Hello,
people.
How are
you? Thanks again for reading my blog post.
I have
had some story I want to write about.
But I
have been busy or lazy and put it aside on a corner of my diary.
I told
you many times I had many diverse experiences thanks to
my job of
a tour guide.
In this
time, I had a chance to be a coordinator for promotion of Jeju
island.
I
couldn't find appropriate word for a 'coordinator'.
May be
you can say 'location hunter' instead of 'a coordinator'
Anyway
the project is sponsored by Jeju Tourism Organization and it will broadcast to
49 countries in 5 languages through Euronews channel.
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In early
August I got a mail from EU-media.
It said
they suggested me to help making Jeju promoting film.
Well... I
don't need to hesitate to decide for that.
Immediately I think this
project is really cut for me.
So I more
than welcome to take the offer.
Few years
ago I had helped Mikael Karakis make his art work inspired by Jeju Haenye(woman
diver) and it was avreally good experience for me.
So, it
was rather my pleasure to be a coordinator for his project.
And the
art work became big successful.
Now it
has an exhibition running over the world.
Even
though it is not my own work, I am really proud of that.
So, This
time, I had been looking forward to this project.
I
received a phone call right after accept the proposal.
It was an
Italian guy named 'Adrea' who has very strong Italian accent.
After
short talking with him I recognized that he is little talkative but very
humorous
And his
assistant Daniel is a quiet guy but he has an excellent sense of
humor.
Some
times his sense of humor made people can't help bursting into
laughter.
He
teaches how to make a movie film in Nepal and a freelance photographer as
well.
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Few days
passed...
I met a
girl named Park Ines who I had a talk through a phone few days ago.
She is
much younger than I imagined and a beautiful woman.
It was so
nice to have an assistant and I suddenly felt easy with her.
You know
what?
Some
times working with Korean people is more difficult than working with
foreigners.
Because
the ways of taking a tour between Koreans and foreigners are quite
different.
Besides
of that, If there are Koreans who came to take foreign clients only for treat,
they probably already get stressed.
And They
tend to throw a tantrum to a tour guide.
It drives
a tour guide crazy.
But Park
Ines is not a kind of person at all.
Rather,
we became very good friends after few hours talking.
I hunched
that the working to make a project would be going to be excellent.
Exchanging talking,
laughing and waiting for Andrea and Daniel, We saw there were two people coming
through a gate with a load of camera equipment.
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The time
was almost 4pm.
It is a
common sense if we want to take a good photo, we need not only good spots but
also appropriate time and light.
So we had
quick greeting and hit the road.
We were
heading for 'Yongduam' where is closest touristic spot from the
airport.
Not much
special thing happened over there.
And then
we went to 'SamSeongHyul' which is a shrine for mythical Jeju 3
founders.
Well,
there are so many welcomers waiting for us.
They are
mosquitos.
They
suddenly rushed upon us like saying "We are very welcome"
This
filming includes not only pictures but also sound.
When you
hear the slapping sound, it is a sound slapping mosquitos.
Later, we
boastfully showed spots bitten by mosquitos each other.
Where do
you think is the best place for sunset?
Answering
to the question two places come up to my mind.
One is
Hyup Jae beach and the other one is Chagwido.
Right
after filming of 'Samseonghyul' we ran down to 'Hyup Jae' beach expecting to
catch a beautiful sunset.
Upon
arrival at 'HyupJae' beach it already became dark.
Too shame
for out of luck.
But we
had a good night filming instead of sunset one.
We
enjoyed lights from squid and oar fishing boats which make a Jeju unique
scenary.
Next day,
we went to 'Manjanggul lava tube'
Showing
of my personal opinion I think 'Mangjanggul lava tube' is the only natural
heritage in Jeju which differentiate Jeju island from other volcanic
islands.
Even
Hawaii doesn't have this much long and magnificent lava tube like 'Manjanggul
lava tube'
This
UNESCO natural heritage shows even vivid signs of lava flowing occurred hundred
thousands years ago.
We had to
finish filming before other tourists flocking to the cave.
Above
all, water was kept dripping from ceiling.
Anyway we
were strolling down with filming to the end of the tube and finally met a lava
column known as the biggest one in the world.
They said
they got a good shot.
Actually
'Sepjikoji' was not on the list.
But I
thought if there is no 'Sepjikoji' on the Jeju promotion film, it wouldn't be a
good work because the place is considered one of the best scenic places in Jeju
island.
They
willingly agreed with my opinion and we headed to 'Sepjikoji'.
However,
'Sepjikoji' is one of most controversial places in Jeju island at the moment.
Because a
lot of touristic resort buildings are building on the beautiful
place.
The more
touristic resort buildings they build, the more 'Sepjikoji' got sick.
News
papers say lots of financial investment are going on this area.
Many
people complain there is a dull and stupid looking building blocking the view of
'Seongsan ilchulbong' but the company insists that the building was built by
very famous architect.
Well, who
cares? I don't care who built the stupid building.
The point
is that people are irritated by the building.
I am sure
if it keeps going on, 'Sepjikoji' will be a resort complex in 5
years.
We must
take measures before not too late.
She looks
very elated.
As you
see the picture, she is a really happy girl and always cheerful
But I felt sorry to hear that it was the last day of her
staying.
I think
it is a very dynamic scene. ‘having nature into a camera'
When I
finished explaining about Jeju horse, they started interested in Jeju
horses.
And we
were looking for horses eagerly.
Suddenly
a horse grazing on a field came to Daniel and it seems to be taken picture
of.
Well, he
seems to make friends with a horse.
I hope he
gets a good shot of it.
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The
duration was almost a week.
We had
more episodes besides of this one. But I should cut the story now.
The other
episodes continued in a next one.
