Thursday, January 26, 2012

Manjanggul Lava Tubes

The Manjanggul Lava Tubes is a one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites that Jeju is so proud of. They are an hour and forty minutes from our house via the east coastal bus.

It as a challenge to take photos in such dim lighting, but the location is absolutely beautiful. The tubes feel cold, wet and a little mysterious. Sometimes the space between the floor and ceiling is so big it seemes like nature's cathedral.

Later we discovered another opening to the tubes. There was a huge sturdy ladder leading into a dark hole. It seemed like workers were scouting new places to open for visitors. Each of you can form your own opinion about whether we did a little unauthorized exploring.


These are the stairs leading into the part of the tubes open to visitors.


This is is the lava formation at the end of section open to the public.

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