Busan (1)

Although I think it's a bit too late, but then I just don't feel like skipping this post on my trip to Busan. Thus, I'll just put up a quick and short one^^

We left for Busan on Wednesday night(11/5) taking the 11.09pm train. It was my first time riding on a train, in fact only 3-4 of my friends took a train before.

Knowing that we'll be having two long days ahead of us, I took the opportunity to get some rest in the train. Though most of my friends didn't manage to get enough rest, I had a good sleep^^

Arrived in Busan train station at about 4.20a.m. Our first destination was Taejongdae Park.
The park was indeed cool and refreshing. Coincidentally, we met a guy in the park who was there for a walk, and he voluntarily showed us all around the park. The weather was perfect that day, allowing us to have a good view of sunrise.

Next we traveled to Beomeosa, where according to my Lonely Planet guide book, some consider this magnificent Buddhist temple as the best sight in Busan (but I strongly disagree!!)

After that we had lunch before heading to Busan University. Well, frankly I don't remember why I wanted to go there....is it because of it's fame? or possibly because my friends might be studying there next time...I don't know why, but we WERE there, where my friends began to complain "I am tired" "Let's find a place to rest first" "Can't we go to the beach faster?" "I want to sleep"

But after an hour of complain and half an hour of rest inside Mc Donald, we continued our journey east to Haeundae, the most popular beach in Korea. It is said that during the peak season umbrellas mushroom across the 2km beach and about 500,000people drop by annually.

From Haeundae, we went to look for a motel near Gwangalli. We found one that was very near the beach, and the price was quite reasonable, though at first we didn't know why the manager asked one of my friend to show her identification card, only to find out later that there was a sign infront of the motel with "above 19" written on it.

Had Seafood Soup for dinner, which cost about RM30 per person, and enjoyed the night view of Gwangalli beach and the nearby Gwangan Bridge, which was magnificent at night.

Went back to our rooms at midnight, chatted for a while and dozed off