We arrived on a friday evening/night that very rainy. Not quite the weather you want to arrive in when you're in a new environment and have no clue where your hotel is, but after a few hours long er than expected, we finally found our Hotel. To still have a feeling of having doine something on the night of our arrival we decided to explore the area around our hotel and eat something. So first that was quite strange is that we felt like there was a zombie invasion right before we arrived. I mean, Busan is supposed to be the second biggest city right? But there we were, walking around in the rain at 22:00/23:00 and only few people were walking on the street and only a few stores and restaurants were open.. Maybe it was because we're used to Seoul (Asian invasion), maybe it was the horrible rain, or maybe there wás a zombie invasion (it was Halloween night).
First day meant doing some sightseeing. So first up was Taejeondae, which was a park and mountan thingy. I'm pretty sure that it was not a mountain thingy but I just name it like that because you can not walk anywhere without having to walk up steep hills every 50m. But I've gotten used to it by now. Anyways, Taejeondae. It's a long walking route that takes you along an amazing view of the sea, nature and cliffs. We were supposed to take the train/bus thingy, but because of the rain the day before it was too slippery for them to ride (I was not kidding about steep hills).
 There is never a reason to complain about having to walk long distances or climbing up crazy hills. Because at every rest stop, you find out that old people have made it as well. Not to look down on old people, but seriously there is no right to complain if they do this as if it's their runway. (Kids as well by the way). Anyways I love that old people have no shame - but then again, you will never find anybody talk back to elders here. This guy was just sitting there with his favorite folk music blasting from cellphone. Enjoy, old man, Enjoy.
 So on a more serious note, there were several stops along the path. And at one of the very first was this statue of a mother and her children. You see, Korea is known to have a high rate of people committing suicide. It can have a lot of reasons and maybe I'll write something about it another time. It's very sad. Taejeondae is said to have the nickname suicide cliff. I mean, than you knów it's real. So they built this statue in 1976. They wanted to remind those who were on their way to do something terrible, of their mother's unconditional love for them. It is meant to encourage people to not give up on life. It truly hurts my heart that this is reality here for a lot of people and I pray that this horrible thought will dissapear in Korea.
The cliffs themselves were beautiful though. I can't recall that I've ever seen those in person before, let alone stepped on those before, so it was really cool that you could do that here. Saying that, I do have to note that there are minimal safety measures when it comes to tourist attractions. I mean, you could slip and fall into the water and there would be no gate or net or anything to catch you. It gives a real dimension to the tourist attractions though, but it is quite dangerous. And even though I do not have to worry about the strong elderly here, I could never imagine the average elder would go sightseeing here like it's nothing. It's so dangerous and nobody seems to care because people are just making selfies (I bet we all heard about that couple that took a selfie on a mountain and fell down), while kids are playing and elderly people climb up to see what's here as well.


 It's also amazing to see that they created these fitness places on the weirdes locations. I mean after struggling to finish the Taejeondae route, you already feel like you had all the fitness you had for a week.
We didn't have sun the first 2 days so that kind of made the view pretty gloomy instead of beautifully summer-like. So can I speak of a Santorini effect ? Not really. But it was a really nice place to be.
 Old people were getting innnnnnn. No shame in their game. Those are the best people.
 Oh and I mentioned the outdoorwear in my Jeju post right? So colorful and EVERYBODY has it. I have grown to love it. (not for myself though, ever.)
 I love the asian creativity of making photo's. I've noticed by the way that it's an asian thing to take photos of objects/scenery/whatever WITH them, as western people like to take photos OF things, rather than include themselves. I mean I get both sides.
 This is normal and I love it. Groups of women or men just hanging out on their old day. They do add on the "friends forever" term. The people here, by the way, are more kind, helpful and relaxed. I think that's because it isn't as stressful and crowded as Seoul. Example: Normally  when I ask directions, I'm used to people either saying that they don't know, or they point towards the place and explain it. But the people we've met so far were kind enough to actually lead us to where we had to go, they'd even call other people if they had to.
 Yes.. I still don't know what happened here.
 The Jagalchi fishmarket might be one of the most popular things to see in Busan. A place where you can buy and eat a lot of fish and other sea species.
 I am not allowed to say that food is disgusting, so I won't. I will just say that this is the most disgusting edible thing I've ever seen though. It's called "Sea intestines" and no it's not an intestine of a sea creature. So yea. Let's get this over with because I feel uncomfortable talking about it.
 So even though people describe Busan as part of the country side, it still has it's very city like areas. I do have to say that it doesn't have a Seoul feel to it, but more like a vacation feel. Probably because when you come here, you'll do a lot of sightseeing and not get to experience the true Busan lifestyle.

My favorite kind of dessert in Korea: Bingsu.

Old catlady potential right here.

Up next was the Yonggungsa temple. There are a lot of temples in Korea, but we decided to visit this one, because Google showed us pretty pictures of this one. And let's all be very honest with ourselves, isn't that how we all decide on which tourist attractions we visit?

No that's not my dad. It's a monk.

 Arriving there, I understood the term tourist attraction once more. I could already tell by the crapload of souvenir stands and foodstands that this place was very commercionalized. Not to mention the amount of people. Like how do you sell MEAT in front of a buddhist temple tho'?

Chinese Zodiac sign statues

 So obviously, you can see why we picked this place. It's near the sea and the view is beautiful. However to me it wasn't that amazing. Not just because religiously, this is not my place, but more because of the amount of (loud) people, the commercialized aspect and did I mention loud people? Kids were playing around and screaming, old people were playing around and screaming, may I add , while people were bowing. But oh well. Tourists will be tourists.

I saw a mini donald duck bow  tho'.

Before we headed home we decided to see the night view of Busan from a higher point. So as Seoul has the Seoul N Tower, Busan obviously needs to have one of its own.

And obviously, you can't have a romantic view place without couple facilities. Yes. Love everywhere. A little side note: If you decide to come to Korea, please do that if you're a confident independent woman or if you're with your soulmate. *Does hairflip*

I've really enjoyed Busan, but I have to say that Seoul is my city. Seoul had more things and areas to see, there are more people. I don't know. Busan was a place to relax, but Seoul needs me so obviously I had to go back.

Love & Blessings,

Nin