Day 17: Taking a breather

On today’s planning, there is… nothing! Today it is Sunday, so we are having some time off on Jeju Island to gather some energy before heading to our final destination: Daejeon. Also, almost everyone is hungover from yesterday’s secret evening activity, so we would like to take it slow today.

Our day started between 9 and 10 AM with breakfast in the hotel, except for those who made it exceptionally late last night, their priority is more sleep. After breakfast, I can only assume that everyone’s morning consisted of taking a shower and/or a nap.

But we are not going to sit still today! According to the travel guide, there were several optional activities that could be attended to fill all this time. So several groups of studytour-goers gathered based on how ready they felt at the time and then took off to explore the rest of Jeju Island!

I left the hotel at about 13.30 and headed towards the Cheonjiyeon waterfall. A decent hike through the outskirts of Seogwipo helped me clear my hangover, and soon I was greeted with a beautiful sight. According to legend, a holy dragon lived in the basin of the waterfall, locals would pray to this dragon for rain. But my group was more busy with taking many photos of either nature or ourselves, I also gave a claw machine a try, but to no avail.

After this visit we took the bus to the Cheonjeyeon waterfall, yes this is a different name than Cheonjiyeon. However, on our way to the park we got distracted by a cute orange farm, so we gave it a quick visit. Unfortunately, we were greeted with closed doors at the waterfall park, since our delay caused us to reach the park at one minute after closing time. Luckily, our disappointment was diminished by a delicious Korean BBQ dinner nearby the waterfall.