Jeju Family Trip: Udo Island, Seongsan & Bijarim

White and purple ferry named 우도사랑 5호 docked at Seongsan Port with passengers walking up the boarding gangway, calm harbor water and overcast sky in the background

Days 2 & 3 on Jeju — Udo Island, Seongsan, and a Family Trip 20 Years in the Making This continues from Day 1. Four of us — my parents included — making our first return to Jeju Island (제주도) together in two decades. I had an itinerary. They had opinions. We split the difference, … Read more

Jeju West Coast Itinerary (Day 1): Hallim Park & More

Aerial view from a plane window showing Jeju Island's coastline and city spread below, the engine nacelle in the foreground, and a faint peak visible on the horizon under a partly cloudy blue sky

Twenty Years Between Jeju Trips Four of us — my parents, my younger sibling, and me — took an early flight to Jeju Island (제주도) on what turned out to be our first family trip there in roughly two decades. I put together the itinerary. The broad route runs west on Day 1, then east, … Read more