Jeju Olle, Day 15

Suuuper late start. I got to hang out with some locals in the morning, so I only really hit the trail past noon. Thus had to hit hard to make it before the sunset.

Rocky coastline with peak rising above blue sea
Hilltop view over town toward distant coastal peak
Elevated view over farmland toward coastal peninsula
Traditional Korean tiled-roof building with stone courtyard
Pine trees reflected in calm pond water

The first section had a nice oreum with some beautiful views of the surroundings. Meanwhile, out of two options for the second section I picked the shorter coastal trail — both because of the time and accumulated fatigue. Overall, I feel like taking it easy for these few days left. The coast here is mostly black volcanic rocks, with some sandy beaches here and there, both white sand and black sand.

Jagged black lava rocks at low tide
Wooden shelter in dandelion meadow above the sea
Rocky cove with distant town under overcast sky

The end of today’s section is in a small town near a huge white sand beach. It isn’t really wide — more like a bay than an open coast. But the distance from the road to the water when I was passing it was more than 500m of sand. That looks like a lot of sand.

Expansive sandy flats with scattered black rocks
Vast empty beach at low tide under cloudy sky

Luckily for me, this town has a soft tofu stew place with a vegetarian option. So yay, got to eat something other than bibimbap.