Beach Hotel in Jeju Island

One of the most important thing to consider when traveling is the accommodation specially in Jeju Island. Jeju Island is also famous for its beautiful beaches so your vacation in Jeju Island is complete if you get a hotel near the beach specially in summer.

This beach hotel is cheap, clean, has a nice view and near one of the most famous beaches in Jeju Island. There are different kinds of room, the double room (double bed room), twin room (two singles room), double twin room (a room with one double bed and a single bed) suite room (a double room with a living room) and the ondol room (korean style room). A Korean style room is a room without bed. You sleep on the floor with some mattresses. I recommend this kind of room if you visit Jeju in winter or cold weather or if you have a baby so you don't need to worry for him/her to fall off on the bed.

Here's the twin room. It is a good room if you are spending the night with your friend.



The double room. This room is good for couple.



The suite room. The living room is separated with the room so it's good for the whole family or for large number of people. Two can sleep in the room and the rest in the living room.





The double twin room. It's good for 3 people.



Here's the aisle.



The bathroom.





The lobby. It's a small lobby. Anyway, it's near the beach so it's better to stay in the veranda of the room or go to the beach rather than to stay in the lobby.



I recommend you to make a reservation to a travel agency than calling directly to the hotel. It's cheaper specially if you are a foreigner. I heard it's because they are giving a lower price to the agencies because they often make reservations to the hotel.

Jeju Dongmun Wet Market

One of the most interesting thing to do when travelling is to visit the markets specially when you travel out of the country. The reason is to know what people eat in that country, city or area if you just visit the other town. So, if you visit Jeju Island or Jejudo, don't forget to visit Jeju Dongmun Market. It is where you see different kinds of food specially seafoods.



It's the best place if you're looking for sea foods as presents to bring home for the family if you're just living in another city.





It's also fun to see how the vendors clean and cut to sell the rawfish. Here's one.



It's fun to see how fast they do it but it's also heartbreaking because the fish look pitiful.



But they also look yummy after that heartbreaking feeling. hehe..



If you can't eat raw fish, there are also restaurants inside where they serve different kinds of menu. Me and my hubby were craving for teokpokki, sundae and mandu so we went inside the small restaurant that we saw inside the market and had some. There were so many customers but we weren't satisfied with the food. It's just the same restaurant in Jejudo Island where they serve you and say goodbye. I mean it's not delicious and they don't care about it because they know that you are a traveler and will never come back again.



Well, if you visit Jejudo, it's better to eat raw than going to the restaurant where you will just feel upset and disappointed because of the food.

Lodge in Jeju Island

We stayed in Jeju Island for almost a year. We were looking for a place to live in so my hubby dialed the numbers that he saw on the net. We were about to rent an apartment but he said we have to see one more accommodation because he already made an appointment to the owner. He said it is a lodge and it's near the beach. We like the apartment but we didn't make a contract yet but we told the owner that we would come back on that same day.

The lodge owner kept calling us so we decided to meet him at the famous beach in Jeju Island. From the beach it was just two minutes away drive to the lodge. The lodge gave us a good first impression. It looks like we are in another country. We checked out inside and we made a deal and signed a contract for a year. So here's our lodge in Jeju Island for almost a year.



The living room. The TV and make-up cabinet where I also use the computer.



It is the secret attic. Just pull down the string and it will open.



The ladder will come out if you pull down the string.



The kitchen.



The kitchen when the string is pull down. That's the ladder to the attic.



The bathroom.



The bedroom.



The dining room.



The room upstairs. I mean in the attic.



There's a small bed.



The attic window. It's too cute. It's so nice to stay and sit at the window looking at the nice view.



The entrance door.



And the porch where we always have barbecue specially when we have visitors. The porch has the beach view.



We were about to stay here for a year. We paid our one year monthly rent but after 10 months we decided to leave. There was nothing to do anymore because we saw almost everything in Jeju Island. Anyway, the owner was too kind to us and he gave back the two months payment. He was too kind from the beginning until we left.

A Sign from Gary of Runningman

I was at work training the new worker when somebody came and asked if he could use the bathroom in the hotel where I worked for. He looked nice so I said yes and showed him the washroom in the office. He smiled and he said he would come back. After a few minutes, he came back with Gary. As soon as my co-worker saw him, she recognized him. So we waited until he came out of the bathroom. It really was Gary of Runningman, a South Korean famous variety show that is on every Sundays.

My co-worker prepared a pen and paper and asked if she could get a sign. He asked her name and signed. I said me too! So he asked my name and gave me this.



While he was going out we saw his name at the back of his shirt so we asked if they are making a video of their show. He said yes. So it's the Runningman whose making film outside. We just saw from morning that there were many people and cars parking at the beach and there are also big cameras. We just wondered what kind of film they are making again at the beach which is just in front of our hotel but when we knew that it was runningman, we got so interested that we couldn't work well.

When my boss came, he said he would go out to see the casts of the show. I asked are you going alone? Then, he said let's go together if you want. So, I and my new co-worker that I was training went with him. They were already leaving but we saw them inside the car. I saw Kim Jong-kook, Lee Kwang-su, Ji Suk-jin, Ha-ha and Song Ji-hyo. Unluckily, I didn't see Yu Jae-suk, the leader of the team and the most famous Korean MC.

My co-worker was about to take a picture of them with her cellphone but the staffs stopped her so I didn't try to take them a picture either.

Teddy Bear Museum in Jeju Island

Teddy Bear Museum is one of the best attractions in Jeju Island. It is where you cand find everything about bears! I love teddy bears and this museum has thousands types of bears. Of course I won't leave Jeju Island without visiting the Museum again. After 10 years, I finally visited the museum again.



This teddy bears couple will greet you at the entrance where you pay your admission fee.



With lots of bears inside, it's hard to choose which one have to look first. You can't just stay in one place because your eyes will stare to another teddy bears that most of them look awesome.

Here are group of bears singing, dancing or look like performing in an opera.



There are lots of bears in group who act like people. This bears are demonstrating for Love and Peace! It seems like they are real. They are so cute!



Have you ever seen Monalisa Bear? Except Monalisa, there are lots more.



The 125 Karat Bear and Little Elephant. I wonder how much the bear is. The bear is wearing 125 Karat necklace.



There's the Kings including Gandhi!



The Prince Bears and Princess Bears.



The bears having a picnic outside.



Some bears are fishing.



A bear is driving a car.



This one great! I thought it was nothing at first but I suddenly heard a song. Goodness! The bears are holding a wedding ceremony. The bears appear according to their role. Look at the clock!



And look at this picture! The wedding couple appeared from the clock. It's fantastic if you see it in person. It's so romantic!



There's also the Elvis Presley Shop and Theater at Jeju Teddy Bear Museum. Here, you'll see the fantastic performance of the bears based on "Aloha from Hawaii", a concert performed by Elvis Presley in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 14th, 1973.



When the curtains open, Elvis Presley Bear sings and dances with other bears. It's another interesting thing in Teddy Bear Museum. You must see it! It doesn't take long.



Here's one of the performances.



If you're looking for a souvenir. There's a teddy bear souvenir shop inside.



Oh well, this one is huge! It's much bigger than I do!



Kingkong climbing up the tree outside added to the beauty of the Museum.



Mrs. Panda and her kids are extra. They are reminding us to "Save the Panda" of course.



Btw, there's also Lotteria inside, a famous Korean fastfood restaurant.