One more mountain to climb

Trip number two is now finished and I’ve climbed Hallasan. I’m pretty tired right now.

It’s not that the walking along the Jeju Olle was particularly hard – climbing the mountain was. Ice and snow made the trail quite a challenge as if a 1900+ peak and 9.6km trail weren’t hard enough. Marcus swears that it’s 11km each way – it certainly felt like it.

The terrain on my second trip was very varied as you’ll see from the photos. We had oreum (volcanic cones) to climb, quite a lot of urban walking then these beautiful wetlands and stunning black sand beaches. We walked through more farmland and lots of mandarin trees.

The hikes were split over two places – Seongsan and Seogwipo. Again, getting around has been so easy with buses running to all the starting or end points of the trails. I walked over 100km combined so I got my 100km certificate and a joint certificate because I’ve done the Portuguese coastal camino.

I’m off to Seoul tomorrow, not sure how much energy I’ve got left but I’ll probably take it easy before I have to head home. There’s a lot to see and do in Seoul, it's a very big city. And, I believe the autumn leaves are out – there’s only a hint of that up on Hallasan because it’s milder here. I’m looking forward to the colour.

The weather has been spectacular as you can see from the photos.Weiterlesen