Our flight to Jeju is quite late, about 4.10pm, so we decided to visit Gwangjang Market for breakfast before leaving. We had bindaetteok, chicken feet, and banana milk (again!). After that, we headed back to Lotte Mart at Seoul station to stock up our food and water supply before heading to Jeju Island. Then we walked back to our hotel to check out, take our luggages and head for Gimpo Airport.
Directions to Gimpo Airport- take the rapid train (AREX) Subway line 5 from Seoul station to Gimpo Airport station. It takes about 20 minutes and is only 4 stations away and will cost you 1200 won per person.
If you are flying with Koreana/ Asiana/ Jeju Air airlines, you can check in at the basement-2 floor of Korail Airport Railroad Seoul Station if you want to check in earlier than 3 hours prior to flight departure. But you have to pay an additional 3000 won for this service. However, if you want to check in less than 3 hours from the time of your flight, then you must do it at Gimpo Airport itself.
We flew with Eastar Jet so we had to check in at Gimpo Airport 40 minutes prior to the flight. It was a breezy and fairly fast process. We managed to check in early and still have time to explore around the airport before take-off.
The flight itself took about 1 hour only. Free drinks like orange juice are served on board. The plane is a small one and the seat capacity is quite small but since it's a short flight, who am I to complain. The view from the plane of Jeju was so beautiful. We can help but snap plenty of pictures.
We reached at around 5.15pm. We have already booked and paid online for our rental car from Jeju-Rent-A-Car from www.rentalcars.com. It is among the cheapest compared to the other companies in Jeju. A plus point is that they have English version GPS available for an additional 10000 won only~ I expected to fork out 30000 won for it. We only paid RM171.64 in total for the car rental for 1 day duration which means we have to return our car to the same location at 7pm the following day.
**You also need to get hold of an international driving license from your respective countries before leaving. It costs us RM150 to get one from JPJ in Malaysia and is only valid for a year.
If you have not booked online before going to Jeju, no worries. You can still do so at the airport itself on the domestic arrivals floor (1st floor). But if it is during peak season, the car you want may not be available.
We waited at the airport at Ground floor Gate 5 for our free shuttle bus to collect our car at a nearby location. The shuttle bus runs every 3 minutes so we did not have to wait long before boarding one. You can also see many other shuttle buses from other companies lining up outside Gate 5 waiting to collect their customers.
After collecting our cute Chevrolet Sparks (a baby blue one!) at 7pm, we set the GPS to our Island Tree Hotel and started driving there. it took only about an hour, even though my homework before going to Jeju told me it was going to take 2 hours or more.
We reached Island Tree and were happy to see the owner standing outside in the cold weather to welcome us. He even helped us carry our luggage all the way to our room on the second floor as the place does not have elevator. He even brought us in his car to have dinner at a local restaurant that serves black pork. And it proved to be the most sumptuous meal we have had in Korea so far. Tender and juicy and crispy all in one bite!
We then headed back to the hotel and the room was really warm and nice, biggest room during our entire stay in Korea. We were very pleased with the room and the service. We will definitely stay here again if we have the chance to go to Jeju again in the future.
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