Day 10
Our trip to Busan was rather relaxed. I wanted to see more nature and beautiful landscape because we had plenty of city view is Seoul previously. And so our first stop in the morning was beautiful
Taejongdae!
A little bit of introduction to Taejongdae before pictures...
Designated as a Busan monument, along with Oryukdo Island, Taejongdae (태종대) represents Busan, and is especially famous for its rock beach. Featuring its highest peak at 250 meters, there are forests of pine trees and other 200 varieties of trees. Taejongdae was named after the 29th king of Silla Kingdom BC57-AD 935), King TaeJong Mu-Yeol (604-661). King TaeJong had traveled to many places but this was the place he enjoyed shooting arrows.
Under the lighthouse of this resort is a rock called Sinseon Rock, named after the myth that gods and goddesses came down here to relax. At this rock is a figure called Mangbuseok, named after the story of a woman who waited for her husband who had been taken to Japan. Taejongdae is also famous for the ritual of praying for rain, performed when there are droughts, and rain on the 10th of lunar May is called the 'Taejong Rain'. On days with clear skies you can see Japan’s Tsushima Island from the observatory.
I am telling you this place is a MUST VISIT if you are coming to Busan! Even though it is not very easy to get to (it took us like 1 hour ++ to reach this tourist hotspot), but I believe the scenery and breathtaking view will be worth the bus rides.
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| Tickets to for the shuttle bus (2000won each) |
It is highly recommended that you buy the shuttle bus ticket which allows you to hop on and off the attraction sites. Be reminded that this place is humongous so if you don't have the ticket and decide to WALK... it's going to be really hard and sweaty especially during the summer.
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| Breathtaking isn't it? |
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| Reason for the awkward hand was to prevent my cap from flying away since the wind was pretty strong |
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| Found this really neat old telephone booth~ you know how we all have fantasies of making a phone call from the red phone booth? Well mine's just going to be an aqua coloured one :) |
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| Lighthouse to warn the boats of the cliffs and rocks... |
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| I'm the Princess of the World! Just kidding :P |
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| Look at all the tiny miniature people down there at the rocks/cliff |
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| Posing with the lighthouse |
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| Selfie from inside the lighthouse |
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| I really can't get enough of the scenery and landscape of Taejongdae. One of the highlights of our 11 days Korea Trip. |
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| Selfie combo! I was going crazy will all the beauty around me |
We were in Taejongdae till about lunch time... outside of the park there are many seafood restaurants and most of them sells the famous Galchi Jorim (hairtail braised in spicy sauce).
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| Galchi Jorim - the soup is wonderful but beware of tiny thin bones!! Not suitable for young children |
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| Grilled jalchi and some other fish~ it was one of their signature dish.. I honestly liked this better than the stew :) |
After a full lunch (we ordered 3 person's portion and had no idea it was that much!) and another hour travelling back to the city, we have reached BIFF square by mid afternoon.
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| They have this thing that looks like it's from the Hollywood walk of Fame |
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| The whole street pavement lined with star's signage |
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| Traditional korean sweet - Dragon Beard Candy with peanut fillings |
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| 5000won for this pack of 10 sweets |
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| Ajusshi that praised our Korean haha! Very nice and cheerful :) |
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| Enjoyed by Korean celebrity too! |
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| Famous hotteok at BIFF Square! Really yummy and better than the Myeong dong one! The line for this is very long |
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| Busy making hotteok for the long line of hungry customers. |
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| Hot hot hotteok! (1000won each) |
After walking arounf BIFF square and getting our foodie goodies, we walked into Jagalchi Market which is very close by and immediately the stench of sea creatures hit us.
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| Look at the gigantic clam at the side!! The sight of it creep me out at first! |
Actually our initial plan was to have a raw fish meal at Jagalchi Market as we have read many people blog about seafood being very fresh there... but the stench was too much for us to bear and it wasn't dinner time yet
(besides we already at a bunch of snacks on the streets). So we retreat from the market and went back to the streets and this was were we found a shop that sells korean traditional stamps for cheap!!
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| The machine that carves the pattern on the stamps |
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| Stamps beginning from 2,000won (RM7) to 40,000won (RM 124) |
All of us bought a name stamp for ourselves and one for sister in Malaysia. I bought the 5000won one and had my English and Korean name carved on it :) I think this is a very special gift/souvenir for friends and loved ones rather than the overrated and common keychains.
(P.S: Do not buy the stamps in Insadong as it is twice more expensive than in Busan!)
The rest of the night we took a break as we were quite tired from all the walking in the morning and ate instant noodle at the hotel haha!
Day 11
Today is the last day for us in Busan before our 4pm flight back to Malaysia. Since we had the whole morning, after checking out and placing our luggage at the Busan Station, our last stop was to be
Busan Tower.
I personally liked Busan Tower because it is not as expensive as N Seoul/Namsan Tower (4000won vs 9000won). And it still provided a lovely view for us to admire - definitely suitable for the budget conscious group.
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| where we stored our luggage before heading to Busan Tower |
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| Busan Tower is also in an area called Yongdusan Park |
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| Love tags here unlike in Seoul Tower where they have love locks instead |
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| I have no idea who the guy beside me is haha |
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| You can see the whole (?) of Busan from here |
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| more selfies at Busan Tower <3 |
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| Me just chilling at the observatory |
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| WE LOVE BUSAN TOWER |
That is all from our 11D10N Seoul & Busan Trip! Hopefully these posts help give some light into places of interest in Korea for those who are budget conscious. Honestly this trip wasn't too expensive and way better than joining overpriced tour groups with not much flexibility on schedule. If you don't mind getting lost once in a while, speaking broken Korean and walking a lot, backpacking in Seoul & Busan is definitely possible :)
Until my next trip! Bye bye :)
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