Yeongdo Bridge

Busan Part 2

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September 23rd 2012
Well, I had great plans, and, true to form, didn't manage half of them! I did go back to Jalgachi, but sadly didn't eat there. The market was absolutely heaving on a hot Sunday afternoon (and not all the fish were smelling hugely fresh either...), so it was move with the crowd or be trampled! South of Busan, there is a small island called Yeongdo-gu, attached to the mainland by a fe ... read more

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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