Pictures of Cheju-do |
In search for the beach where Hamel stranded |
 Picture of a similar boat as Hamel and his mates escaped in to Japan. |
In search for the beach, I used this dirty map with all kind of notes |
During the opening of the national Museum I drank some Makoli together with the curator and this monk, cheers! |
Kapado Some people claim that the name Quelpaert, came from this island, also some people claim Hamel stranded there. |
A second picture of the Island Kapado |
The monument, which, as we know now, stands about 20 Km, from the place where they stranded. |
These three pictures fit together (1) |
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On this part you can see the temple right behind the monument (3) |
A mountain range |
A rock near Yongmori |
One of the girls who took care that people signed the guestbook, during the opening of the national museum |
The opening ceremony where they cut a ribbon with scissors |
A plaque on the monument with Korean boats |
This is a plaque which depicts the shipwreck. |
This is a plaque with text |
Rocks near Yongmori |
A traditional opening ritual |
The top of the monument |
This picture is taken to find easily back the beach where they actually shipwrecked. |
Beach one or the first beach I found. |
another set of pictures which should fit together, left. (c) |
The middle (You can see the top of the monument) (a) |
A little bit right from the middle. (b) |
Yongmori a picture taken from a spot above the monument, a previous watchtower, another indication that Hamel didn't shipwreck there, they would have been spotted immediately. This one fits to the right of the one above left. (d) |
This picture fits together with the one on the left. (e) |
This is a beach near a harbor, but it was formed much later, because of the construction of the harbor. |
A set of pictures which fit together again. Left (beach near the harbor) |
middle (beach near the harbor) |
right (beach near the harbor) |
Also a picture of the beach near the harbor. |
This is the beach near Kosanri, where the Korean document refers to. Taken from the dune which makes the beach invisible from the road. |
It was hard to make pictures here, since the beach rather small, probably due to caving in by the force of the sea. |
Beach near kosanri looking to the left |
Beach near kosanri looking towards the sea |
Beach near kosanri, also looking to the left |
Beach near kosanri looking to the right |
This could be seen if you stand on the road near the beach, looking inland. |
This is the same boat as the first in the row of pictures |
Keumkeun beach is a recreation beach as you can see |
Again a picture of the beach near Kosanri |
Keumkeun beach, the part where there are not so many tourists, but many rocks. Easy to strand for a boat. |
Keumkeun beach where you can see how it is commercialized |
Keumkeun beach. |
Again another picture taken near Kosanri further away, but still pretty near, to be able to find the beach back. |
Beach near the harbor. |
For the same reason (orientation of Kosanri) this picture was taken. |
Another picture of Keumkeun Beach |
This picture should be near the ones up with the number (1) |
Another picture taken for orientation, near the Beach at Kosanri. |
