Busan, Korea Rep. Travel Blogs

Happy New Year!
Jan 20, 2005 (79 photos)

... every street is ok by me. TRANSPORTATION Although I firmly believe that Japan has the best transportation system in the world, Korea deserves a mention for the affordability of theirs. A three hour bullet train ride from Busan to Seoul cost about $40 ...

Beautiful Busan
Jul 27, 2006 (38 photos)

The weather is beautiful !

Being spolied again
Nov 18, 2007 (13 photos)

ˇ Busan, South Korea ˇ GMT +8:00 hours Just as we thought I'm going to assume you don't have an eidetic memory (my apologies, not to mention admiration, if you do) and so will start this entry by reminding you that I finished the last one telling you ...

Busan
Dec 18, 2008 (2 photos)

didn't have the opportunity to type this one up; sorry...

Venice of South Korea
Sep 18, 2008 (6 photos)

... from Piel, please!!!! We have had enough of Gyeongju. We are taking our final bus out of Gyeongju to Busan, which is on the east-southeast coast of Korea, which is only 1 hour away from Gyeongju by bus. Inter city buses here are very efficient and ...

Westward Ho!
Jul 1, 2008 (20 photos)

... me the Koreans always eat food when they drink, which is evident from the second meal of the hour. We chat about Busan and Korea, heading to a final bar before calling it a night. Back to the hostel to my as yet still single dormitory. Thursday is ...

Busan
Oct 5, 2006

... see the top of the mountain and the fortress wall stretching out in front of us. Below stood the shrinking city of Busan, dotted with rivers and wetland areas, which reflected the sun making them look like giant mirrors. The fortress wall looked (to ...

Busan Cont'd
Dec 19, 2008 (5 photos)

... the mushrooming greenhouses and the airport. Mr. Yang: 60ish; small and bold; chemical engineer and the President of the Busan Tennis Association; has 2 kids; although he is a Buddhist his daughters are Christian; Terza (the Dutch girl) ...

Would you swim in a shark tank?
Jul 27, 2005

... to about 20 sharks captured in open-water. Does this sound like a fun way to spend your summer vacation? Is life in Korea really getting that bad? Surprisingly, the answers are yes and no respectively. We decided for our 9 day summer vacation to venture ...

Can I help?
Mar 21, 2006

... i'd been beaten up during the night. Eggs on toast for breakfast which was free then on to the bus terminal which would take us to Busan, which was just an hour a way. The journey took less than an hour in the end. Not having directions to the hostel, we ...

Leaving Korea
Mar 17, 2008 (50 photos)

... , dort ist Autofahren ja praktisch billiger) und auch billigen Eintrittspreisen in die Sehenswuerdigkeiten. Ausserdem bemueht sich Korea den Tourismus anzukurbeln, jede Stadt hat Tourist Information Center (plural, mit englisch speaking staff) mit einer ...

DK Koreai kiruccanásunk
Sep 15, 2007 (33 photos)

... : mikor már nem bírják az idegeim és kiborulok. Tehát, suli után volt egy szabad hetünk az iskola kezdetéig, s szépen elutazunk Krisztával Korea Dél-keleti részére. Busanba, Korea 2. legnagyobb, tengerparti városába mentünk 2 napra, majd Gyeonjuba, egy nagyon régi, Shilla ...

Tired
Jun 27, 2006

... handwashed clothing, and getting used to the hectic apartment lifestyle. I don't mind anything but the chaos. Not to say Busan is chaotic--it's fairly relaxed and full of wind from the ocean (literally), nothing compared to Seoul (a world unto itself). ...

LIFE AS A MONK!
Jul 15, 2009 (100 photos)

... . What do you expect. Anyways, since the last blog I have had the opportunity to live like a monk for a weekend, attend Korea's "Largest Foreigner Festival" (Boryeong Mud festival) and of course more hiking. Life has a Monk: 6 other friends and I ...

Day trip to Busan
Mar 20, 2006 (44 photos)

... hop scotch our way to Busan. Closest major city to us, it boasts 4 million people an international airport and one of Korea's most famous beaches: Haeundae Beach. So we took our first subway ride to the downtown core to check out the shopping and ...

