Hi! people.
This is Mr.Dee Jeju island
English speaking tour guide.
Today, I am going to post on
IHIE(International Horse Industry Expo) where I visited few days ago.
The mission of that day was
to translate and give a tour for Lynn from Australia and Aydin from
Turkey.
Frankly speak, I wan't
confident to explain about Jeju horse to the experts of horses.
Yes, Lynn and Aydin are
experts of horses.
However, As you know, I am
always willing to face new things and learn frm them.
I thak this is a good chance
to learn a new things about Jeju island.
So, I believed that today
would be another great day.
When we( Lynn and I) arrived
at Let's go Park(Jeju horse track)
they were already preparing
an exhibition.
The fromal title of horse
expo was International horse Industry Exhbition(IHIE).
They hosted a festival and
expo at the same place in 'Let's go Park'.
Well, I haven't heard of
'Let's go park' before.
Later, I found out they have
changed the name of the horse racing rack to 'Let's go park'.
It seems quite funny that
they changed the name to attract children.
I think they have changed
the name of the park because the original name 'Jeju horse track' give
connotation of gambling place.
I saw many parents take
seats here or there holding their kids hands.
However, today this place is not a
gambling place, it's a leasure place.
Anyway, they could have a
good chance to get to know about Jeju hourse and they could interact with horses
as well.
I like the logo of Expo.
I think It's really standing
out.
Even the color is my
favorite, Emerald green.
The lady on the right side
is Lynn and Aydin on the lesf on the picture.
They are middle
ages.
One thing made me scared is
that Aydin got
fainted and went to a hospital the day before came to Jeju island.
I started to be careful of
them.
After helping build a booth
and greeted with a chair man of Horse organixzation, I went to out to look
around the park.
It was bigger than I
imagined.
Espcially the playground is
as good as an normal amusement park.
It was so neat to
me.
But...
Well...
I think it is a kind of a
strategy of the compay to lure children to come the horse tract with their
parents.
I am bit afraid that
innocent children would learn gambling with watching horse racing which is for
adults.
Anyway I don't like that
idea.
When we met a big horse,
Lynn got a notice what kind of this horse is with one glimpse.
The horse on the picture has
been used as a mail coach in Britain.
Sorry, I forgot the name of
kind of this horse is.
If you know the what kind of
this horse is, please let me know.
Anyway this horse is too big
to be a horseriding.
I newly learned about
the differences between Jeju horse and Halla hours yeaterday.
Jeju horse is a mixture
between native Jeju horse and Mongolian pony horse whic came to Jeju island
700years ago.
Now it is preserved as
national treasure.
and there is another kind of
horse named 'Halla horse' which is a mixture betweem Jeju horse and British
breed named 'thoroughbred'.
The height of Jeju horse is
110cm and it was suitable for riding for old people because they were shorter
than people now.
But bigger horse has been
needed as people are getting bigger.
So, they mixed the
genes.
Thoroughbred is around 150cm
that is too big for Korean people.
Then there comes 'Halla
horse'
'Halla horse' is suitable
for Korean people to horseback ride.
The height of 'Halla horse'
is about 115cm~130cm.
Now, We got to know about
horses in jeju.
We started an actual tour
after lunch.
We were supposed to have a
tour with Japanese clients but they had their own matter.
Then we have decided to have
a tour by ourselves
As the topic of today is
'horse'
So, the first place we
visited is 'Pony horse museum'
the only pony horse museum
in Jeju island.
There is Ttarabi
orum(volcanic crater) for breeding horsed in old times.
We called this place
'Gammajang'
The Gasiri local people
have cooperated each other to make this place a museum and a park.
Upon arriving there, 'world
peace festival' was at high peak.
And they are giving
an invitation performances as well.
In my personal opinion, even
though they give a small size of festival, it would be an international that can
be shared with other people from all over the world.
I always enjoy an exotic
performance.
It was shame not to have
enough time to look around.
According to the itinerary,
we were supposed to go to Seongsan sunrise peak but the condition of Aydin
wasn't good, so we headed to Sepjikoji.
Actually Sepjikoji is a
quite scenic place on the back of Seongsan sun rise peak.
I explained about geological
knowledge and culture.
but time wasn't enough to
explain in detail.
There are Bangsatops on
the other side of Sepjikoji.
Stone towers that contains
lots of Jeju cultures I wanted to show them.
8)
I
think if there wan't un ugly 'mint restaurant' 'Sepjikoji' is the one of the
best trailing course in Jeju island.
About to wrap up a tour of
today, the tourism organisation called me.
And said they want me to take them to
SeoWatKot horseriding course.
I wonder if Lynn and Aydin
could ride a horse because they both were not good enough condition for
horseriding.
But they were experts for
horse.
Ofcause they could do it.
I hope they have a good
memory with riding a horse on the Seongsan sun rise peak.
Sunsetting with Seongsan
ilchulbong and enjoy riding a horse.
How many places they can
offer this beauty.
I been to here so many times
but I never seen this beautiful Seongsan sun rise peak before.
It was so
beautiful.
Even Lynn and Aydin deeply
admired the scene and said
they never seen this much
beautiful scene before.
They said it looks like a
scene on a movie.
I had a small talk with Lynn
about Australia on the way back home.
It recalled me travelling in
Australia.
The place I can still
remember is Katumba and 3 sisters.
Whenever I talk about
Katuba, Australians are happy right along with me.
By the way, I always have a
problem having a conversation with Australians because their strong Australian
accent makes me understand them well.
But Lynn speak British
English.
Slightly feeling strange, I
asked her about her back ground.
She told me she immigrated
to Australia when she was 18.
She has lived in Australia
for almost 40 years but she can't get rid of her British accent, said
Lynn
I agree that the habit of
language is quite die hard.
Lynn has shared the feeling
with horses for her life and it's her job.
Horsinity is the
organisation which makes people share feeling with horses.
The program is for sharing
not only feeling but also knowledges with horses.
It was very short tour and
time wasn't enough though.
I hope they have a good
memory in Jeju island.
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