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Asia 2009: Day 7 (Pusan)
Posted on October 13th, 2009 3 commentsPusan (also known as Busan) is the second largest city in South Korea. It’s also one of the world’s busiest ports. Today we visited a fish market, a shopping street (which left much to be desired), and Beomeosa Temple. The city wasn’t terribly exciting, though the never-ending rows of skyscrapers might be a preview of what’s to come in Hong Kong.
Tomorrow is a sea day to prepare for three busy days in China.
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- Morning in Pusan, South Korea
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- Downtown Pusan
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- Not a lot of English spoken here
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- This was just the beginning of the fish
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- This fish market even has an indoor driving range!
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- The fish market was packed with tourists
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- No, they aren’t hot dogs — those are sea snails
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- More fish
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- Crab attempting to escape
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- Local shopping street full of fake clothes and jewelry
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- Oh thank goodness. But like in Japan, no decaf!
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- Stream near Beomeosa Temple
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- Not sure what these markers are for
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- Dragon on top, turtle on bottom
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- Lots of lanterns
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- One of the many gates that lead to the main temple
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- Temple protector (one of four)
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- Bamboo forest
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- Paint needs some work, but still nice
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- Not only does this temple have a gift shop, you can even sponsor a roof tile
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- There’s a bell and drum in here, and I think two more instruments
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- Buddha
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- And another
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- Me in front of one of the temples
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- Path back to the bus
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- Pusan is a busy shipping port
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- Almost time to sail
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- Back pool
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- But first we have to u-turn and get around this guy
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- Getting there… we made it eventually
3 responses to “Asia 2009: Day 7 (Pusan)”
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Thanks for the pictures of Pusan. Lots has changed since I was there in the early ’50’s. Except the sidewalk fish vendors, but back then the fish was mostly dried. I see much of it is iced in your photos. I was in the Army Finance, and we had an old Japanese Bank building, I think not far from the fish market, on a very narrow street. I’m going to check Google maps and see.
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Martha October 14th, 2009 at 07:24
Hi Jeff
Nice sets of pics. BTW, which camera and lenses did you bring for this trip? Keep up the good work!
Martha
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Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1.
Lenses: 20mm pancake, 14-45, 45-200
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phil October 13th, 2009 at 07:26