Busan Part 2

The rains eased and the sky cleared on the second day of our trip to Busan. Our morning started out with breakfast at the hostel and then a trip to a beautiful park that had a great view of the entire city. Busan has an almost Matsumoto-like feel to it in some places, and there was one street that really made me think about my time in Japan. We walked past a lot interesting shops and restaurants as we wound our way to a giant fish market right next to a bay. We looked around for quite a while, and it was interesting seeing so many different types of fish and sea critters. I even saw a container of whale sashimi (shh...don't tell the Sea Shepherd) as we meandered through the stalls and buildings. The day before we had planned to eat some sashimi, but the area we were going to was known to be very expensive so we opted not to eat it that night, instead, we chose our own fish and had them prepared for us at the market restaurant for a very reasonable price. It was delicious.

From the fish market we headed off to an area of the city famous for movies because of the Busan film festival. The food there was delicious and there were a lot of neat shops selling everything from shoes, camera's, clothes, and everything else you could imagine. We spent a while there before we decided to take a trip up to a mountain where the view of the ocean and cliffs is supposed to be wonderful. Unfortunately, the clouds came in and we were unable to complete our journey. We had to buy our tickets back home before it got too late, so we took a bus to the train station and purchased them before heading out again with our few remaining hours. We chose to go to a really neat area called Amnam Park that was right next to the ocean. I have put in only a few pictures of the rocky cliffs and sea on this post, but the views there were spectacular and the water was very clean and clear. We walked over a mile along rugged cliffs, crossing bridges and rocky shorelines along the way before making it to another beach where we caught a taxi to catch our train in time.

The trip home was fun. Soojeong, Goeun, and I played games and talked almost the whole way back. I would love to go back to Busan sometime in the future so that I can see more of the city and surrounding mountains. I highly recommend a stop there if you ever make your way to South Korea.



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