Life between trips

TRIP DATE: 17 APRIL 2017 Day 6:   Haedong Yonggungsa, Gijang Market Breakfast at Ops bakery near Haeundae, Lunch at Gijang Market Return to Ibis Ambassador Seoul Myeong Dong To do: Haedong Yonggungsa 86, Yonggung-gil, Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun, Busan Its another wet day. We took a bus to reach this place and alighted a stop earlier. So we wasted a bit of time here. I guess the pictures speaks for itself. We spent between 1- 2 hours here. Mainly to pray and take pictures. For a temple that is built for the sea dragon palace there isn't a lot of inferences to it except for the dragon statue at the main temple hall.  This temple is recommended as one of the few places to visit when in Busan probably because its one of the few rare temples that are built by the sea.  Some of the highlights of the tplace is 3 story pagoda guarded by 4 lions (joy, anger, sadness and happiness). Other notable sights are the 108 stairs to the temple and the...

TRIP DATE: 16 APRIL 2017 Day 5: Gyeongju: Bulguksa Temple and  Seokguram Grotto (UNESCO World Heritage) Breakfast at hotel, Tea break with Gyeonju red bean bread, Dinner at Bonjeon Dwaeji Gugbap near Busan station To do: Bulguksa Temple (UNESCO) 385 , Bulguk-ro, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea Admission fee: KRW 5,000 This place is outside of Busan but its a very short KTX ride about 30 - 40 mins to Singyeongju Station.  We are glad we got the KTX pass as we are able to change our train rides at short notice.  Singyeongju station is near to the bus stop where we waited for Bus 700 to Bulguksa Temple. There are other places of interest to visit if you're keen.     The above shows the route of Bus. The bus timings are shown below.   We didn't have to wait long for the bus to arrive but the bus ride took some time to get to the temple.  Bulguksa Temple holds 6 of the country's national treasures:. D...

TRIP DATE: 15 APRIL 2017 Day 4: Busan: Busan Gamcheon Culture Village, Jagalchi Market Bread on train to busan, Brunch at Gamcheon culture village, Lunch at Jagalchi Market, Dinner at Kyochon Busan: Toyoko Inn Busan Station 1 To do: Busan Gamcheon Culture Village 203 Gamnae 2-ro, Saha-gu, Busan, South Korea We are early for our first pit stop for the day due to our early train ride. We took the 6.30 am KTX train and to get to the KTX station we took a cab. We use our t-money card to pay for the cab ride. Hubby grabbed a bite at the LOTTE fast food and the train ride to Busan is nearly 3 hours.  We dropped off our bags at hotel and head to Gamcheon culture village. Its pretty simple to get there, just take subway line one to Toseong staion, exit 6 and switch to take Bus 2 or 2-2. You can buy or not buy the tourist map but its only KRW2,000 and it helps you plan your route. I wasn't eager to finish all the stops anyway so we just follow the main route.  ...