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※ This video is a reconstruction of <Korean Travelogue - That Summer, Ulleungdo, Parts 1-5> that aired from July 20 to 24, 2020. There is a paradise-like place that suddenly comes to mind when you want to go somewhere. Ulleungdo, an island that preserves the pristine scenery at the eastern end of the Korean Peninsula. Summer has come to that island that can only be reached on days when the heavens permit. In this season when even your heart is suffocating, let's go to Ulleungdo that summer in search of a ray of wind that will wash away the thirst of everyday life. ????Part 1 Ulleungdo, an island that you cannot easily leave once you have it in your heart forever. Jang Won-seop also came to Ulleungdo five years ago to go kayaking, his hobby, and fell in love with its beautiful scenery, giving up his 30-year life in Germany and coming to the island. Won-seop says that when he opens his eyes, he kayaks and explores the hidden secrets of Ulleungdo. Jang Won-seop, who is deeply impressed by the natural wonders of the coastal caves of Gwaneumdo Island that people do not visit, and the columnar joints covering the elephant rock (Gongam), is said to be overwhelmed by the wonders of nature. Let's follow his joyful island life. - A wide garden on a hillside with beautiful acoustic guitar melodies. This place, named 'Ulleung Heaven', is the home of Lee Jang-hee, a popular singer-songwriter who swept the 70s with Sessibong. 23 years ago, after retirement, he realized his dream of living the rest of his life in nature here on Ulleungdo. Lee Jang-hee's garden, where he planted flowers and trees in a field of deodeok and filled in a rice paddy to create a pond, has become a healing place where anyone can rest. Singer Lee Jang-hee, who discovered true happiness after meeting Ulleungdo. Let's go into the heaven he created. - Lee So-min, who returned to Ulleungdo 12 years ago because she missed the mountains and forests of her hometown, is introducing the old roads of Ulleungdo to people. These days, the path she walks with people is the newly opened forest path on the Nari Basin Circular Trail (Albong Circular Trail), the 'Healing Mandala Path'. The name Somin gave it with the hope that if you walk along the forest path that is not even properly marked, your worries and desires will disappear and everyone will reach the 'realm of enlightenment'. Let's take a step into that peaceful forest. ????Part 2 Dokdo Shrimp and Giant Octopus Summer in Ulleungdo is the season when the sea gets fat. In the early morning, Jeong Ho-gyun, who returned to the sea six years ago, goes out to the sea to catch the treasure of the summer sea, the giant octopus. Since the water in Ulleungdo suddenly deepens if you go out to the sea for just 2-3 minutes, the sea near the island is all octopus traps. The bait used to catch the precious big fish is mackerel. It is said to be perfect for attracting the octopus, which is sensitive to smell. Finally, the precious giant octopus fills the trap! This summer, the giant octopus usually weighs 12-15 kg, but if you are lucky, you can even catch a giant octopus weighing up to 30 kg. Octopus fishing, which involves throwing traps and catching them repeatedly, is a battle against time! For lunch, which is eaten well past noon, he has 'Octopus Ramen', which is a whole octopus boiled in a pot. The taste melts Ho-gyun's tired body and mind. - The boat that went out to Dokdo to catch shrimp a week ago has returned. Jeong In-gyun gets busy when the shrimp boat comes in. The traps are filled with Dokdo shrimp. Dokdo shrimp refers to chicken shrimp, flower shrimp, and peach shrimp caught in the sea near Dokdo. The shrimp that have gone through the first sorting by type on the boat go through the second sorting of freshness as soon as they arrive at the port... Dokdo shrimp doctor In-gyun, who sorts shrimp in an instant with his hands faster than the eye, is the younger brother of the octopus fishing captain, Ho-gyun. Ho-gyun and In-gyun are five siblings who came to Ulleungdo as children, spent their childhood there, moved out to live on the mainland, and then returned to Ulleungdo one by one to live together. After finishing their hard work at sea, they gain the strength to live together on this island from a bowl of shrimp soup they eat together. ????Part 3 Following the footsteps, a circuit around the island Last year, a 4.75km road was built from Naesu-jeon on the east side of Ulleungdo to Bukmyeon, completing the Ulleungdo circuit road after 55 years. A road that follows the road in search of beautiful scenery where the lives of the islanders are embedded. 'Gakgae-deung' refers to the steep ridges of Ulleungdo. Mr. Kim Deung-hwan, who came to Ulleungdo 20 years ago and cultivated a vegetable field in Gakgae-deung in Jeodong, is busy collecting seeds of Myeong-ina-mul this summer when the vegetable season is over. This is because the seeds that h