this video is brought to you by squarespace when we first got to korea jeju island was the place
i was most intrigued by it's a volcanic island it's known for its beautiful beaches
and beautiful mountains and it's called the hawaii of korea we know these kinds
of comparisons can usually be unhelpful but we were still excited to see for ourselves
but first we needed a car and we haven't used one of those in a really really long time here you go
okay so this right here chevy spark is our sweet ride it is small but we're all gonna fit right
with josh driving it was prime opportunity for the parents to remind him of what road trips were like
with him in the backseat five more minutes we got a car and for the first time we're driving on the
right side of the road in a really really long time and people are following the rules
what's the name of the placement the west side of the island we're heading to ewole
our first stop is supposed to be the most popular beach town in all of jeju
look at the ocean we made it to the cafe street here in awol and it is
beautiful very busy full of cars clearly cars are the way to get around the island
we're just gonna find a quick bite to eat at any of these really cool restaurants
i love the ocean we just stepped onto the coastal trail here and it's just behind all the cafes the
thing that's most notable is just the dark black lava rocks and the contrast of the light blue
turquoise water it's so beautiful and then you're reminded jeju isn't just this holiday
island that people come to visit it's volcanic island this area that we're in right now is
way more touristy than i thought it would be and that's not a bad thing i'm not complaining it's
very convenient for us so we can find a burger restaurant and all these really cool things to
go and see but when you look at pictures of jeju online the thing that you see is just like wide
open expanses of nothingness with beautiful mountains and rivers and streams and ocean and
uh we've seen some of that but we've seen a lot more stuff for tourists than i was expecting
so we've been looking for a little bit of more uh food from home lately i think maybe we're
all just missing it a little bit after you guys two months away now and us nine months away so
we're at a burger place i don't feel bad about it at all this burger holders are pretty dope
it's not spicy if i've said it once i've said it a thousand times croco cup fries are the best of all
possible fries it's like getting fourth place in the olympics every other fry because crinkle cup
fries are position one two and three the crinkle cup technology unprecedented ahead of its time
tony stark level technology i think we're at like a minute now talking about french fries
after making sure everyone was well fed and had their desserts
we made our way to one of the most famous beaches in all of jeju island
that's a lot of different finds after seeing that i'm a little bit nervous to even walk on the beach
we made it to hip jab here so we made it to hyopje beach and it is
so beautiful not just because of the blue blue water but because of the lava rock and
the green moss that's growing on top of it it's not as big as i thought it was gonna be
but it's not as populated which is really awesome what is that it's the stuff we were just eating
is seaweed yes it's so bright green help yourself help yourself kelp yourself oh boy
gosh we look so ridiculous filming sometimes the beach was beautiful but if we wanted
to make it to the place i was most excited to take our family full of tea drinkers to
we had to keep moving so while we make our way to the west side of the island
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thanks for watching and hey we made it to the next stop we just got to jeju island's famous tea
museum there's a lot of people here there are even five or six huge tour buses driving out right now
turns out this is just a fancy front for a very bougie tea shop
well i'm not quite sure what i was expecting from a tea museum but i did learn
that the soil here in jeju island is actually particularly good for green tea because of the
volcanic rocks so that's pretty interesting i learned that from one single plaque don't come
here it's just a big store it is a big store just don't know it's very large it's a very large store
just across the highway are more green tea fields
that's all so this was three percent museum 97 trying to sell you really overpriced tea so if
they had changed that a little bit to maybe make it 50 maybe is it that like you were expecting
to learn more about green tea and instead you didn't versus when you go to a wine when you go
to a winery you know that you're just going to pay for a flight of wine yeah okay we're leaving now
as we were driving we kept seeing sign after sign for the mysterious road can
you tell us what's happening here okay so we're out at the mysterious road
i don't really know what it is but i've seen people out here getting a circular shaped thing
and then putting it on the road and i guess it rolls the wrong way because the road is mysterious
