Buddhist temple Bells

We stayed on the Northern Side of Jeju island this time near a river and a waterfall which reminded me a little of the waterfalls coming down often along the road to Hana on Maui. Someone had built a rustic A-Frame type of cabin using Cedar wood like people built things in the 1960s and 1970s especially in California, Oregon and Washington, sort of Ecotopia style. So, having built a couple of bare wood interior types of houses before in northern California during the 1970s and 1980s myself, I felt right at home here with custom building techniques and natural wood a lot. They had put heat in the floor and someone had turned it on so the wood floor was warm but we didn't need it because it stayed at least in the 70s during the night too on the island as it is a lot like Hawaii this time of year. I have heard they do get a couple of days of snow in the winter time though at some of the higher altitudes on the Island. I think the highest mountain likely would be 4000 to 5000 feet high or so, Also, this is not an active volcano but a very old and dormant one, not like the Island of Hawaii. There are also big Lava caves you can walk through various places on the Island that ancient inhabitants of Jeju island once lived in.

We listened to a huge Korean Buddhist Temple Bell ring from where we stayed next to the river. ON the other side of the Stream a few blocks upstream was the Korean Buddhist Temple that we heard the bells go off periodically and in the evenings which was quite amazing to listen to.

We visited again the Chocolate Museum because my wife hadn't seen it yet which is quite remarkable because you won't find anything exactly like this one in the U.S. The older lady who owns it who is a world traveler said her son lives in New York City and she is opening up a similar type of thing in Niagra Falls, New York soon near the falls.

There are many interesting things that you likely wouldn't believe unless you visited there yourselves or talked to a travel agent about them. It is not like the U.S. in culture or interests in many ways. So, even though there are things like McDonalds (much more upscale than in the U.S.) so you can get something normal for a western pallet to eat. (Because it is mostly too hot "SPICY" or unusual for most people to eat regular Koean food) (Unless you really know what you are doing). (if you have a U.S. or European Pallet).