Secret Beaches of Jeju Island
Have you dreamed of seeing a black sand beach in person? Because there are less than twenty in the world, one should seize the opportunity to visit should it present itself.
In addition to seeing a black sand beach, you can also see a river that meets the ocean's edge at the shore.
The black sand had been warmed by the summer sun's heat and left our skin wonderfully soft and exfoliated after walking along the sand that day. Half the shoreline is covered in sand, while the other half, the half that faces the ocean, is covered in pebbles and rocks of varying sizes. Some are small enough to be called a pebble, while others are closer to the size of a toddler's head. As the waves come rolling in, so do some of the smaller rocks, so don't be surprised if Mother Nature decides to stub your toe with a sizable rock. Thankfully, the waves that day were calm, and that didn't happen to my friend or me.
On the first day we went, the freshwater river ran straight into the ocean, and there was no way of crossing the river without walking all the way around or taking a small boat across.
But on the second day, something incredibly fortunate happened; we could comfortably wade across the river to the volcanic formations on the other side of the beach.
The sea decided to create a shallow bridge of rocks to walk across.
Because of this small bridge, we could comfortably wade across the calm shallow water and wander around the massive collection of volcanic rocks that occupied the space beyond the beach. We walked along large jagged rocks that ranged in color from black to an ashy cool grey that would also sometimes swirl and mix with shades of deep burgundy.
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