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Modern high-rise towers dwarf ancient Buddhist temples, and the city's bustling business district offers a stark contrast to the serene grounds of Yongdusan Park. Pusan is, in short, a microcosm of South Korea, a nation whose startling economic success often obscures one of Asia's most sophisticated and venerable cultures. Pusan was the scene of bitter fighting during the opening months of the Korean War. South Korea and United Nations troops were reduced to defending a pocket around the city, the last foothold on the peninsula following the North Korea invasion. Today, the United Nations Memorial Cemetery marks the final resting place of troops from 16 nations who died during the conflict.
Today the Koreans spell Pusan Busan although they pronounce it the same, they
felt the B was a more harmonious letter than the P. This change is very
recent.
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Sailing into Pusan South Korea | Sailing into Busan South Korea | Sailing into Pusan |
Sailing into Busan | Sailing into Busan | Sailing into Pusan |
Sailing into Busan | Sailing into Busan | More sailing into Busan |
A very large city/ | It just keeps going | More of our view. |
Docking in Busan | Lots of Buses await the passengers ready for tours | Major container port |
This port was very busy. It took about 15 minutes for a truck to get unloaded. | Bill was fascinated by how fast they unloaded the containers from the trucks. | Did I say fascinated?? |
Oh yeah he really was!! | South Korea is very green, it reminded us of Oregon. LOL | These trees were everywhere, but our guide did not know what they were called. |
From the tour bus | Very mountainous | They don't have much land so every usable inch was in small farms ( Or High rise apartments as you will see) |
Toll plaza on the expressways | Very modern roads, South Korea as such is only 30 years old | These High rises weren't in a high density area, but they will be soon!! |
Lots of row crops & rice. | More small farms | Interesting building |
Street scene in Tongdosa | Street scene in Tongdosa | At the entrance to Tongdosa Temple ( Tongdosa Temple) |
Lots of greenhouses to grow vegetables and Persimmons | Rice rice everywhere | Small patch of rice .. ready to harvest. |
More small farms | Typical small farm | Rice again |
Notice how mountainous it is in the background | A school surrounded by rice. | Mountains |
From the tour bus | Another toll plaza | More of the toll Plaza |
Getting back to the suburbs of Busan | Suburbs | Densely packed apartments |
New High Rise apartments | They go on and on | Construction of new high rise |
Notice how new it all is | Harbor front Apartments | These had a nice view |
Ferris wheels are big in the orient, we have seen quite a few | We have also seen more than a few cranes at work. | This was an instant souvenir shop that they set up in about 15 minutes when the ship docked. |
The port is still busy | The air wasn't too clear | We took the ship shuttle downtown after our morning tour ( See Tongdosa Temple link ) |
Downtown Pusan/Busan | Down town Pusan/Busan | Hamburgers with "Rice" buns !!! |
Ah ha we found an alleyway that was alive | Turns out there were lots of alleyways | And lots of little shops and stands ... actually more locals in this area than tourists |
This guy is working hard !!! | Anyone need some dried squid ??? | Perhaps a skewer of fish ?? |
Busy Place | Colorful also | What a surprise .. McDonalds Busan/Pusan |
Can't read the menu ?? Look in the window and point. | Part of the Movie Stars hand prints ( that is Jeremy Irons top left) Busan hosts an International Film festival .. More on that below | Stairway to underground malls and about the only way to cross the street |
Mall underground | Busy with shoppers | How much is that puppy in the window ?? |
Would you try to drive through this alley ?? | The "Famous Fish Market" | More of the fish market .. this place was amazing. |
Fish Market | Look closely .. the tank by the woman's foot contains live eels !!!! | The film festival had an outdoor stage and kiosks right in the Fish Market .. boy was it busy !!! |
The fish was fresh as you see | This giant squid was for the film festival | The pot on the left contains beetles of some kind ... Um no thanks !!! |
Now this looked good .. shrimp | But I wasn't too sure about the cooking practices | Great looking produce .. very fresh |
Lots of women were cooking. | More Eels and fish | Want to cook your own ... no problem |
Souvenir stands too | A convenience store | The shuttle line was so long, we asked at a hotel and had them write down ship ( pronounced two bits) and took a taxi back .. look at the traffic. |
From the taxi along the way | Entrance to the Port. | There she is ... huge |
Busan is the world's third largest container port. | The Sapphire | My feet hurt and that looks like a long walk. |
From the ship .. a slice of a ship that will be fitted into a ship was on a barge there. | A closer view of the slice | Well .. they do say it is the land of the rising sun .. we are on our way to Shanghai. |