Why I travel especially to nature

Summer vacation is coming! I think many people are looking for best places to travel. And travel gives us a good energy and inspiration. As a nature lover, I’ve been to many countries to enjoy beautiful beach, mountain, and sky even if I’m alone. Since people even camera can never imitate the nature’s beauty, I can feel the unbelievable beauty most only if I go there in person. So that’s why I like traveling nature rather than cities. From my great memories, I’d like to recommend must-go places to travel around the world.

Best Places To Travel

1. South Island of New Zealand

New Zealand is known for lots of Mother Nature especially south island. I decided to go there after watching Korean reality show “Bro & Ticketing” where four actors traveled the South Island. And I couldn’t believe my eyes if the color of the sky and lake is real! So as soon as I got a full time job and had 2 weeks vacation before starting the first day at work, I decided to go there even if I was alone. The important thing is that you should rent a car to enjoy fully of New Zealand.

Among many places, lake Pukaki and Tekapo is so stunning that I’d been just watching the unbelievable color and light sparkle for over 2 hours without saying anything. And at lake Tekapo, you must enjoy Alpine Salmon sold at near shop. It was definitely my number salmon and I recommend you to buy red chili sauce there and bring seaweed from your house. Eating fresh salmon while watching beautiful lake was so happy that I went there again the next day. And I could even see the mountain covered with snow. It was so attractive that I could see both lake and snow at the same time.

2. Mallorca of Spain

Mallorca is also one of the best places to travel known for honeymoon trip because there’re lots of luxury hotels, beach to swim, and great restaurants with patio. I decided to go there because of the famous beach “Calo des Moro”. I discovered this place after visiting Yosigo photo exhibition where I saw the pictures of it. The first photo is from there. Although it’s little bit far from downtown Mallorca, many people travel to Mallorca to enjoy this beach. And there’re another beach nearby called “Cala Llombards” which is not a famous travel spot. The second photo is from there. So I recommend you to take lots of pictures while enjoying beautiful view at the Calo des Moro and then move to Cala Llombards to swim freely.

Additionally, downtown of Mallorca is so peaceful and the color of street is warm. There is big cathedral which is also good to enjoy at night. And you can enjoy various busking, clothing and accessory shops along the street. And almost everyone is to enjoy their honeymoon or vacation, people looked so relaxed that I could totally enjoy laid-back vibe, too.

3. Sapporo of Japan

Winter in Sapporo, you can enjoy all the places covered with lots of snow. From late November to mid March, if your country doesn’t snow, I recommend you to visit Sapporo. In Korea, you can see snow during the similar season, it’s rarely piled up and it’s often melted quickly with road salt. So that’s why I decided to travel Sapporo to enjoy beautifully accumulated snow.

One of the greatest memories there was a tour of Biei. I could see Shirahige Falls where hot emerald colored water flows there even if it’s winter. And Patchwork Road was also good although I couldn’t see the colorful patchwork which could be seen in Summer. It’s so vast and trees neatly lined along the road, it’s good for taking pictures. And of course, you can go see a Christmas tree during the tour. It was fascinating to see a single tree standing alone in the middle of a vast snow-covered field.

Additionally, what I really like about Sapporo is that I could enjoy hot food like Jingisukan(grilled lamb dish) and soup curry indoor watching snow. And when I ate that hot food, my whole body warmed up and I felt so cozy which was the best feeling!

4. Jeju Island of Korea

Jeju island is another one of best places to travel known for tasty sea food restaurants, extreme activites, and beautiful beaches & mountains. I’ve enjoyed four seasons of Jeju. And the charm was all different. In Spring, it is good to enjoy beautiful yellow flowers. In Summer, it’s perfect time to enjoy all the water activities including surfing. In fall, you can see beautiful sunset. In winter, it’s nice to climb Halla mountain covered with snow. Among them, my choice is summer although it’s so hot.

I traveled mostly East side because it’s so calm and less crowed than West. And my number place is Gwangchigi Beach. It’s famous spot for beautiful sunrise and perfect to enjoy the scenery because people nearly swim there. What I really like about this beach is the color of sand is black. It is very rare and soft. And you can even see horses walking on this sand. One of the great experiences is that I could sleep on beach listening to peaceful sounds of the wave. It was also unforgettable that I joined one-day yoga class enjoying all the views. If you want to know anything more in detail, read my post about Jeju island. Click here

Additional Places

Besides this places, I’d like to recommend Hoi An of Vietnam and Kanchanaburi of Thailand. I’ll post about these places later in my blog. And although I introduced only one part of those countries, Montserrat of Spain is also great place to enjoy rugged mountains. And as Koreans, I’d like to recommend Gangneung of Korea, too. It’ll be nice to visit in Summer because you can enjoy beautiful beach and seafood. In 5 years, I’m planning to visit Croatia and Southern Italy. I’ll share my travel log about those countries on this series “Best Places To Travel Around the World”.