Lotte Hotel Pusan Busan

... take the much slower Mungungwha train getting in at 3 am. We ended up hightailing it over to the Novotel Ambassador Hotel in Haeundae and crashed with Michelle's DJ friend Felix who was in town from Seoul spinning at Murp II. <br><br>After a late start and discovering that virtually every film was sold out... we made our way to hang out on the beach with Ann, my Tamil Couchsurfing buddy I met while climbing ...

... br><br>Populated &#8211; kind of goes with density &#8211; only applies to cities &#8211; since countryside is empty<br><br>We stopped at Hwaseong Fortress outside of Seoul on our way back. Here is what Jacob wrote about it:<br><br>Yesterday we saw a massive wall called Hwa-syong. First we took a trolley ride around the edge of the wall. It was many miles long and around 12 feet high. On either side there were tons of modern businesses so the ...

... of Korea. <br><br>It was not a mall like you can find in the Emirates for example. It is not an entertainment place, just a shopping place: a department store laying over 9 floors, in one building, with escalators etc...<br>Basement is the food court, roof is a bar-restaurant.<br>When you enter the ground floor, you are among the cheap jewelery and handbags. Then all the make-up and beauty stuff that women put on their skin, you know all the shiny glittering and bloody ...

... Ha! Silly Koreans! That night we went to a bar owned by westerners. We had a few pitchers of margaritas and then met a group of guys who invited us over to their room to listen to them play some songs. It turned into a crazy kind of night! Lets just leave it at that! Ha! Elena and I were the only ones from our group who lasted the whole night. We returned home about three hours before we had to leave for our train home! Ha! Pretty awesome weekend!

... anyway, yes the school year has started, and I'm really excited about it! This year, the Busan Board of Education made it a requirement that all public middle schools have an English room. Mine is not quite finished yet, but it is supposed to be by next Monday. So far, it's looking pretty nice. It has about six computers for the students to access, all new multi-media options, and it's totally remodeled. The cool thing is, that for the most part, I ...

... robbed!!! Someone broke my lock, and stole my piggy bank. It was literally a pink plastic pig.... BUT it had about $200 in it, in change. The culprit also stole the heart necklace my mom gave me before I left for Korea. I really liked it too....I was bummed. Never fear, I got my lock replaced, and had another double lock installed. In hindsight, my door was the only one in the building with OUT a double lock. Nice huh ...

... playing rugby on the beach. The small waves afforded one a 5 second ride before they hit the beach. I worked on paddling out and just sitting in the ocean. James was a natural and I as usual, struggled to get my 100 kilo frame up on the board. Need to work on the neglected flexibility. We spent the day at the beach and then headed to our hotel. In our "Love Hotel" as their called here in Korea, we found ourselves walking through the 5th floor ...

... People saw us, but no one stopped us. We could see right out the door to ground level field, and into the dugout!! We easily could have hung around I think, but we got nervous, and we were hungry. When we found an exit, the security guard just smiled and waved....lol. Crazy Koreans. <br><br>Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures at the stadium, but there will be other games. We ended up finding a restaurant and watching the ...

... at their loamy centre. Whatever the reason, the moment of uncanniness passes, and you notice the local kids scrambling up one of the mounds and sliding down. And you cannot help but venture up yourself. The slopes are surprisingly steep and high. From the top much of diminutive downtown Gyeongju is visible. It is of course, very cold, as it should be upon a tomb. The herd of other mounds ruminates not far off. Getting down is difficult. No disrespect is intended to ...

... with an hour to make it ito Chuncheon. We figured there would be plenty of buses and/or taxis but 20 minutes later we had seen neither and started to panic. I crossed the road to see if I could get a better look and shortly a land rover pulled up and asked if we needed any help. To cut a long story short, the driver (English name Philip) ended up driving us the 10kms to Chuncheon, even though he had been on his way to work in the other direction. We tried to pay ...