Jeju province encompasses the South Korean island of Jeju in the Korea Strait. It’s known for its beach resorts and volcanic landscape of craters and cavelike lava tubes. A popular holiday destination, (particularly for honeymoon couples,) Jeju relies mostly on tourism and economic activity from its civil/naval base. In 1948/49 the South Korean government conducted an anti communist campaign to suppress an attempted uprising on the island. Main cause for the rebellion was the election scheduled for 1948, designed by the UN Temporary Commission on Korea to create a new government for Korea. The elections were only planned for the south of the country the half of the Peninsular under the UNTOK control but fearing they would reinforce division guerilla fighters for the South Korea Labor party reacted violently, attacking local police and groups stationed on Jeju Island. Atrocities were committed and between 14,000 and 30,000 people died as a result. Just read a bit of trivia which I can’t confirm but apparently in Nov 2018 it was announced that preparations were being made for Kim Jung-Un to visit Jeju. It seems the announcement came after 200 tonnes of tangerines which were harvested in Jeju were flown to North Korea as a sign of appreciation for nearly 2 tonnes of North Korean mushrooms which Kim allowed South Korean President Moon to take back to SK following the September 2018 inter-Korea summit! What a hot spot we are in!!!!
We were docked by 5.45 am today, got in early. Our tour was Jeju City Highlights, just 3 1/2 hours. We went to the Folklore & Natural History Museum first, it was very good, a lovely newish building and very spacious. From there we visited the Dongmun Traditional Market which was full of food, fish, fruit etc as well as clothing. Very big on citrus at the moment, their oranges and tangerines are prominent on the stalls, all individually wrapped. Just a couple of other citrus including mandarins and the odd lemon! Our guide was cute, an older lady, she gave us delicious treats along the way and even sang a song for us. Lastly we drove to Yongduam Rock which is famous for its Dragon head shape - well, imagination is such a wonderful thing!!! Back on the ship for lunch and we sail early afternoon.
Went to trivia with Sue and we got 10/15 correct answers, very pleasing after our last effort. Dinner for us was in Prime tonight, a specialty restaurant. Shared with four other people. Doubt we’ll be back, the steak was controversial as always and the dessert not like it normally is. Should have been a lemon tart on the menu. My dinner was perfect, a ‘seafood plateau’ which consisted of lobster, Alaskan crab, prawn, shrimp and scallops. And my caramel popcorn ice cream delicious. The show was the six singers showcasing Broadway hits, quite good.
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