Hotel Shin Shin Busan

263-11 Pujon 1-Dong, jin-Ku Busan, 73401, Korea Rep.

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A Ginger Weekend

A travel blog entry by aborder

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Busan, South korea - Knowing I was going to be in South Korea, I emailed an old buddy from University, Andrew. He's been teaching English in Korea for three years now and we last met over drinks in the East Village in New York City in 2007. What better way to catch up, on foreign soil again! He responded while I was in Eastern Europe and we agreed on a weekend in Busan, it would be pretty much the same vibe as in NYC though maybe it ...

Busan: Confusion, Conversion and Consternation

A travel blog entry by mchao

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... is not the way to do it—I had wanted to save some money on a night’s accommodation, but looking back, it’d have been better to fly directly to Jeju and get in earlier. It’d have been worth it to pay for a night’s sleep without worrying about damnation, eternal or otherwise.

Well, tomorrow’s another day on Jeju. Sun, sea and mountains. Sound like a great change from faceless Busan. Let’s hope it’s the ...

Haedong Yonggungsa Temple & Fisheries Museum

A travel blog entry by londone7

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... On the side facing the temple are some stone figures of buddhas and animals, laid out in a garden pond. People stand on the arch of the bridge and toss coins trying to reach as close to the buddha.

The temple is a large complex with traditional korean painted timber shrines. At the top of a peak behind was a giant female statue similar to the one we have in Daegu's Donghwasa temple. Along the edge of the temple complex along the sea wall ...

Holidays and other days

A travel blog entry by jille86

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... SO, the middle and high school students who are about 100 times more stressed out than the elementary kids, get nothing. Lame.

Anyhow, I utilized an absolutely gorgeous Children's Day to go to Yonggung temple (용궁사) in Busan (부산) with some friends. We took the train to Songjeong Station (송정역) from Taehwa River Station (태화강역) in Ulsan (울산) which runs about every ...

What rocks about the ROK

A travel blog entry by jille86

... definitely may or may not be smarter than me. At bus stops in most cities, there are tv's listing the busses that come to that stop, the stops on the route, where they are currently on the route, and when they will next arrive at your stop (the bus tv's HAVE been known to lie tho). It's incredibly helpful. The other day, my kids told me there's such a thing as a 'smart touch tv' now. 0.O Every classroom in my school has a big screen tv, and in our English room ...