It was Saturday 3rd May 2014, the third day of our stay in Seogwipo town of Jeju island, ,Korea. We started at 9 am in the morning with plan to go to Hala-san (हला-सान, 한라산 ) mountain first.
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| Starting from Seogwipo town on car |
Hala-san (हला-सान) is a volcano (ज्वालामुखी) and is the most famous tourist place in Jeju island.
San (सान) in 'Hala-san' is a Korean word for mountain.
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| On road of Seogwipo town, 8:50 AM |
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| The road goes to start of Seongpanak trail which goes to the top of Hala-san, 9 AM |
'Fluid lava flows' some 20 lakh years ago on top of sea-floor (100m below the sea-level) created Jeju island and Hala-mountain in middle of it. Our goal was to reach the below crater at end of the day.
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| Our goal was to reach this crater by walking some 10 km on Seongpanak trail |
The last volcanic eruption in Hala-mountain happened a thousand years ago, in days of
Mahmud of Gazni (known in India for his plunders).
We reached at the start of Seogpanak trail at around 9:40 am, which has below facility for the people going for trekking. We parked our car there.
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| Facility at start of Seongpanak (성판악) trail, 9:30 AM |
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| Start of Seongpanak (성판악) trail, 9:40 AM |
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| 1.5 km of Seongpanak (성판악) trail, 10 AM |
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| In background, there is a single-line rail-track, and a vehicle on top of it carrying food-items for sale, up along with trek |
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| some water stream in background, 성판악 trail, 10:15 AM |
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| 10:20 AM, 성판악 trail, volcanic rocks of Jeju |
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| After 3.1 Km of trekking, 성판악 trail, 10:45 AM |
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| After 4.1 Km of trekking, at Sokbat shelter in 성판악 trail, 11 AM |
After looking at trail map, we decided that it would be better for us to return because trail would increase in difficulty.
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| We returned back from Sokbat shelter, 11:15 AM |
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| Somewhere while returning on 성판악 trail, 11:40 AM |
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| Back to start-point of 성판악 trail, 12:00 PM |
After returning back to
start-point of 성판악 trail, we prepared noodles and had lunch, and waited for our friends to join us.
After rest, we left this place at around 2:30 PM with plan to go to Jeju Miniature Park. We found below observation point on the way, and stopped to click some photos.
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| At observation point, near Seongpanak, 2:40 PM |
We also saw a horse-farm on the way, and stopped there as well to click photos.
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| Horse-farm, near Seongpanak, 2:47 PM |
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| Road near horse-farm, near Seongpanak, 2:50 PM |
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| With Gulliver, in Jeju miniature park, 3 PM |
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| in Jeju miniature park |
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| Replica of Osaka castle of 1600 AD, made of stones and wood. |
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| Replica of 600 years old Forbidden City , home of emperors of Beijing, China |
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| Replica of 800 years old temple in Angkor Thom , Combodia dedicated to Buddha and built by Mahayan buddhist king Jayavarman VII |
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| Replica of 4500 years old 60 feet high statue of Sphinx, a mythical beast in Giza of Egypt, Africa. |
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| Replica of 800 years old Vishnu temple of Angkor Wat , Combodia built by Khmer king Suryavarman II |
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| Replica of 2300 year old temple built by Askoka and later restored by British, dedicated to Buddha at site 100 km from Patna, Bihar, India |
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| Replica of statue in New York, symbolizing freedom with broken chain at feet. |
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| The Thinker |
The Thinker is the bronze sculpture created by Auguste Rodin to represent philosophy.
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| With Gandhi |
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| Statue of Sakya-muni Buddha |
