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Hike of Sunrise Peak

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I went to Jeju Island this week, and on Friday I took a solitary hike of one of the main attractions: 성산 일출봉, or Sunrise Peak at Seongsan. Well, the hike wasn’t so solitary. I brought my camera, and many other tourists were there too. Here are the better of the pictures I took, in chronological order.

I got off the bus way too early out of an abundance of caution. I didn't actually know precisely what was`the attraction that on the advice of my host I had come to see, but I had a pretty good idea it should be this island-looking thing in the distance.
I got off the bus way too early out of an abundance of caution. I didn't actually know precisely what was`the attraction that on the advice of my host I had come to see, but I had a pretty good idea it should be this island-looking thing in the distance.
After walking a ways I came to this bridge. As I crossed it I snapped this picture of the setting sun and the hills in the distance. Would I make it to that island thing before the sun went down?
After walking a ways I came to this bridge. As I crossed it I snapped this picture of the setting sun and the hills in the distance. Would I make it to that island thing before the sun went down?
I began to draw near, at this point still having met few fellow tourists.
I began to draw near, at this point still having met few fellow tourists.
The sheerness of this wall was my dominant impression of the impressiveness of the island.
The sheerness of this wall was my dominant impression of the impressiveness of the island.
Very suddenly I found myself very clearly at a tourist spot. It was the end of the day but lots of people were going up the trail at the same time as me. The trail was stairs the whole way, about as civilized as you can get.
Very suddenly I found myself very clearly at a tourist spot. It was the end of the day but lots of people were going up the trail at the same time as me. The trail was stairs the whole way, about as civilized as you can get.
Each one commemorated reaching the summit as he saw fit.
Each one commemorated reaching the summit as he saw fit.
I'm not sure which was more impressive: the view of the peak from the distance, or the view of the distance from the peak. Life lesson?
I'm not sure which was more impressive: the view of the peak from the distance, or the view of the distance from the peak. Life lesson?