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Lanterns on the water
... stopping already? That couldn't have been enough time. The music blasted back to life and we jerked into super speed. We all gripped our lap bars as the cars whirled past each other at high speed. We rocked back and forth in our seats as we shifted at whip-lash speeds. Finally the ride slowed to a stop and we cheered, waving our hands in the air as we carefully removed ourselves from our seats.
Next up was a cute little "ride" ...
Our final family weekend
... food getting some fresh Korean-style red bean donuts, dumplings and fish balls! What a selection! We then headed to Busan's famous beach, Haeundae Beach, and had afternoon tea at The Westin Hotel which had gorgeous views over the crescent shaped beach. After tea we went for a walk on the beach and played in the freezing cold surf. I wasn't going to go in, but Elina asked me and I couldn't say no to her... I ended up getting totally soaked but ...
The Gimhae Gaya Culture Festival
... India and married the king of the Gaya kingdom, King Suro. The mound itself is quite large and has a couple ancillary buildings near it including a stone pagoda.
The next stop was the Confucian Academy that were once popular throughout Korea. I have seen only one before in Daegu but was interested in seeing another one. Unfortunately, this one in Gimhae was locked. Since we ...
Gimhae National Museum and Royal Tombs
... org/ ) Also there was the Astronomical Observatory we could see perched atop a mountain (http://www.astro.gsiseol.or.kr/ ) as well as mountain fortress wall you can hike. Finally a Gaya History Theme park where a tv series about King Suro was filmed. ...
A Lantern Festival this time
... every 5th stall or so is selling something to fix/ease the pain (allegedly). I buy a walking wicking top and Liz a Korean outfit though.
As night falls the display lanterns come into their own (& are difficult to photograph) and while it's a bit Disneyesque (lots of fable scenes etc) it's very impressive. In particular there's moving dragons & phoenixes breathing smoke and fire on the shore and lanterns over the fortress grounds. We ...
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