Busan

Wearing clothes in the ocean

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July 20th 2010
I made my way down to Busan and was surprised on how nice the train was. I guess I am use to Chinese trains and forgot what a nice train looked like. People go to Busan for the beach and so when I arrived I made my way down to the beach. There I found that the people there were all wearing clothes on the beach and about half were wearing life vests. This I thought was very odd. Why would a person ... 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