Took a taxi back to the start of Route 12.
Every month volunteers clean a different section of the Jeju Olle. This month’s “Clean Olle” event was tidying up Course 12.
As it happened we were walking Route 12 so we were pleased to be able to join more than 50 helpers today and get an inkling of what goes on behind the scenes to make the Jeju Olle what it is.

An auction to raise money for Japanese earthquake victims – Pam got 2 bandanas

Clean Olle volunteers being issued with rubbish bags

Rubbish collectors on the road

Rubbish picked up in two hours

Picking wild berries …

… like to try?

Garlic in flower

Cooking lunch in the back of a truck for the garlic pickers

Kimchi starts here

Olle ribbons maintenance man

Suweol-bong, to be climbed

When we hit the coast

We met the 2nd group of volunteers who had started at the other end of 12

Layer by layer volcanic deposits of ash and rock

Legend has it that when a young boy’s sister died he cried – his tears of grief still flow

During WW2, Japanese launched suicide boat attacks from here

Route 12 coastal path

Squids drying

Up the 3rd Oreum today

New knotted rope path

These islands are uninhabited

The last 1.5km on a quality stone track
Distance | 17.1 km – click to download Stage 12 for Google Earth |
Accommodation | Bylynn House (Booking.com) |