Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak is located in the eastern part of Jeju Island. It is a huge towering rock and the world's largest volcanic crater protruding from the coast. There are ninety-nine strange rocks and rocks around it, which together look like a huge crown.
The southeast and north are cliffs, and only the northwest is a lawn ridge, which is connected to Seongsan Village. Since the lawn is paved on the ridge, you can take a walk, rent horses, and experience the fun of horseback riding.
The mountain peaks are not too high, with an average altitude of more than 100 meters.
However, because the mountain road is winding and winding, it will take a lot of time to reach the top.
Once you reach the top, you can understand the origin of the name "Sunrise Peak".
In front of me is a large sunken grassland, with a small gap facing the sea.
The early morning sunlight overflows on the sea surface and slowly overflows from the gaps in the grass, like thick ink. The sun slowly rises and cuts across the night sky, and the entire green grass gradually emerges from the darkness.
It is precisely because of such strange and beautiful scenery that many tourists come here every morning to watch the sunrise.
After an hour's drive, Su Yuhang and Li Xianghe finally arrived at the entrance of Chengshan Sunrise Peak.
Because it is connected to Seongsan Village, you need to pass through a long residential area to reach the trailhead.
There are many shops on both sides of the street, not only restaurants and drink shops, but also many souvenir shops. There are stalls at the entrance selling stone statues and gorgeous volcanic stones.
"Is this a frog?" Su Yuhang looked curious.
There are many frog-shaped stone sculptures placed on the wooden shelves, as well as strange humanoid statues with eyes as big as bells.
Although the carving technique is a bit rough, the outlines are clear and easy to identify.
"It's probably not a frog," Li Xianghe said. "It's probably a toad. The one next to it is a turtle."
She pointed to the two stone turtles in the corner.
The two turtles stretched their heads to look at each other, their intimate behavior was like a loving...'turtle couple'.
The stop of the two people attracted the attention of the store clerk, especially the attractive-looking Su Yuhang. The girl with a ponytail trotted along and stepped forward to say hello.
"You two must be a couple visiting Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak, right?" She picked up the pair of small stone turtles and placed them in the palm of her hand.
"This is a stone turtle favored by many lovers. It not only symbolizes sweet love, but also because of its longevity, it implies that the relationship between two people will last forever."
"Due to many couples buying it, there is only the last pair left. I think this pair of stone turtles are very destined for you two. How about... I give it to you for free as a souvenir?"
Regarding the girl's assisting behavior, Sister Li silently gave the other party a big thumbs up.
"No need to give it away for free," Li Xianghe waved his hand pretending to be proud and took out his credit card from his jacket pocket. "Wrap it for us, and help me wrap this toad... too."
She plans to give this toad as a gift to Blank (Jiang Shanjiu).
The reason why this trip to Jeju Island went so smoothly without the interference of a third party was all due to Jiang Shanjiu's initiative to give in.
Not only did he provide a camera, but he also voluntarily gave up the coach's travel reward. Such a sensible and upright junior should indeed be thanked.
The clerk has no reason to refuse the business delivered to his door.
"We also provide free engraving services here. Do you two need it?" the girl continued to ask.
Many couples choose to carve their names on the belly of the stone turtle.
"Do you want to engrave it?" Li Xianghe turned his face and asked for his opinion.
Of course she wanted to engrave her name on it, otherwise who would know what these two 'love turtles' symbolized?
"Still... no need?" Su Yuhang shook his head and refused.
No matter how you think about it, carving your name on a stone turtle feels... weird.
"Okay then." Li Xianghe's tone was a little disappointed, but not depressed. "There is no need to engrave the stone turtle, just engrave...'Jiang Shanjiu' on the toad."
She wrote Blank's name on the paper and handed it to the clerk.
Su Yuhang, who was watching silently, couldn't help but chuckle.
"In our place, we generally don't engrave our names on animal statues."
"Why?" Li Xianghe blinked.
"Because after you engrave your name, in a sense... the statue represents yourself." Su Yuhang said, "So generally engravings are engraved on human-shaped stone sculptures. I don't want to be a turtle."
Hearing this explanation, Li Xianghe nodded in realization.
There is a stone carving shop in downtown Seoul that customizes stone statues for couples. How about... take Su Yuhang to have a look next time?
…………
If you want to climb the peak, you need to buy a ticket.
The ticket gate is located at the foot of the mountain. Next to it is a round boulder with the five characters "Seongsan Ilchulbong" written in regular script on it.
Like Niutou Peak, there are safety fences on both sides of the road and neat stone steps winding up.
"There is also a horse riding service nearby, shall we try it later?" Li Xianghe, who was carrying a travel bag, was very excited.
She had a general understanding of the special services here before coming here.
Not only does it have beautiful sunrise scenery, but also because Jeju Island is blessed with a unique climate and lawns, there are many local horse farms, and the corresponding horse riding business has naturally expanded.
Riding together with a handsome young man, holding the reins and hugging each other tightly on the bumpy horseback. That scene makes people's blood boil just thinking about it.
"Horse riding?" Su Yuhang raised his eyebrows, feeling novel. "I have never tried it before."
Most domestic tourist attractions do not provide this service, and you must go to a professional horse farm to experience it.
"Since I have never tried it before, I must give it a try when I come here." Li Xianghe couldn't help but secretly rejoiced, and included horse riding at the racecourse in their travel plans.
"I heard that the horse farm is not far from here. After we go down the mountain, we can stop by the horse farm and have a look." She continued.
There is no bus to the horse riding stable, you can only take a taxi.
The taxi fare and horse riding fare combined are not cheap, but Li Xianghe doesn't care about this little money at all.
Just like what Mata said, if you don’t want to spend money on love, then why fall in love?
Just stay single.
I remember back then, Zhao Shiheng was trying to catch up with her boyfriend.
Not to mention anything else, I went to coffee shops and movie theaters countless times.
I have been to Busan, Jeju Island Beach, and almost all the tourist attractions in Korea.
Traditional festivals, boyfriend’s birthdays, and anniversaries of love, gifts are indispensable on every day. The wrapping paper of the gifts is piled up in a thick pile.
According to Zhao Shiheng, this is the basic cost that must be paid to pursue a boyfriend.
Although he followed the same path as his friend Mata, Li Xianghe enjoyed it.
She didn't know why, but as long as she was with Su Yuhang, no matter how much money she spent or how long the mountain road was, she was willing to do it.
Maybe...this is the power of love, right?
She glanced at the young man standing next to her and smiled stupidly in her heart.