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Busan Slideshow
Busan
Travel Blogs from Busan, Korea Rep.
Day 1- First Day In Korea
After 27 hours of travel from Indianapolis to Pusan, South Korea I soon realized that even though its been 20 years since my last memory of this place it still seems very familiar but at the same time very unfamiliar. For Example… Taking A Shower - ...
Busan
... was struck by the same-ness of the buildings... I think the designers for the sim-city game came to South Korea for insparation because the cities in the country are block after block of high rise building which looks ...
Busan (Skinned squiggly fish)
We took the high-speed KTX train from Seoul to Busan, which took about 2 seconds to travel a million miles. OK, maybe that's an exageration, but it was fast. Busan (or Pusan) is a coastal city on the southwestern end of the ...
The Good, The Bad, and The Smelly
... not looking forward to are the rules. I think it's an American past time to make rules on more rules whereas is Korea its all about outward appearances and implied rules to be followed. Thus when I make the many faux paus which I regularly ...
Wedding of a dear friend
... I took the 5am train, but I will spare the reader the in depth tale concerning the catastrophic disaster of getting to busan. Super abridged version: wrong train, only one other passenger, 12 car train, steady stream of various 4 letter words, 2 ...
Beomeosa Temple on a Sunday
... out in hiking gear it was a popular destination. The temple was founded in AD678 although like almost all of Korea's ancient buildings and monuments it was destroyed at some point during Japanses invasions or wars and subsequently been rebuilt. It ...
A German in Busan
This entry was written over the weekend of June 6th and 7th in Busan. Again I had my leather journal my sister Jenny gave me. 4am Sunday morning I started off small. When was first introduced to skateboarding it was by riding down my buddy Kevin Mccoy's ...
A Slow Day
... 3 AM. Pictures to come once I get a chance... Vital Signs Drunken Nights: 2 Shots of Soju: 8 Number of Pics in Korea: Probably over 700 Quote of the Blog "America is great we can say anything, that is what the second amendment is for..." ...
A five week sojourn to korea
... we also visited haedong yonggungsa temple on the edge of busan, the jagalchi fish market at nampodong, took in the view from busan tower in yongdusan park, and i have generally just enjoyed wandering the streets taking in the sights and oddities of korean ...
The ferry n' Busan
... the 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 ...
Ridden Hard and Put Away Wet
... instead of dealing with airport hassle, and have been dropped in the the middle of town, but c'est la vie. Busan is S. Korea's second largest city with 3.8 million people, and I knew nothing about it. I still really don't, other than ...
KFSS - Korean Food Stress Syndrome
... the feeling of calm and timelessness wash slowly over you. i think i would recommend this over any other place (that i visited) in busan. on the final weekend, we trooped up to a place outside seoul for annie's hapkido competition. this was one of the ...
Busan and Gwangan Beach
... as there were no seats on the metro. My back was a little sore, but not too bad. The first impression of Busan, people dress down here. I see the occiasional business dress, but the youth definetly dresses down a lot more. I think ...
Korea of the South
We arrived in the south of South Korea on Sunday, after a very pleasent 3 hour hydrofoil trip from Japan. We've been in Busan for a few days and we're heading north tomorrow morning. The pictures... South Koreans are crazy about their ...
Busan, Korea
... Memorial Cemetery marks the final resting place for the troops from 16 nations who gave their lives during the conflict. Busan is Korea's largest port & has historically been the gateway to and from Korea. It was quite evident that Busan is a ...
My visit to A&E
... A&E's flat is about 500m away and the next nearest on the other side is probably about 800m. This isn't unusual. South Korea's landscape is about two-thirds mountains with most of the population and arable farming competing for space on the flat bits ...
Sailing the Pacific to South Korea
We left Japan today on the "Beetle" ferry to Busan, South Korea. In tribute to South Korean optimism, the town has been dubbed "The City of Tomorrow" in anticipation of its future role in World Affairs. It certainly has a thriving port, due in part to the ...
Karaoke Korean style.
Got to the port town of Busan where we were to take the boat to Japan. Met our host for the next few days who showed us around town and later took us out for a Korean barbecue restaurant. After we went to a bar to prepare us for the karaoke madness ...
The Korean bathhouse experience
... that when eating it’s rude to lift my dish from the table (never would have guessed…), and that a trip to Korea without setting foot in a jimjilbang, a Korean public bathhouse, is a cultural opportunity wasted. With the added insistence of a ...
The Love Boat? Not a chance
... with my cyber golf with the lads.” The first week on board saw the ship stop twice in China and once in South Korea, Russia and Japan. Myself, Marlo and Mike went ashore in Quingdao where Marlo and I managed to find a blue stripy short apiece to ...
Busan I'Park vs. Chunnam Dragons
... rainy and windy day maybe exactly the right destination. Later I made a visit to the local K-League football team of Busan I'Park, which celebrates their homematches in the Busan worldcup arena. The local mascot, the funny cyberdogs, or whatever they ...
I'm in South Korea!
... you're having a wonderful first week back at school. I just wanted to write you a quick message to say I've arrived in Busan, which is a city in South Korea. It took us 24 HOURS to get here! We haven't seen any of the city yet, we're just on our way out ...
Getting to know Busan and South Korea
... : hello - annyong hassayo thank you - gamsa hamneeda They really like sports here in South Korea, especially baseball and soccer! The baseball team here in Busan is called the Lotte Giants, and a ticket to see them play costs about 7000 Won, which ...
live octopus
we decided to get away and celebrate labor day with a trip to the coastal city of busan. it's the second largest city in south korea but it has a completely different vibe than seoul...very laid back like all beach towns. d said it reminded ...
A gate way to Haeundae Beach paradise
... ride and we caught a beautiful sunset along the way. In less than 3 hours, we arrived at our final destination for the day - Busan. Leaving the train station, we caught the metro and got off at the right stop. We walked for about 5 minutes and found ...