A View From Korea: Geomundo / Baekdo Trip

We originally had this trip booked for May 9th-May 12th, but due to weather in the south part of the country, the trip was cancelled. It was rescheduled for June 5th-8th and as it turned out, the weather was absolutely perfect.

We booked through Adventure Korea www.adventurekorea.com - they have great tours for anyone that has a bit of time in Korea. This includes trips to Temple Stays, trips to Jeju Island, Rafting trips (we are going June 29th!), trips to the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone between North/South Korea and even trips to North Korea. If you're visiting Korea, we highly recommend you check them out. Their prices are pretty good too.

A group shot.

Geomundo (pronounced gaw-moon-doh) and Baekdo islands are located to the far South of the Korean peninsula, between Mainland and Jeju island.

The islands are famous in Korea for their breathtaking scenery and friendly people. Not many foreigners ever get the chance to visit this part of the country.

Geomundo Island is a 2 hour ferry ride from Yeosu city on the south coast of the peninsula and is a place where all Koreans want to visit in their lifetime. It is an island swamped in beauty and history, and it has a rugged, rocky coastline.

We got to go swimming at the nearby beach as well, as a four hour trek with stunning views.

We also took a 3 hour ferry ride around Baekdo island (meaning 100 islands). The small islands come in a variety of strange shapes, the trip was very facsinating and scenic. The surroundings were very unique.

Near the end of the trip we also got to tour parts of the south of the mainland including Naganeupsung (folk village where people still live). All in all, it turned out to be a wonderful trip.

This picture was taken on the ferry from the mainland to Geomundo. Thankfully the clouds soon dispersed and we had amazing weather!

This was taken at the Geomundo wharf looking across to the other side of the island.

This is the bridge that connects each part of Geomundo. We had to cross the bridge to get to the beach.

Squid boats that are taken out very late at night, they need the lights to attract the squid.

An alley way inside the town of Geomundo.

Here you can see the bridge again and other parts of the island.

Another shot from the mainland looking towards various islands.

Near the beach of Geomundo.

This marks the start of our ferry around around the Baekdo Islands. There was a tour guide on the ferry speaking to all the guests aboard telling the story about the different islands and their names. However, the tour was in Korean... so at this point we couldn't tell you anything more than what the pictures can say for themselves... except that the views were stunning and the colour of the water was absolutely amazing.. enjoy!

Drinkin' the Hiteaaaahhh, feelin' alrightaaahhh... every nightaaah.. (more on this in another post later..:)

This was the view from the beach.

Although the water was fairly cold on this day, it was still very clear and refreshing.

A great shot of all the clam diggers bent over mooning us :) (you can click on the pictures to enlarge them).

On the second day of our trip we went on a 4 hour trek. It was suppose to be an easy walk, but at times it was very scary especially with the large bees swarming the path!

We did however spend a lot of time enjoying the scenic views of the South Sea.

As you can see, a group of us climbed a mountain peak in order to partake in some very stunning views. You can also see the lighthouse which we hiked to afterwards as well (click on the picture to enlarge). When we saw our fellow trekkers on the rock we knew we had to go there as well, so we ditched our bag, but not that camera and headed for the rock!