Busan

I took a solo trip to Busan on the weekend. It was just a chance to explore and take photos, and give Carmen and Cate some girl time (whatever that means). I basically just walked for 36 hours straight. I had an idea of places I wanted to see, but the city is so big that it's difficult to navigate in a short period of time. So, I got lost a few times and my feet still hurt, but it was worth it.

I met this lady in a park on top of a mountain. Well, we didn't really meet, she just laughed at me while I was taking pictures of some guys playing checkers, so I snapped a shot of her. Surprisingly, she was fine with it, but made me give her 50 cents. The whole incident wasn't quite as weird as it sounds now that I've written it down.

I stopped by Jagalchi Market, the largest seafood market in Korea. I say 'stopped by' because when I got there most people were closing up for the evening. It was still a disgustingly interesting experience though. Any creature from the sea you can imagine. Some of it alive, some of it dead and some of it somewhere in between. Just a lot of blood. And guts. Etcetera.

This is the area I stayed for the night. As I was leaving my motel in the morning, this guy was strapping up his load of random restaurant-related items. So I took a picture.


I spent most of Saturday in the Haeundai Beach/Gwangan area. I'll post photos from the beach later. This harbor was a big fishing spot, so there were plenty of gangs of old men and their scooters.
This is Gwangan Bridge. It's really long. And looks nice in front of a sunset.

Sidenote: I've created a new Flickr account. I wanted to upgrade, so I just scrapped the old one. You can still access it, but I'll only be uploading to the new one now. You can see it here. I've got some old photos in there too. As well as a bunch of others from Busan on the weekend.