Busan
Last week from Wednesday to Sunday. We went to Busan. Its a costal city in the South of Korea. It is supposed to be a summer vacation location (ryhmes ^.^), but luckily April is not the peak season.
The city itself is a lot smaller than Seoul, but still has a good transport system. Also it does not take that long to get from one end to another, which takes for ever in Seoul. The atmosphere of the city is more like a tourist place, like people talk English to you, when you look like a foreigner (not like here ^.^).
Busan itself is devided into different city parts, like normal, and also into different beaches. We stayed in the Indyhouse, which is located near to Haeundae beach. The cool part about the beaches is, they are all connected with a walkway ... which is sometimes a bit confusing, but manageable.
On the first day we were walking along this path: We followed the coastline from Haeundae to Songjeong (another beach). The path devides itself into smaller paths along the way making a few detours to viewpoints, pavillons or some hiking-tracks (not really hiking, more like a way through the forest). Reaching Songjeong, we went to Yonggungsa Temple, which is located directly at the sea (recommended to see). Its an awsome place, with stone carvings and a magnificant atmosphere.
On the second day we were a bit tired from all the walking (about 6 hours), so we took a short trip to Beomeo Temple. Also a nice place, but due to hurting feet, we did not explore much ^.^
After the temple we were supposed to Seokbul Temple, but due to bad weather conditions (wind, rain and insufficiant clothing) we went to the Trickeye Museum. It has nice features, which play with your mind :-D
On the third day, the two other guys went for a swim in the sea in the morning. Surprisingly they were not the only ones on this day. There was one other guy, but he left as soon as the went in... After getting warmed up, we headed for the biggest department store in the world: Shinsegae. About 12 floors of shops and on the top there is a spa and a ... GOLF DRIVING RANGE... and a park. Unlucky as we were, the spa and golf range is closed member and sadly the park was closed down, due to rearrangement. As a funny remark: We were looking for shower gel and deo for man. In the whole market we found three different kinds of deodorant, and no shower gel ...
All in all it was a rememberable trip, recommended to everyone in Korea or planing to go to Korea.
Also, photos of the trip are online.
The city itself is a lot smaller than Seoul, but still has a good transport system. Also it does not take that long to get from one end to another, which takes for ever in Seoul. The atmosphere of the city is more like a tourist place, like people talk English to you, when you look like a foreigner (not like here ^.^).
Busan itself is devided into different city parts, like normal, and also into different beaches. We stayed in the Indyhouse, which is located near to Haeundae beach. The cool part about the beaches is, they are all connected with a walkway ... which is sometimes a bit confusing, but manageable.
On the first day we were walking along this path: We followed the coastline from Haeundae to Songjeong (another beach). The path devides itself into smaller paths along the way making a few detours to viewpoints, pavillons or some hiking-tracks (not really hiking, more like a way through the forest). Reaching Songjeong, we went to Yonggungsa Temple, which is located directly at the sea (recommended to see). Its an awsome place, with stone carvings and a magnificant atmosphere.
On the second day we were a bit tired from all the walking (about 6 hours), so we took a short trip to Beomeo Temple. Also a nice place, but due to hurting feet, we did not explore much ^.^
After the temple we were supposed to Seokbul Temple, but due to bad weather conditions (wind, rain and insufficiant clothing) we went to the Trickeye Museum. It has nice features, which play with your mind :-D
On the third day, the two other guys went for a swim in the sea in the morning. Surprisingly they were not the only ones on this day. There was one other guy, but he left as soon as the went in... After getting warmed up, we headed for the biggest department store in the world: Shinsegae. About 12 floors of shops and on the top there is a spa and a ... GOLF DRIVING RANGE... and a park. Unlucky as we were, the spa and golf range is closed member and sadly the park was closed down, due to rearrangement. As a funny remark: We were looking for shower gel and deo for man. In the whole market we found three different kinds of deodorant, and no shower gel ...
All in all it was a rememberable trip, recommended to everyone in Korea or planing to go to Korea.
Also, photos of the trip are online.
mohi - 29. Apr, 10:56
