Greenhouses

 Local walk and greenhouses. 

It was a hot day, and we were going to try and get to a Buddhist temple, but the bus ride seemed really long and hard to figure out, so we just decided to head out from our house and start walking towards the ocean. We stayed off the main roads and winded our way through the farmland. The farmland is very interesting here. There are walls made from lava rock everywhere. I think this is necessary due to a pretty consistent wind with regular threat of typhoons. 

We have also seen large tracks of land covered with plastic. I guess this is to keep the soil in place, but I look forward to learning more later. 

One of the most interesting things we saw is a lot of greenhouses. The island is covered with massive greenhouses. I think most of them house tangerine trees. If you look at Google Earth, you will see these cover the landscape. They are interesting to see as you walk around. On the first map, I circled a few greenhouses on Google Earth, but you can see there are many more. 

Jeju gets a lot of rain. The greenhouses are designed to move a lot of water.

We never really got anywhere on our walk. We got close to several places but after a few hours of walking with a heat index over 100. We could see the Buddhist temple and the sea, but we ended up catching a bus home. The next step is to get bikes so we can extend our reach.