Day 21 (9.2)- My Adventures in Busan

Busan has stolen my heart as my favourite city in South Korea (don’t tell Seoul). A busy beach city, Busan is home to wind, waves, and a whole lot of amazing views unlike anywhere else in the world.

We stayed in Haeundae, so we were spitting distance from a day at the beach whenever we liked. I really enjoyed the walk along the peninsula where I saw Korea’s Little Mermaid. Her story is a little different from the one from Denmark. Instead of longing for land, this mermaid was trapped on land, and longed for her home. It’s a lot like the Korean national sentiment…. Move around, live in the US, Britain, or anywhere really, but never forget to come home to Korea every once and a while.

I also went on a solo mission to Igidae Park to venture to the Oryukdo Island Skywalk. I was expecting a nice stroll along the coast….I was mistaken.

It was more like a hike through the set of Game of Thrones, with coastal rocks and steep climbs through the forest.

There were even “dinosaur footprints” (in quotations because they were actually just mineral deposits advertised as dinosaur footprints).

Still, the views were well worth nearly dying on the 2.5 hour hike.

Spot the very wet guy on the edge of the rocks.

I even got a chance to walk on the skywalk to look at Oryukdo ^

I was pretty mad at first because they had closed the skywalk due to wind just when I walked up to go on. I figured, if that’s how I was gonna go, that’s how I was gonna go. I wasn’t about to have just walked for 2 and a half hours to just walk back home, so I waited for about 15 minutes for them to open it back up, and the guys at the stand pointed straight at me to go first since I’d waited so patiently.

I walked all the way home with just a short subway ride in-between, and it was a sobering experience to travel solo for the first time.