Biyangdo

This guide to Biyangdo, a small island off Jeju's northwest coast, opens with the local legend that the whole islet broke off Hallasan and flew here through the air, giving it its name, which means flying island. You'll hear how the real story, drawn from Goryeo-dynasty records of an eruption around the year 1002, turns out to be almost as strange as the myth. The guide follows the shoreline loop around the island, including a lava-chimney hornito that islanders say resembles a mother carrying a child on her back.