Some times we get bored to just walk and ride a car all day long. To get some refresh we have decided to take a ship to see around parasite island. This time I went to Beoseom(tiger island) with my customers.
We start from 'Seokwipo' harbour. 'Seokwipo' is the city of south of Jeju island and my home town. There is 'Seokwipo sedimentary layers' near this harbour which is UNESCO Geo-park. If you are interested in geology, don't miss the place. http://www.deweyhammond.com
We took a ship named ' Paradise'. There are full of people on the deck. It's quite fun to mingle with diverse people in a confined place for a while(50min) but the Korean explainer was terrible and some times people sing a song on a mike.
When we approached the island, twin caves was shown. Their names are 'tiger's nostrils'.
It's very amazing that nature made the caves exactly same shape.
As you see the pictures, there is no way to go up but climbing cliffs. However, people used to farm on the top of island for living until 1960s. The top of this island is quite flat.
According to the history, 700years ago, at the end of Mongolian empire, the mongolina remnants stationed here confronting with Korean soldiers. If you want to know about the history, click here http://preview.britannica.co.kr
It is the island covered by lava columns.This cave name is South gate because it is located on south part of this island. There are four caves in this island and this is the biggest one.
If the wave is not high, the ship goes into the cave. Water is dripping on the wall. Hexagon, Pentagon shape of lava column on the ceilling. It's quite interesting.
Once we turned around, there was another island. It has more lava columns than the other one.
Not many plants live in this islets because too much sea water hit the rocks.
Actually BeomSeom(Tiger island) consists of two islands. This small one is a skirt island. People call this islet 'skirt island' because it looks woman's skirt. Can you see so many lava columns on the island? It is one of best place for scuba-diving or fishing as well.
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