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Costs: Direct return flight via AirAsia. We departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) and landed at Jeju International Airport. Flight length was 6 hours. AirAsia returns to flight with bags ($a hundred forty-five). Since it became a 6-hour flight, we added a fixed meal for our departing and returning flight ($11). In Seogwipo, we stayed at Winston Hotel for $108 (together with 10% tax) for three nights. We stayed together in a standard dual room and split the fee. So I paid $54 in my view. In Jeju–si, we stayed at Ellui Hotel Jeju for $ sixty-six (which includes 10% tax) for two nights. We stayed collectively in a deluxe dual room and split the cost. So, I paid $33 for my part.
3.30 a.M. – My sister, who happens to be my resident motive force because I travel plenty, once again types sufficient to ship me off. I am fortunate because it’s pretty tough to find transportation like Grab (South East Asia’s equivalent to Uber) early in the morning, and I shop myself at a $16 price. My tour pal B is already at the airport once I arrive. Our flight is at 6:00 a.m., So we take a look at our bags and self-print our boarding passes to start through protection. We both ate before leaving home, so there was no need to shop for breakfast that early at the airport. Plus, we have meals looking forward to us on the plane!
1:50 p.m. – A 6-hour flight that features us eating Häagen-Dazs0 ice cream at the same time as looking at Netflix eventually takes us to Jeju International Airport. After passing via immigration, we lease a portable WiFi router for six days ($2.8 according to day) to percentage because we want to live up to date on the’ gram. It is half of the rate of purchasing a SIM card and may join up to 3 gadgets. You leave your credit score card information, and they fee your card as soon as you come back to the WiFi router.
Since we plan to tour the incredible bus system, we buy a public transport card known as T–Money at the airport’s 7-11. We split the delivery money, which consisted of a $three card price and $40 well worth of cash for each of us to journey around ($21.50). Tip: the T-Money card also can be used for taxi rides. We board the airport bus limousine ($4.Five deducted from T the money card) parked lyproperly outside the airport arrival door to go to the south, a part of the island called Seogwipo, which takes around forty minutes. $21.50
5.30 p.M. – After a quick bath at our first-class lodge, referred to as Winston, we take a ten-minute walk to the primary shopping district of Seogwipo, near the grocery store. We choose a dinner of Korean stir fry called dak galbi wherein the chef chefs rice, vegetables, chicken, and a unique spicy sauce on a big grill in front of you, served with a facet of kimchi, of direction. I ordered some bottles of soju ($four) to accompany my meal, and we split the charge of the dakgalbi ($11). The friendly owner of the stir fry vicinity suggests a dessert joint down the street known as Sulbing. We nibble on a few Korean toast and custard buns in the form of fish ($three). $18
8.00 p.M. – We spend time after dessert just strolling around town as our motel is close to the Seogwipo Maeil Olle Market, which sells Korean snacks and fruits. Since we’re going hiking the next day, we inventory up on a few snacks like water, bread, and any other bottle of soju (I need a nighttime cap) from a mini-mart before heading back. If you ever enter a community mini-mart in Korea, pass straight to the tea phase and be surprised. So many kinds of tea infused with ingredients like oranges and ginger. I got the one with ginger ($6 a box) because I want a remedy for my tummy. $8.60