What a morning!
Mar 29, 2008 (5 photos)

... little on the rusty side, and the message did not transmit. So Orla came back with her second wind and says "Korea", bingo, the old one word tactic had worked again. Phew! Well in fairness to the taxi driver he made some ...

Korean Living
Mar 30, 2008 (6 photos)

The ferry crossing on the famous Beetle took 3hours and we arrived in Korea at midday. Busan is a port city and we've never seen such a massive port before. There must have been about 100 cranes for loading and offloading the cargo ships. It was massive. ...

Welcome to the Roach Motel
Aug 27, 2009

... out of the window showed green covered mountains and lush agricultural fields, dotted with little villages and towns... and then I reached Busan and the stunning views stopped. Busan is the second largest city in Korean after Seoul, but by also being the ...

The ferry n' Busan
Jul 20, 2007 (9 photos)

... Nampo-dong station (which was only one stop away), so we decided to walk.  The crazy thing about South Korea (or at least Busan), is that you can't cross streets.  Every single street (including the little tiny ones) have stairs leading down to ...

A School Trip!
Oct 13, 2006

... - which really wasnt easy for me. We set off on our coach, winding our way through the mountains that separate Daegu and Busan. We passed through several small villages, which we are yet to explore. Finally arriving in Busan, the kids ran from the bus ...

The nuclear bombe
Oct 17, 2006

... me was talking about it, it was not a "dinner topic" at all. I have only been talking to 2 people about north Korea having nuclear ( I am always a bit scared that it might turn into a nasty discussion ) Those 2 people actually think that it is good that ...

April and May in Korea
May 28, 2007 (50 photos)

... see a famous cave, which was pretty neat.  The next day we drove to Busan.  It is the second biggest city in Korea. Busan is really nice.  We checked out some sights, went to an aquarium and the beach.      This month, ...

Exploring in the South
Aug 4, 2005 (9 photos)

... hermits in Charmaine and Pat's luxury pad so headed off to Korea's south coast on the bullet train. We arrived in Busan, Korea's second largest city and allegedly the world's third largest container port and made straight for Haeundae beach. For some ...

Busan Busan!
Sep 2, 2006 (39 photos)

We took the bikes to Busan to see a Star Wars Science and Art exhibit and eat some Indian food. It was nice to break the monotony of Changwon with non-homogenous culture and food. The Star Wars Science and Art exhibit was fun... it was a mix of DVD ...

Busan
Jun 25, 2006

yo guys, in busan, staying with my aunt/grandmother, who live just down the street from my other uncle's family. internet spotty, or in the case of my grandmother's apartment, nonexistent. went to goryongo (oh what's the spelling), saw a big ...

Snake encounter...
Sep 7, 2009 (22 photos)

... she failed to sweet talk us into accepting. Anyway, with my weekends now free, I was able to resume my exploration of Korea - afterall, I only have a few months left, and I don't plan on returning anytime soon. The weather forecast was great, so I made a ...

Gupo Market, Dog Butchers
Mar 16, 2008 (2 photos)

Hallo zusammen, ein Markt den ich heute besucht habe, Gupo Market, ist Heimat fuer einige Hundemetzgereien, so um die 15 Stueck. Allerdings mochten die Metzger es nicht, wenn man Fotos macht, schade, dabei war es so fotogen... Nichtsdestsotrotz ...

Letter
Apr 19, 2007

... being a hardcore Christian, but we'll see. I could understand that you only put three "budget" hotels/homestays in your Busan section; I understand space constraints. It would have been nice if any of them actually existed. Why did you list only sex ...

South Korea's 2nd city
Mar 20, 2007 (3 photos)

... - handy) but it ate it - luckily our train station lady friend saved the day. She explained that about a year ago Korea released new money (different pictures, colours and sized notes and coins) which machines could not use (!). She took us to her ...

Barbecue alla coreana
Jun 24, 2008 (13 photos)

Il traghetto arriva puntuale a Busan, Corea del Sud. Scendo e passo la dogana, nessun problema: stavolta non mi hanno preso le impronte digitali come i giapponesi. Prendiamo la metro, usciamo in strada e capisco subito che questo non e' Giappone: sporcizia ...