Blogs from Busan, South Korea, Asia - page 2

Saturday, 12th October 2019 I decided to have an early lunch before proceeding with my sight-seeing plans. A few blocks from Toyoko Inn lies Jejuga Korean Restaurant, a cosy little spot serving wholesome abalone porridge. It seemed rather popular among the local people so I guess this must be a legit place. Very often, the flavourful Korean appetisers also took centre stage in a meal. Having them together with the mains certainly helped to enhance the whole culinary experience. Feeling wonderful from my satisfying lunch, I was soon on my way to the UN Memorial Cemetery in Korea. The Cemetery occupies a sprawling site in the heart of Busan and it honours the soldiers from the 16 UN countries who were killed during the Korean War between 1950 - 1953. I first made my way to ... read more

Our next visit was to the city of Busan. Our train from Suncheon arrived punctually, at 8.50 pm, after a journey in the dark. Our hotel, L'Idea Hotel, was about 100 yards from the train station, chosen by Steve for its proximity (as well as all the usual other things), and we were checking in within ten minutes of getting off the train! And what a lovely room! It was enormous, had its own entrance vestibule(!!) with a shoehorn to help those of us now classed as 'elderly' with our footwear, a wetroom with a Japanese style loo, a jet bath, a king AND a queen sized bed (it was a 'family' room), fluffy duvets, piles of pillows and cushions, slippers and dressing gowns, a separate seating area WITH CHAIRS, a heating system we could figure ... read more

Spanek konecne normalny. Ranajky rovnako ako vcera. Nasadam na zelene metro a smer konecna jangasan. Vonku opat mega teplo. Moje kroky vedu na Jangsan Mountain. Trial by mal zacinat v daecheon parku. Nuz zacina, len vsetko v korejcine a mapy su dost neasne. Idem podla navodu https://www.finnomads.com/2017/02/41-good-hiking-places-in-busan.html Nuz idem podla neho len po outdoor posilovnu. Potum uz intuitivne podla mapy.cz Na zaciatku parku kopa skolkarov. Neskor pri mini rieke kopa oddychujucich dochodcov. Som velmi prekvapeny kolko dochodcov v sikmookych krajinach turistikuje. Nuz teda po fajn ceste si pochodujem okolo chramu, rieky s mini vodopadom az k telocvicny v lese. Tu to strhavam vlavo, prekracujem po kamenoch riecku a uz som na prirodnom chodniku. Cul uz mam normalne turisticke topanky. V slapkach to tu neodporucam max len tento park. ... read more

Rano som este nebol rozhodnuti ci tu ostanem abo nie. Cakal som na spravu od jednej cs z pohangu (male mestecko cca 20km). Nuz nehlasila sa, tak to balim a v busane bookujem opat hostel zo siete kimchi, dufam, ze bude lepsejsi. V 711 kupujem po case vodu, uz bolo treba vymenit flasu. Chuj som si ale nekupil nic na jedenie do vlaku. Listok kupeny v pohode s kartou. Vlak prichadza len s 3 voznami, taky maly motoracik. Debil som nevedel otvorit dvere do vozna, stacilo ich len potlacit. Cesta do namchang ubehla velmi rychlo. Vystupili sme tu len 4 ludia. Uplne prti mestecko. Stanica v rekonstrukcii. Podla pokynov baby z hostela v andongu idem na bus zastavku (furt rovno, druha odbocka vpravo, za postu). Odtialto chodia dve linky 715 a 405 do Ganjeolgot. Mam stastie ... read more

Dear All Greetings! Greetings this time from South Korea, country number 78! I believe I last wrote just about to leave Japan, and was quite sad to do so. Indeed, it has been a bit of a culture shock arriving in South Korea, at once similar but also really very different to its neighbour across the Sea of Japan. I can say it took me a full day to get used to being here. I took the fast ferry from Fukuoka, and arriving in Busan, South Korea’s second largest city at 3.5 million people, the differences were immediately apparent. I think if I were to have come here directly from England, I would have noticed what other travellers I have spoken to have noticed – it is a clean, efficient and well-organised country. Coming from Japan, ... read more