanzi tattoo through his shirt

Preparing to depart

The party ended Japanese-style, with a single clap in unison

Peace!

Trekking Route 10 of the Jeju Olle

Jeju Olle Spiders are large and plentiful!

Sogeummak cliffs

There were ~32 in our tour party.

Hangmandae cliffs

The only time we shared the road

Southwestern coast of Jeju Island

Replica of Hamel’s 17th c. Dutch ship

Sanbang-san Mountain

Sagye Pogu port

The holes in the rock face are where the Japanese stored their armed fast boats during WWII

Sanbang-san Mountain

Sanbang-san Mountain in the distance

Brothers Rocks

The grassy crater of Songaksan Mt.

Pampas grass

A burial mound

Climbing Songaksan Mountain

On Songaksan Mountain with Ellen Bjerkas and her husband Rolf

Goats graze on Songaksan Mt. slopes

View of the East China Sea from Songaksan Mountain

The Halla horse

Altteureu (Japanese) Airfield in brown

Buckwheat Field

Memorial site

End of hike at Altteureu Airfield

Manjanggul Lava Tube and Column

Bukchon Dol Harbang Park

Dol Harbang variations

Dol Harbang variations

Mark Mitchell, U. of IL professor of conservation and zoo veterinary medicine

Barry Hartup, Director of Veterinary Services, International Crane Foundation

Jeju Island Black Pigs

Seongsan Ilchulbong (Sunrise Peak)

View from Seongsan Ilchulbong

Seongsan’s crater

Views from Seongsan Ilchulbong

Seongsan is 180m high

Hello Kitty at the Hotel Lotte Jeju

Kim Young Gap Gallery

The “Korean Banana”

Kim chee pots at Jeju Folk Village Museum

Back to Seongsan

Seongsan = Sunrise Peak

Women divers at the base of Seongsan

Jeju Haenyeo (women divers)

Jeju Haenyeo (women divers)

Octopus!

Turban Snails and Sea Cucumber

The diver prepares and sells plates of raw seafood.

Dan Williams and Gillian McLellan

Lions Club clock in the seafood restaurant

Squid hang to dry near Sunrise Peak

Squid hang to dry near Sunrise Peak

The squid farm is in the distance

Pampas Grass at San-Gumburi Crater National Monument