Backhoes as well as cars

Messing About in Masan and Breathing in Busan.

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January 26th 2009
PP: Saturday 24th January. Our second day in Masan - a very pretty port and town, which is nestled around the long inlet from the sea. High mountains around means that the city hugs the shore and we are parked (berthed) over the inlet from the city. It is the best view and outlook of any we have had since our voyage started. Yesterday we went into Masan city and found it very neat and tidy. Not ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Busan

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more