Around noon we arrived in Busan, then we went directly to Una's friend's place. After leaving our luggage we went to Haewoondae beach in the centre of Busan. Since it was Sunday the beach was full of local people from Busan, and a few tourists. Before we went to Yongkung Temple we tried the eel dish called Gomjangee in the fresh sea food street.
In the evening we went for a moon walk, and later went to the cinema to see Transformers 3.
The first thing we see when we arrive in Busan
Haeundae beach in Busan, the water was freezing...
Una at Haeundae beach, she actually didn't find the water cold...
Seafood restaurant street in Busan, here we had the eel dish
The eel dish, so yummy
Yonggung-sa Temple
Yonggung-sa Temple with Cintia and Una
Yonggung-sa Temple
The moon walk along the shore, because of the mist there was no view at all..
The view is supposed to be really nice, now it's just white...
Creepy atmosphere in the forest
Strange signs in the forest, the writing is Korean for "I like"
Cintia and me at the sashimi place in Busan
Sunday 3 July
Since we had the late night movie last night we had a sleep in before having amazing Korean breakfast at Cintia's place. After breakfast we started our trip towards the small coastal village Yokpo. This area is famous for its tea plantations, and in Yokpo they have spa where you can bathe in green tea salt water at a temperature of 42 Celsius.
Yokpo was really quiet so in the evening we had Korean BBQ with pork that had been fed with green tea leafs.
Food stall at the rest area on the express way
Arriving in Sucheon, leaving only hours later to head down south to Yulpo
Kids playing with sparklies at the beach front
Cold green tea noodle dish in Yulpo
Green tea rice wine
The dinner place in Yulpo where we had green tea everything
We started the morning with a visit to the bath place to soak up the health benefits of the green tea salt water bath. From Yokpo we got a ride with some local people to the tea plantation. The weater was really perfect for seeing the tea plantation, and we even had green tea ice cream after the walk around the plantation.
After leaving the tea plantation we got on the bus to Gwangju. In Gwangju we had the best dish I ever tried in Korea, and the dish was Dakgalbi. For drink we had the traditional Korean rice wine, Soju. In the evening we decided to stay in Gwangju for the night, and head to Jeonju the next day.
No English here, since we were lazy we hitch hiked to the tea plantation
The tea plantation in Boseong
Tea plantation and us
Green tea ice cream, soooo delicious
Green tea, with a nice Korean coaster
Maple tree leafs, obviously these are really beautiful during fall when they all turn red
