South Korea with Iris

I told you a story about Jeju island and then we had a tour of the Museum of Glasses . Today we will continue our trip today. The next destination is the Museum of Stones. There are 2 stone museums, but I visited only one. Jeju island is a volcano island, and there are a lot of different stones. Some stones look really amazing and incredible. And citizens of the island don’t miss a chance to show it to others. These stones are real nature’s gifts. Don’t forget that Stone Park, Stone Village, and Stone museum are 3 different places. Actually, there are a lot of similar places on Jeju Island. Like Museum of Glass and Park of Glass , about which I told you last time. The entrance to the park costs 5,000KRW or 5. But for kids ticket costs 3,000KRW or 3.Butforkidsticketcosts3,000KRWor3. The park is not so large, it will take about 1 hour to walk around it. The tour will start with a small museum with only one hall. The local guide will tell you shortly about the park itself, and some speci

Last time we had a journey to Glass Island on Jeju island . We walked around the covered part of the island, and today we will continue our tour to the museum, and we will go to the open part of it. There are doors in the building which will bring us to the outside or park zone of the island. As soon as we step outside we can see a wall with a waterfall where glass fishes are swimming . With my not-perfect eyesight at the first moment,  I thought these fishes are real . And I was asking my friend how can we swim that way. A response I just heard a loud laugh… Well, Let’s go forward… This park or open area of the museum is like a small…no… big separate magic glass world . Close to the building you can see a cosy coffee corner with glass tables and chairs, glass dishes and plates.  Also, there are huge colourful cups swimming in the pond . That scene reminds me of the movie “Alice in wonderland”. By the way, the flowers on the pond are also made of glass.  Of course, there

In my previous story, I told you about Jeju Island , which is located in the South part of South Korea. Today I want to continue to share with you some wonderful places on this amazing island. Although Jeju island is very small, there are a lot of different theme parks on it. And today I will share one of them. And that park is definitely a MUST SEE. So…Welcome to the Glass Island or Glass Castle, or some in some posts they call it Glass Museum. Well, if be more precise, there are 2 glass museums on Jeju Island. And one of them is officially called the ‘Glass museum” and another one is “Glass Island”. And today I will take you around Glass Island. The best transportation on Jeju is a car. Because public transportation is not as good as it is in Seoul. And also, the most of travel sights are far from the bus stops. For example, if you go to Glass Island by bus, so then you will need to walk about 20–30 mins from the bus stop to the museum. Therefore, there are a lot of different car ren

Welcome to the board! Today we will have a trip to Jeju island. A few days ago I was sorting my old pictures, and I found some photos from my trips to Jeju Island, which is located in the South part of South Korea. Probably, many of you have already heard about that island, or maybe you already had a chance to visit it. So, some of you will learn something new, and some of you will remind some old stories. If be honest I have a loooot of photos, so I have a lot of stories to tell you too. But let’s start from the very beginning :) So, we will take a flight with Jeju Air, and in less than an hour, we will arrive at Jeju airport. Jeju Island or Jeju-do (제주도) was calles Quelpart Island till 1946. The name comes from the name of a European ship. However, in the past, this island had different names: Donyenju, Juho, Thamora, Somna, Thanna, Thamna, etc. Why do Korean people call this island Jeju-Do when foreigners call it Jeju Island or even Jejudo island? The answer can be found in the ling