Yeomiji Botanical Garden, Jeju March 2015

Another place you could check out is the Yeomiji Botanic Garden.

This is also near the other sightseeing spots I've mentioned earlier.

Entrance fee

The area is very big. The place is actually very similar to Singapore's Gardens by the Bay.

But unfortunately, there are no super trees here ;-(

They do have these spiral trees instead LOL

Inside glasshouse where we could see the indoor gardens.

Photo op with their seasonal display at the center of the glasshouse.

some nature artworks on display...

First stop, Tropical Fruits garden

Here you could see several fruit trees found in tropical and sub-tropical regions.

Bananas, Mangoes, Jackfruit and...

Papayas!

Next is the Jungle garden.

Here you will see several plants that can be normally found in an African or Amazon jungle.

What caught my eye is their display of Carnivorous plants!!

Baby Venus flytraps.

I've never seen these up close. WOW

They also have a Cactus garden which features over 500 species of cacti and succulent plants.

I've always liked this plant since they're very low maintenance haha!

Plus the small ones are so cute <3

What a pretty sight!

Then there's the Aquatic garden where you could see the mangroves, papyrus and...

water lilies!

Lastly, the very fragrant Flower garden <3

There are over 300 species of flowering plants here!

beautiful orchids.

Now off to the Outdoor gardens!

Japanese

~traditional dry rock garden style with a pond, arch shaped bridge and a wooden pavilion

Korean

a pond and a wooden pavilion behind the front gate~

Italian

~a replica of the Ovato fountain in Tivoli

connected to the Italian garden is the French!

So beautiful. wish I could have this in my backyard too!haha

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Ripley's Museum, Jeju March 2015

As I mentioned before, Jeju has a lot of museums scattered all over the island.

Another one which is very near to the Chocolate Land and Teddy Bear Museum is Ripley's Believe It or Not.

It's very easy to spot the building since it's very colorful!

Rates

If you watch the Ripley's program then you'd already have an idea what this museum would be all about.

starting off with Robert Wadlow, the tallest man who ever lived at 8 ft and 11in tall! O_O

Next is Donna Simpson, heaviest mother in the world who weighed at 600 lbs before giving birth to her daughter.

This is Walter Hudson, the 1400 lb man from New York!

Lip Disk

An African custom of piercing one's lips and inserting wooden discs!

This is considered a beautifying body adornment for Surma women. WOW

Then there's a skeleton in a torture chamber....

Each handle represents a torture tool which makes the skeleton scream when pulled

sup? haha

hangin out with my new friend..

Ever seen a fish with fur??!!

Enjoyed this area the most!hehe

Chocolate Land, Jeju March 2015

Just a few steps away from the Teddy Bear Museum is Chocolate Land.

Jeju has so many museums by the way! I was quite impressed and didn't expect it at all lol

Each person automatically gets a voucher worth 8,000 won after paying admission. 

Nice!

You can use the voucher to buy chocolates in this area.

One box is around 10-20,000 won depending on the flavor ;)

Not gonna lie, I ate so much of the samples bwahaha
I really like the white chocolate coated mandarin orange and cactus crunch :)

some artsy fartsy stuff

too bad it's only in Korean boohoo

dun dun dun dun~~~

As I mentioned in my past post, Hallabong is the special orange of Jeju Island.

The sweetest orange I've ever tasted!

chess board made out of chocolate!

how the gallery looks like...

It's not that big actually. I think you could finish wandering around in 10 minutes.

With that being said, I was quite disappointed with Chocolate Land since I was expecting Charlie and the Chocolate Factory kind of levels LOL

Speaking of, there's a Willy Wonka statue outside the gallery haha

There's a chocolate making area too but the instructor only speaks Korean so it's not really recommended for foreigners =/

Awww "the family that makes chocolate together, stays together" haha =P

ending the post with some cute chocolate eggs teehee ;)