[Korea] Day 3: Ero Museum, Teddy Bear Museum, Cheonjeyeon Falls, Dongmun Market

For our second day in Jeju, we visited Seogwipo. It is an area located south of Jeju and is where most tourist attractions are located. Originally we planned to stay a night at Jeju City and another at Seogwipo as suggested, however we can't. The distance of this two places is almost an hour so its definitely not possible since we have a morning flight back to Seoul the next day.

One of our must do in Jeju is to visit their waterfalls - most which are located in Seogwipo. We choose to visit Cheonjiyeon as it was supposedly located just 10 minutes from the Old Seogwipo Bus Terminal. However, we will not know as I'm not sure if we're unlucky or just plain stupid we missed our stop again.
  

When people say "Get off at the Old Bus Terminal" I actually expect the name of the stop to be Old Bus Terminal. =.= Therefore when it stop we did not get off as the name was different. We should've asked the driver but really you seriously don't want to walk on a moving bus in korea. It's really painful.

For Adult eyes Only

Since we bypassed that area, we decided to forgo it and head to our next destination which is the *ahem* Ero Museum *cough* It was rather disappointing and a waste of time though.

This is a small museum which is much too 'educational'. We hoped that it was more like the Love Land which people said was actually funny.

There wasn't much in New Seogwipo  but before we left the area, we visited the Jeju World Cup Stadium. Pretty impressive I'd say. 

World Cup Stadium

Not wanting to waste any more time, we headed to Jungmun for the Teddy Bear Museum. There are a few other attraction within walking distance which was the Ripleys Believe it or Not, Alive Museum, Yeomji Botanical Park and many others.

Teddy Bear Museum was really large and worth visiting. We spent quite some time here trying to guess their Teddy-cised versions of people and events. There were so many more amazing exhibits that I couldn't choose which to share here on my blog so here's a random selection.

Teddy World~

Do allocate a generous amount of time for this place for you to appreciate and enjoy. A camera is necessary if you wish to take photographs with Teddy characters which is a really fun thing but I must say that it was really difficult photographing the exhibits because of the reflections. 

Introducing Mona *ahem* Teddy-Lisa

There are plenty of photo opportunities with giant bears both indoors and also outdoor. After finishing the indoor we headed for the outdoor.                                                                   There were supposed to be some giant 64-foot bear but it was closed. After a round tour we went back to check out the Elvis theater to watch...well~ Teddy Elvis himself performing some of his hit songs XD

We had our first fast food in Korea and quickly proceeded to Cheonjeyeon Falls. Before heading over to the Falls, we crossed the Seonimgyo Bridge. The carvings on the sides were supposed to be the 7 nymphs. It was a steep bridge and I felt like I could be blown off at any moment but the view right at the centre was spectacular.

Seonimgyo Bridge

Cheonjeyeon Falls consist of three segments so its a fair walk and quite a number of steps if you wish to visit all three which I did. On that day the actual waterfall was running dry but I couldn't get over the amazing blue colour of the water.

Cheonjeyeon Falls

We spent some time here hopping on the rocks and dipping our legs in the icy cold water which was refreshing after a hot day. No swimming is allowed here though. I didn't take much photos while rock hopping as I was afraid that my camera would fall in. 

2nd Waterfall

The 2nd waterfall was an actual legit waterfall. However it wasn't as fun as the first one as we couldn't go near it at all. We probably should've spent more time at the first 'waterfall'. Nevertheless it was a beautiful sight.                                                                                                  Since there is nothing much for us to do here we headed for the 3rd waterfall. It's somewhat disappointing to be so far from the waterfall after all that hiking. The 3rd waterfall can only be viewed from a platform and there was not much of a view from that angle. 

Lucky fountain~

Walking towards the entrance was a fountain which each head represents longevity, wealth, love, honour and sons. You're supposed to throw a coin on the head representing the blessing you wish for. Nothing there about education so I wished for longevity as it was the nearest.                                                           Cheonjeyeon Falls was really worthwhile and surprised me the most. I did not expect much from this place as this was our 2nd option.                

Our last stop for the day was Dongmun Market. I thought that I should visit a proper Jeju market at least once and it was really amazing. It was Orange Orange Everywhere. We didn't buy anything there as we didn't know what to do with it as we're due to return to Seoul. However I think other people do purchase as when we arrived back at Seoul at the baggage collection I saw 3-4 cartons. 

If I were to visit Jeju again,I would probably choose to stay at Seogwipo for at least a night as I felt there is so much to see here and not to mention west Jeju as well. 3 days is truly not long enough. We had dinner at one of a restaurant nearer to our guest house. This place has an english menu. Unfortunately dinner for me was disappointing as my stew tasted weak. So next time choose some place that have NO english menu. 

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