Jeju is an island, so of course there's water on every side. You knew that. But here's the thing. Almost everyone who comes here arrives with one picture in their head: jade-green water, white sand, shallow enough to snorkel in. It's the shot you've seen a hundred times on TV and on Instagram. And because that one image does all the work, people don't realize that down here in Seogwipo, on the south side where I live, Jungmun Saekdal is the only beach that actually looks like that. The picture in your head is Hyeopjae. It's Geumneung. It's the west coast, and it's not the whole island. Which leads to the biggest mistake I see people make. Jeju is big enough to hold two cities, Jeju City in the north and Seogwipo in the south, and travelers forget that when they're planning. So they end up with an itinerary like “lunch at Hamdeok Beach, then the Jusangjeolli cliffs in Jungmun.” That's a brutal drive, and it eats the whole afternoon. The four side...
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