Asia – Day 13, Monday, October 20, 2015

Jeju Island, Korea is supposed to be the Hawaii of the Korean country.  To us, it looked just like another big city except it was an island.  We were to arrive at 1:00pm and before that we slept late, had breakfast and then went to the casino.

At the casino, Ed had a great session and Barb broke even.  Then we had lunch before getting ready to go off the ship.

At 1:00pm we left the ship and took the free shuttle bus into the town.  We first went to the huge Dongum Fisheries Market and the Dongum Traditional Market.  In a kitchen supply store we bought some kitchen utensils and just walked around.   In the fish market we saw a lot of products that we had no idea what they were.  Also, they had a lot of one type of fish that the meat had been taken out of the fish and they were selling the skin.  Lots and lots of crabs and lobsters.

On our way back to the shuttle bus stop, we stopped at a very large underground shopping complex.  The amazing thing is that it was all underground and had 280 stores!  Jeju has not subways and it looked like it was a former subway station with additional tunnels.

We then took a cab back to the ship to lie out in the sun for an hour.  Then it was time for a nap.

We took a cab to another area of the island where there was the most crowed and congested place full of people for shopping and entertainment with lots of places to eat.

This shopping area was a large street and for about 10 blocks they had block off a lot the traffic.  We found a Korean restaurant and ordered something to eat that we thought had meat and strange noodles.   It was very, very spicy but tasted pretty good.

After walking the street and buying some things, we took a cab back to the ship, arriving at about 8:45pm.   Ed was still hungry so we went up to the buffet and had a snack.

The ship sailed at 10:00pm and we went to the casino right away.

Barb played in a $1.00 for a minute slot tournament and while she won one of the sessions, she did not win the grand prize.  Later what Barb was playing her favorite slot machine, she hit a jackpot.

Ed then had a very good evening to go with his good day at Blackjack.

All-in-all it was a very good day.

Tomorrow is our last sea day and we are in our last week. 

Shoe store on Jeju

JeJu Fish Market

Pork at the market on JeJu

McDonalds delivery on JeJu

Crab and lobster at the fish market on JeJu



Dinner in JeJu