A Jeju Park in the Evening

Night and Day

The streets of Jeju City are gorgeous. Everything is lined with deep green foliage, palm trees and a sort of 'vegetable graffiti'. Pumpkins and sweetcorn are harvested from empty lots between buildings and fig trees grow like weeds.

At night, the streets bustle with all forms of life. Young families meet in an island of fluorescent light thrown out from a 7-Eleven. The adults chat around a plastic table as the children chase each other in and out of the spotlight.

The air is heavy and baked at night and nearly everything stays open 'til late. Fascinating things on sticks are handed out from kiosks at 500 won a cup and the crowds congregate outside the ice-cream chain Baskin Robins, which does lively business well into the night.