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Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

Do you recall the ferry times? I can't seem to find a schedule.

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

Ah there it is.

http://www.jindotr.co.kr/s_jw_1.htm

mithridates · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 5:21 pm Post subject:

��ɵ� / baeknyongdo? is quite nice; I was there for a full week. Don't forget that you can see North Korea from there, though it's a rural place and there are only about four houses. Most of the people there have families on the other side, and they want reuinification more than anybody else in the South. They were thinking of splitting the whole island up between the two before but later it was decided to give it to the south, I don't remember how though.
Also, North Korea doesn't recognize the NLL which goes to the north of the island, so there are a lot of navy people there and a more tension than most other places. There's also a really interesting place on the west of the island with oddly-shaped cliffs. It's actually a military zone so you have to sign in, but it's quite interesting.
There's also a beach there with perfectly rounded stones that have a therapeutic effect on the soles of the feet...

mithridates · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:29 pm Post subject:

Just got pmmed, and this was my response:

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

If anyone else is interested I'd go to Baengnyongdo. I just spent the weekend on Jawoldo and found the atmosphere there different than Deokjeokdo. I liked both though. Jawoldo seemed a little more festive but maybe that's because I went to the other on a weekend that looked like it would be stormy. By the way, Swiss James, I got 2 mosquito bites and I was outside the whole time. hehe

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

Oh, and how was the Moraetop?

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

Didn't get there.

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

Then how can I live vicariously through you?

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

No, why? Was that his location?

BTW, I'm off to Baengnyeongdo myself this weekend. The mother of all Yellow Sea Islands. Should be fun.

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

I'm glad I went, but it's definitely not the best place for a regular vacation spot.

The natural airport beach, and the natural foot-massage beaches were way cool, as were the views of the North Korean coast and the awesome rock formations that could be seen on the boat tour around the island. I was also surprised to see that there is a small community of hae-nyeo (women divers, usually found on Chejudo) on the island.

However, it's very difficult to get around the island. Unlike other Yellow Sea Islands, Baengnyeongdo is fairly big, and doesn't have regular buses or minbak vans going around the island that can give you rides. Even if my minbak gave me a bicycle like some I've been to on other islands, the size of the island would have made this impractical.

I never managed to make it to the Hemmingway bar that Mithridates liked so much, either.

All in all, a pretty cool glimpse of the most remote outpost of the republic, but it's one of the few places where I really wished I had a car with me.