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mithridates

Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:15 am Post subject: What's the smallest/weirdest island you've been to? |
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I've been looking at random at the map on my wall for small islands that look unique, then I try to find information and then write it up on the wiki. The smallest one I've found on the map so far has been this one:
http://wiki.galbijim.com/Chilbal-do
http://blog.naver.com/bandri25?Redirect=Log&logNo=29937988 <-- Blog post in Korean, the only info I found besides the Naver encyclopedia entry
And it looks like this for a total of 0.04 sq. km:
Apparently a few people started living there since 1905 to take care of the lighthouse but not anymore.
The smallest one I've been to so far has been Baengnyeong-do, which really isn't that small since it's almost the size of Ulleung-do and has about 6000 people on it. Islands you can reach by bridge probably shouldn't count though unless you went there before it was built.
You know what, an island tour all around the west sea would be a much better tour to promote to non-Koreans than silly restored temples in the city. Islands are dope. |
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ipsofacto

Joined: 26 Feb 2007
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Dunno about the smallest, but the weirdest one I've been to is this place called Great Britain ... |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Location: England
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I've been to Beogil-do which is about 30 minutes from Ddangkkeut by boat. That island was very small. |
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SuperHero

Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I was stuck on this tropical island for few months that had rampaging polar bears, a mystical homicidal black smoke and a group of mysterious others whose only purpose seemed to be to antogonize and hurt those on my beach. |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: What's the smallest/weirdest island you've been to? |
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| mithridates wrote: |
I've been looking at random at the map on my wall for small islands that look unique, then I try to find information and then write it up on the wiki. The smallest one I've found on the map so far has been this one:
http://wiki.galbijim.com/Chilbal-do
http://blog.naver.com/bandri25?Redirect=Log&logNo=29937988 <-- Blog post in Korean, the only info I found besides the Naver encyclopedia entry
And it looks like this for a total of 0.04 sq. km:
Apparently a few people started living there since 1905 to take care of the lighthouse but not anymore.
The smallest one I've been to so far has been Baengnyeong-do, which really isn't that small since it's almost the size of Ulleung-do and has about 6000 people on it. Islands you can reach by bridge probably shouldn't count though unless you went there before it was built.
You know what, an island tour all around the west sea would be a much better tour to promote to non-Koreans than silly restored temples in the city. Islands are dope. |
The weirdest one I visited and lived on was Prince Edward Island in Canada. Hillbillies and rednecks galore! |
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VirginIslander
Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Busan
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Plum Island in the Long Island Sound. |
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just because

Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Gwangjuboy wrote: |
| I've been to Beogil-do which is about 30 minutes from Ddangkkeut by boat. That island was very small. |
I stayed there for 2 nights a couple of years ago...
It was pretty old school korean out there but i had a pretty great time.... |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Location: England
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| just because wrote: |
| Gwangjuboy wrote: |
| I've been to Beogil-do which is about 30 minutes from Ddangkkeut by boat. That island was very small. |
I stayed there for 2 nights a couple of years ago...
It was pretty old school korean out there but i had a pretty great time.... |
I concur on that. It is completely divorced from life in Korea's big cities. I recall a ranking police office sinking soju on the beach in his uniform. Not sure whether he was on duty or not but I certainly wouldn't be surprised. Great food too. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| ipsofacto wrote: |
| Dunno about the smallest, but the weirdest one I've been to is this place called Great Britain ... |
My mate knobbed a bird from Canvey Island, near Essex. He said she had webbed feet... |
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ipsofacto

Joined: 26 Feb 2007
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| cj1976 wrote: |
| ipsofacto wrote: |
| Dunno about the smallest, but the weirdest one I've been to is this place called Great Britain ... |
My mate knobbed a bird from Canvey Island, near Essex. He said she had webbed feet... |
Could of been worse. He could of knobbed a bird from Essex. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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