The 2 guys in the room had warned me they were getting up early, 7.30 they said but I think that was when they had planned to leave as they were up at 6.30. They had at least had showers the night before so the bathroom was usable when I got up and with breakfast starting at 8.30 I was in no rush. I superglued my sunglasses together with some glue I'd had for a while which hadn't dried out and I was quite happy with the result as they did stay on my face and not snap. I did some more research and asked the guy at reception if there was anywhere to rent a bike and he showed me somewhere on a map but when I asked the price he thought it was 20k. I had breakfast of 6 toasts with jam and the one egg I was allowed and headed out with noodles, the fish sausage and some remaining peanuts to eat. It was quite a late start and I decided to go east as there were 2 world heritage sites there and they were a fair distance. I went where I thought the bike shop was but couldn't find it and I decided to walk east through the city a bit and started at the building I'd seen the night before which was an old government building, 1,500 entry and a pavilion next to it outside with some of their grandfather statues which look like a cartoon version of the Easter island statues. I headed east and came to a fruit market and they had some bruised bananas so I asked how much and the lady said 2000 for them all which seemed ok so I got them. I ate a couple of what I thought were the worst ones and I did have to throw away a fair bit of the banana. There was a small river which went towards the sea so I followed that and found an art museum which opened in 30 minutes at 10am and cost 10k so I wasn't interested and a bit further along was another museum for Kim Man-duk a woman which had things about being a light of life and helping out charities. I was interested and it was only 1000 but the late breakfast had meant I was behind my normal daily schedule even though they had started around 8.15 instead of 8.30. I carried on walking and went along the sea front a bit and then went up a path towards a green hill area where there were 2 peaks. I went to the furthest one first as I planned a route to the bus stop and I got lost a bit and came to an archery place which I thought I could cut through but there were 2 people there. I headed back and it looked like quite a detour but it turned out the path was near to where I was and I got up the hill and enjoyed the view a bit. I went west to the other hill where there was a group of young schoolkids and a bit disappointing views as I should have been able to see the city but there were a lot of trees in the way. I went down a different path and north towards the road and a bookmarked community centre that was for sports. There was a museum there I'd not noticed on my map so I had a look and it was the Jeju national museum with free entry so I went in. They started at prehistory and had English translations so it was a decent museum. Jeju apparently grew on trade with lots of boats coming and going and locals fishing as the volcanic soil was not too good for farming, it also missed the Korean war being separate from the land and in the south. I left and went to the bus stop and there were lots of busses that stopped but I had no idea which to catch. The first bus a number 10 didn't go there and nor did the second but they told me to get the 701 bus. I looked at the busses listed and there was no 701 bus there. A few more busses came but none of them went to the lava tubes and I remembered I had a bus schedule from the airport so I looked at that but it was only for jeju city and the airport. I had a look at the back of the island map I had and there was a bus map and I did want the 701 but it must not go here even though this was the obvious route. I headed back into town to try to find a bus stop for the 701 and a 701 bus came. I ran and waved at it and chased it but the bus went past and also past the stop I had been at. I thought it must only stop at some places which did make sense as it had further to go so I walked along the road and about 3 stops later the bus stop had the 701 and a couple of other long distance busses listed. I'd lost about 40 minutes when the bus came and it was close to midday when I got on the 701 bus and there were a few western guys near the back. The bus went past a few nice places like a school and some lighthouses and stopped on the main road a few km from the lava caves. I got out and one of the guys called Nick started talking to me. He was from Australia and the other 2 guys he was with were Emile from Montreal and Konstantin from Leipzig. We headed along the road and I got to know them a little and came to a cafe and they were hungry so stopped for food. I had my packed lunch and ate a pack of noodles outside and had a look around and decided to head on which is what I told them. There were some signs over the road so I went to read them and found the entrance to another lava cave which you aren't supposed to go into but wikitravel has listed as something to do if you feel risky so I went and had a look. It was dark inside but I had my head torch and phone flashlight and it was cool inside with a curved ceiling the place was like a tube tunnel only because it was natural there were more stone effects. The floor was sandy and water dripped from the ceiling and I went for a few minutes in the dark so that when I looked back it was just darkness. I went back to the cafe and joined the guys who had eaten most of their food so we sat for a bit while they finished up and headed on for the few km to the entrance area. We got there and there was a building with information but they didn't sell the tickets and Nick seemed to want to move on so we didn't stay too long and found the ticket booth and the lava cave. The cave was similar with a few more features visible than the other one as it was lit up. Entrance was just 2k which was good and there were lots of information boards inside. I took a lot of photos and my camera seemed to be complaining as it was low light. There were also loads of young Koreans in big groups there which might explain why the hostels were apparently busy today as Nick had to maybe move place. The cave went for a kilometre and finished with the biggest known lava column which was great and did block a lot of the cave tunnel. We headed back out and there was talk of taxis but we walked back to the main road and the bus stop. Emile had already seen the crater mountain so he took a bus back to Jeju and the rest of us took a bus east. We stopped not to far from the small mountain / hill and had a look from a viewpoint. Nick wanted to climb some of the rocks as that's his hobby but we went the normal way to the ticket office where Konstantin bought an ice cream and Nick bought an ice cream and a beer for the top. We paid the 2k entry and I was eating noodles and the guy at the entrance collecting tickets said food was not allowed. It was a fairly easy climb largely up steps and the views back west were good and also good at the top. The crater itself wasn't so visible in photos and it was disappointing that we couldn't walk round the rim although we did talk about doing it. We headed back down and saw a few more views before leaving around 5pm and Nick and Konstantin went to get the bus back. Nick was flying out the next day but Konstantin wanted to meet up to go up Hallasan so we connected on Facebook. I walked along and south where there were views and a rocky beach and my camera battery died while I was taking more pictures of the different view of the mountain. Inland there was an interesting path across some water so I went that way and it was a kind of wetland area my parents might like. There was a man on the path and I looked up to see he was urinating. He said hi like it was all perfectly normal and gave me a wave. I waved back as it was a lot better than shaking hands and headed on. There were a few birds including some kind of game like a grouse that made a lot of noise flying away and across from the water I climbed a small hill. It was getting late and I started to worry that I could gave missed the last bus as it was past 7pm so I headed to the road and the busses were still going and one came in a few minutes. The bus fare was 3,000 Won as it was a longer distance, in the morning it had just been 1,300 and later on 1,800 and as it was now getting dark there wasn't much to see on the journey back. My old phone had kind of lasted the day although the battery had drained and my new phone had annoyingly had the SD card eject a few times as it was a badly made slot that I'd had to sellotape down to work at all. I got back to the city and stayed on the bus one stop too far so I had to walk back. I went along a park and saw a small snake in front of me which I walked around. There were lots of supermarkets on maps.me and I tried to find some but they didn't seem to be there and I just ended up back at the same big Costco place from the day before and bought more noodles, some tofu and another fish sausage. Back at the hostel I ate the tin of baked beans I'd bought the day before and tried to plan my ongoing travels. Konstantin had said there were really cheap flights out of Jeju so the boat was not good value and I found one to Seoul for £32 and booked it for Saturday. I also booked 2 more nights in the hostel but didn't confirm with reception as it was late and then I arranged to meet Konstantin the bus stop the next day and tried to get a flight from Seoul to Malaysia but the flight prices changed and I gave up as it was late and went to bed. There were 2 more people in the room and a pile of shoes in the door and the toilet got wet from some of the guys having showers, I really don't understand the Korean toilet shower thing. The lights were still in when I put on my ear plugs and eye mask and went to sleep
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