00:00:00 (1) Welcome, my own Yuldo 00:14:45 (2) Three Meals a Day in Isudo 00:29:56 (3) Anchovy Flowers Are in Bloom on Rock Island 00:44:31 (4) Island, When You Feel the Taste of Fall 00:59:29 (5) Liberation Diary of Daejakdo with Doodi ※ This video is part of ＜Korea Travel - I Am an Island Part 1-5＞ that aired from October 2 to 6, 2023. ■ (1) Part 1. Welcome, my own Yuldo The southwestern tip of the Korean Peninsula, the paradise of islands, Sinan, Jeollanam-do. There is a doctor here who invested all his fortune to buy a 100,000 pyeong uninhabited island and is turning it into his own ecological paradise. That protagonist is dentist Lee Ji-hyung. Jihyeong, who fell in love with the abandoned island of Yuldo, has been traveling between Seoul and Sinan for 20 years since 2002 to create his own utopia. He transplanted 3,000 camellia trees from Jeju Island to create a camellia forest and dug the ground to bring in fresh water to create a reservoir. The place he put the most effort into was the exotic standing rock imported from Indonesia?! Today, special friends were invited to Yuldo, an island that completely reflects his taste. Roger Shepherd, a New Zealand photographer who fell in love with Korea, conquered Baekdudaegan, and settled in Gurye, and his Korean friends. The story of their challenging self-sufficient life unfolds, from catching fish with traps to get food on an uninhabited island without proper regular passenger ships and electricity or water, to returning to their childhood and enjoying swimming in the vast ocean. Welcome, is this your first time on an uninhabited island? A city doctor who started creating his own utopia because he loves islands. Let’s go to Yuldo, Jihyeong’s own paradise. ■ (2) Part 2. Poet and photographer Lee Won-gyu, who travels around the country on a motorcycle in search of the Milky Way in Isudo, is a mountain man who is far from the sea. Today, he went on a very special island trip. The place he chose is Isudo, an island that can be reached in 5 minutes by boat from the Sibang Ferry Terminal in Geoje, Gyeongnam. The small island with about 50 households has been bustling with tourists recently. The reason is that if you stay for one night, you can be treated to three meals of fresh seafood. The 13-course meal presented itself to poet Lee Won-gyu as soon as he unpacked. From steamed skate to marinated flatfish to pickled abalone, each side dish is fresh from the Isudo sea! There is no other luxury. The ingredients for Isudo’s meals change daily depending on the sea conditions. The owner of the guesthouse, Jeong Seo-un, mixes the fresh fish her husband, a fisherman, Shin Kyung-hwan, catches every day with the simple but sincere cooking of the island women to create a precious meal. From the rare raw fish to the silvery grilled hairtail of autumn. The fresh seafood feast that unfolds throughout the three meals is a delicious happiness that can only be enjoyed on this island. Now that your mouth has been satisfied, it's time to feast your eyes! The wonderful ocean scenery that you encounter during the leisurely 1 hour and 30 minute trail is healing. Let's go to Isudo Island to taste three meals a day, an island that is beneficial to everyone, just like its name. ■ (3) Part 3. Anchovy flowers are in bloom on the rocky island. There is a small island called Seoldo (瑟島) in Jodo-myeon, Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do. Seoldo, which got its name because the waves sound like the sound of a zither, has been famous for its rough waves since ancient times. However, thanks to that, the anchovies caught on Seoldo are considered the best in the country. There are only about 20 residents on the island. Most of them make a living by catching anchovies, and Seoldo is truly an 'anchovy island'. An Jeong-seon, who has been a fisherman on Seoldo Island his whole life, goes back and forth to the anchovy fishing grounds five or six times a day at this time of year, sweating bullets to catch anchovies. However, for some reason, the nets are a bit different today! What was caught overnight in the anchovy nets was 'hairtail'?! It must have been hard to clean the hairtail out of season, but the residents say it feels like they got a bonus. When Jeong-seon's fishing boat arrives, the residents' joint operation begins! The anchovies in the rubber tubs are quickly boiled, dried, and sorted by size to fit their needs. Although sweat pours down like rain, the Seoldo people are happy as long as they have a lot of anchovies. They also have a food that contains their sorrows and joys. Anchovy stew made by placing anchovies on well-cooked fermented soybean paste. They say that eating anchovy stew after sweating a bucket of sweat gives them the strength to live again. "Oh, I'm sending it off with tears because they say I have to endure it, a woman's life." A day in Seoldo Island, anchovy island where anchovies are life and life. There, we take a look at the lives of people who cry and laugh over anchovies. ■ (4) Part 4. Island, when you taste autumn Daejakdo's autumn, 'crab' Daejakdo, a natural island in Ongjin-gun, Incheon, autumn in the sea begins with crabs. Jeong Cheol-ho, who came to his hometown Daejakdo 13 years ago after catching only crabs in Yeonpyeong-do, is known as the 'crab master'. He is a charismatic man in the sea, but he is a gentle lamb to his wife?! What is the very secret double life of this crab master? The people of Daejakdo share food with freshly caught crabs and bond. From delicious crab stew to spicy crab soup, we meet the island village table where the taste of autumn is deliciously ripening. Nando's autumn, 'jeon-eo' Nando, an island named Iri (狼) and Seom (島) because its behavior resembles a fox. At this time of year when the cool autumn breeze blows, the sound of a paddle is inevitably heard in the sea in front of Yeosan Village. Even as time goes by, Yoo Seong-gyu and Park Byeong-suk, a couple who still catch gizzard shad in the traditional way, are caught. “Tick tock, gizzard shad, tick tock, startle and catch a gizzard shad.” The autumn gizzard shad catches as soon as the net is raised to the sound of the wife’s exciting paddle. The gizzard shad caught in the sea of ​​Nando, which has a legend of a dragon and a history of millions of years, begins to taste good at this time and boasts its peak flavor when the cold wind blows. ■ (5) Part 5. Daejakdo Liberation Diary with Dudi In order to escape from their repetitive daily lives, Kim Hyun-jung and her dog Dudi went backpacking. They headed to Daejakdo, an island that can be reached in two hours by boat from Incheon Port. Dudi, Hyun-jung’s travel companion, has been traveling with her whenever she has time for the past two years. If you are looking for Daejakdo, you must climb the essential course, Mt. Buasan. Doodi, who leads the way, is now a proper backpacker dog. After coming down from Mt. Buasan and quenching their thirst at Samsin Halmi spring, they head to the small pool beach. Hyunjeong and Doodi enjoy exciting water play in the sea breeze on the deserted sandy beach and satisfy their hunger by grilling the pork neck meat they prepared in advance. When Hyunjeong pitches a tent in front of the beach and stays with Doodi, this place is heaven to her, and there is no paradise like it. We meet Kim Hyunjeong's Daejakdo healing liberation diary, who gained the courage to live another week through her healing trip with Doodi on the island. #TV로보보골라둣도큐