Then we checked out and left our baggage at the concierge and got on Seoiljoo bus to go to Mt. Songak. We saw Mt. Songak yesterday on way to Mosulpo and got curious by its shape like a helmet. We asked the driver to drop us near the mountain then he passed the one we supposed to be Mt. Songak then he pulled off the bus near a hill and pointed the top, explaining the way to get there. We thanked him and got off. When we checked the map again on the pavement, we found that the mountain we wanted to go was Mt. Sanbang, not Songak.
Felt a little stupid but anyway we set off to the real Mt. Songak. Then a guy came towards us and asked the direction to the mountain behind us. Of course we had no idea and asked whether he knows anything about the two Mountains. He said he walked the Olle course no.8 and saw nothing that interests him. In fact no.8 course passes the two mountains but we didn't care much what he told us, so just followed the sign. On the road we saw quite various vegetable growing on the field such as cabbage, white big radish, garlic, spring onion and cotton. And this was the first time i saw cotton on the plant, so as cabbage.
After a while we were somehow heading to Mt. Sanbang with a unspoken agreement. Walking in strong wind we wanted to rest a little and we saw an old lady getting into a storage. Then we asked her to let us to rest there for a while from the wind and she allowed. When we were checking the map an old man came near us, so we asked the direction to Mt. Sanbang. He told us to go back a little and go along the load behind this field. After having a look of his greenhouse and cherry tomatoes we followed his direction.
Probably after 30 mins we saw a temple, Sanbangsa and its famous cave temple Sanbanggulsa. Then when we stepped up the stairs we saw the coastline shaped like dragon's head and quite a few fishing boat gathered in groups looking a bit like they are having a battle. We went straight up to see the cave temple with the ticket costs 2,500 KRW pp. There were so many stairs and we got scared of coming down later as we over used our legs for the last few days.
After bumping into a temple cat and a couple of swallows we finally arrived at the gave. Maybe I expected too much or it's just that me not being a buddhist. I was a little dissapointed and disgusted by what they used for the sake of religion. The cave wasn't deep but looked just beautiful and fragile. But I couldn't stop feeling sorry for what human have done to nature, spoiling like this.
With an amazement and disappointment we got on Seoiljoo bus via Sagye. Actually we could have got on this in the morning then we wouldn't have needed to walk in cold. But it was fun to see all the vegetables on the field and to meet the people. Probably after about 40mins ? we got off at Suhgypo Hang(harbor) to go to the famous fall, Cheonjiyon Pokpo. At the entrance there were a lot of tour buses and students on a school trip, and these put me off a bit to get in the tourist park. After buying the Gamgyulzinbbang, which is mandarin flavoured steamed bread famous among some bloggers, and coffee we went in to the park.
As Jeju is in 'far south' of Korea, autumn seemed to come late. Few of the trees are reddened but still most of trees looked green made a great scenery with the water from the fall. Listening to the sound made me feeling very calm. So we stayed for few minutes then left to see Saeyon Bridge which we saw on way to the fall over the harbor. We were extremely tired but enjoyed the last sunset in Jeju there.
So we get on 600 at Suhgypo Hang(harbor) then fetched our bags at hotel then arrived at the airport an hour early. When we went to get boarding pass, we could get 30 mins earlier one because it was almost empty. After a cup of mandarin ice cream, we got on board. On the plane I looked down the night scene of Korea. It is such a small country and there is no such a country like country. Everywhere was lightened and the highways were connecting big bunches of lights, beaming itself in orange.
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