Busan

A weekend trip to the beach city of Busan with an Italian (actually from San Marino), a German and a fellow American.  Took an evening bus on Friday and got back to the university about 11:30 on Sunday night.  I've been on better buses, but I'm also not going to complain for $45 round trip.

Photo credit: Sonja Schweicker
Base of Busan Tower












World famous Busan Fish Market, inside is about 15 times bigger than the photo, outside was about 200 meters of stands.

Sculpture Garden (on top of a rather large hill overlooking Busan.


In case you're wondering, the spoon is at the Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden in Minneapolis, MN
I'm still looking for the knife and chopsticks.

Reasonably confident beer is allowed, just as long as you don't run with it while it's sunny.


Busan Culture Village



Seaside Trail

Pretty sure the top warning is letting you know wave crests are slippery when wet,
The bottom warning is definitely saying "don't poop while falling."



Beach 1 and Gondola



















Headong Yonggungsa Buddhist Temple





Haeundae Beach




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