We finally made it to Geoje Island as the rain is easing off now and the sunshine is definitely more prominent. Sarah and Jake have managed to loan a car for a few weeks so we decided to help them make the most of it and headed to Geoje. It's about an hours drive to the ferry terminal from Gimhae but as it is peak season the ferry was unfortunately full. However this meant that we got to take a drive along the scenic route which was very beautiful. The sun was shining for us and we stopped off a few times on the way to admire the coastline. We eventually found a beach to relax on for a bit and had a quick swim. The water was really quite warm and the waves were pretty good as the wind was very strong. 
We found accommodation in a minbak on Saturday night which is a traditional Korean house where you sleep on the floor. It was a pretty strange arrangement as the woman who normally lived in the house just vacated to the annex for the weekend but still pottered in and out every now and again. On Saturday evening we went down to a pebble beach for an hour or so. We took a couple of beers and bought some sparklers and fireworks from the shop and joined all the Koreans in setting them off down by the sea. I'm not sure if fireworks is a pastime that they participate in every evening, but it was certainly popular that evening.
On Sunday we drove to 'windy hill' which is exactly what the name suggests. (Please see photos). We had a bit of a walk around and then took a picnic up to a Pagoda before embarking in an off-road adventure where we stumbled across an old Japanese fort. We took the ferry back across to the mainland in the early evening.
Geoje was really pretty. It's a very mountainous island with beautiful red and orange flowers running across the coastline. It was so good to have our own transport. We are considering getting a car between the four of us as they are really cheap and you insure the car rather than the person.
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