Day 245: Jeju City

Today we would be flying to Jeju which is an extinct volcanic island off the Korean coast and considered their Hawaii. Before we left, we hit the Jagalchi Market one more time for sashimi!

We rode the local bus to get to the airport and picked up some gimbap and bubble tea (this is important later). The flight was around 1 hour and a bit bumpy with a storm coming through. We survived, though, and picked up our rental car.

Driving in South Korea and Jeju specifically is wild. There are weird lines painted that would normally be at a stop sign but they aren’t stop signs. Also you can’t turn left unless there is an advanced green arrow. Either way, we made it to our hotel unscathed, but largely terrified 🙃

We wanted some downtime before dinner so snacked on the dried strawberries from Busan while watching a Resident Evil 8 play-through. 40 minutes in and Mary says “I feel pretty nauseous.” Ends up both of us were feeling bad. Mary proceeds to throw up all the dried strawberries and watched Paris Hilton’s Tomorrowland set in the bathroom until she was good.

We survived small food poisoning; couldn’t tell if it was the sashimi, the gimbap, or the strawberries. Regardless, we proceeded to dinner and ate the famous Jeju black pork. Mary still ordered spicy noodles on the side (ain’t no rest for that stomach).

Hotel: Daedong

Food:
Sashimi
Gimbap
Black Pork

Spots:
Jagalchi Market
Jeju City
Black pork Market StreetRead more