let's give it a try that looks like it's going uphill yeah like for sure for sure that's uphill
so if i put this down here it should roll that way towards you mysterious road mysterious test one
car coming that's pretty mysterious what a mystery what a mystery
the mission continues that's the start
mysterious road test number two okay so it looks like if i put this down that it would
roll that way from here it's so mysterious wait it stopped what a mystery what have we learned today
we've learned that the only mystery to this road is that it even exists wow we're going uphill whoa
just got back to our oh super fancy super unaffordable without her points
place and man what a view i gotta say first day in jeju first day on jeju island
a little bit underwhelmed a little bit bummed because you know i don't know i was expecting
this really beautiful naturey completely untouched island and maybe we went to all
the wrong places but i think but i think what really did it for me was the green tea museum
just just wasn't my cup of tea you know i don't know we'll see what day two brings
as we headed out on our second day here we were feeling ambitious
and ready ready to see some of that beautiful naturey stuff that jeju is so famous for
and visit all sides of the island this was our last day but luckily we had some
time to sit and relax as we drove south to the waterfall that meets the ocean
incredibly beautiful waterfall the only thing to do here is take a picture in front of it
so if you're into that this is a great place i actually much prefer this area because it's so
undercrowded not by the waterfall and you've got beautiful views of those islands and the boats
yes the waterfall is beautiful and i love that it's the only one that goes actually directly
into the ocean the colors are beautiful do you see that yeah what is that okay so jeju is apparently
known for their really famous sweet tangy tangerines they're called the halabong tangerines
hmm oh that's good it's like a it's not as tart or tangy it's kind of it has a very specific taste
like mango and orange combined we still had one side of the island left to see
it took over two hours of driving to get here everyone was tired
it was our last day with the car so there was a lot riding on this one place everyone told us we
had to visit which is also known as sunrise peak we didn't quite make it at sunrise but
hopefully sunset will do so we've finally made it to the east side of the island at xiongsun park
and it is this massive volcanic cone crater we are uh going to try to get to the top of that thing
gonna reclaim a little bit of our hiking today and we only had about 45 minutes left to do it
today is the last day we have the car so it feels like almost we have to we have to squeeze
out every last bit of jeju island if you plan to come to jeju island plan a lot earlier in advance
and book your car a lot earlier and for a lot longer we kept moving slowly but surely as we kept
getting higher and higher our spirits kept getting lifted moving ever so slowly but we're moving
and that is the key and that views as you get higher and higher so beautiful okay this
this hike is definitely the best because you've got views of the ocean you've got views of this
massive mountain with all the craggly rocks and special stones that they have here
and then those mountains the layers and layers of mountains
summit one mountain yeah and it's a volcanic one at that hello here is designated this large tower
of technology just thanked us for coming i feel pretty special okay you want to head back down no
there's even stadium seating to just hang out and look
i want to leave it's so green the rocks are beautiful the ocean's beautiful the sunset
you can come at sunrise in fact a lot of people do hike this at sunrise but
i think sunset is so much more beautiful be glad we came the way down is gonna suck
this was the jeju that i was imagining
this whole side coastal trail is completely free free and it goes it goes down to a village
they're closing we shut this place down we made it though high five yeah thanks for getting me
to do this today was one of those days where we were moving so fast that we forgot to eat
luckily for us seafood was just right around the corner okay we really gotta go though i don't
wanna leave it's so pretty
we initially came to jeju for the hawaii of korea and leaving now i'm really glad that jeju is
not hawaii we of course had to come to the seafood restaurant here and uh we got the
seafood platter for four jeju is its own beautiful place with its own unique culture
its own laid back vibes and its own incredible nature
we know that comparisons are often inevitable but we think
jeju doesn't need any comparison it's wonderfully its own
feels like a warm hug a warm beefy hug
the best kind actually allows the water to freely ghost freely i see you laughing at me
i don't know what i'm saying pine bud drink refuel right in front of my face
oh boy
what do you got to tell us so many things to say