uplifting

Jeju-do is so lovely. Am considering retirement here! So peaceful and serene, just looking out the window in the cab while taking the sea road. Gulls circling low overhead, the sea waves splashing at the rocks, the fluffy clouds, blue sea and sky...it's been a while since I've seen the sea. Having been in Beijing for 1 year and counting, the part I miss most about our sunny island, aside from the food, is the beaches. The 3 "S"-es: Sun, Sea, Sand. Typically the first 2 would suffice to put me in a good mood. It's uplifting. Rejuvenating. Haha. I loved Sunrise Peak and Sangumburi Crater. It's an entirely different feel in Winter (not that I've been there in other seasons) but having sheets of white everywhere changed the landscape and differed from the typical all-green scenery seen in tourism brochures. There was light snow atop the crater, and it's the first time I was motivated to take a video of scenery because standing on the ladder platform and looking in any direction, the view was different yet spectacular. 360 degrees of good stuff. It's not only on rollercoasters that 360 degrees makes for fun stuff! Haha. Not to mention the abundance of windmills in Jeju-do. I somehow have a thing for windmills. Always associated windmills with holland, but they're pretty here too! :D

As you can see, Jeju-do slams Seoul hands down. I'm so not a city-dweller. Never felt so strongly about that until today. Having been to some of the major cities of the world, I'd have to say they don't differ by much. Mostly just the people, the language on the signboards and street culture, but cities will be cities. New York City, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh, HK...I'm just waiting for Tokyo to prove my point. Nice lightings, decorations, night views and bustling with activity, but too polluted, populated, commercialised and humanised in my opinion. Nature is where the real beauty lies. No amount of nicely furnished theme cafes can beat that. If there's one place in Korea to visit, it has to be Jeju-do! Actually I realised that the part of WAT I miss most is the horse-riding in Frisco. North Carolina countryside where we camped out in the open.

I don't wanna leave Yeha Guesthouse and Jeju-do :( Japan, here I come soon! Please don't disappoint!