The perfect time to go Busan – summer! ^O^
This also marked my final road trip out of Seoul because I’m due to fly back on 18th July 😦 Busan was a very complicated plan because I had planned to go earlier but decided not to, and the people I was going to go with kept changing and in the end I went with Zenn and her two friends from SMU as well here for summer term.
The day before i made a mad rush to the express bus terminal because tickets were selling out fast with all Seoul peeps going to Busan, and there were no more general tickets left in the early morning 😦 I had to get excellent tickets which were about $12 more expensive each.
We met up nice and early to catch the bus to Busan! The excellent bus was more comfortable but there was no place to put drinks 😦
It took about 4+ hours and finally we reached nice sunny Busan! Before checking into our separate hostels, we decided to eat some famous gugbab (rice in pork soup).
Side dishes~
Checked into our guesthouse called Guesthouse 710 in Haeundae ~ I’ll make a separate post for this because I really really liked this guesthouse 😀
Haeundae Beach
After a little bit of rest we met up again to go to Haeundae beach which was less than 10 minutes walk from our hostel!
I think the most fascinating part about this beach honestly is the umbrellas.
#hipster
We didn’t stay that long though. Moved on to the temple next!
Yonggungsa Temple
Leading up to Yonggungsa!
Entrance~
^_^ love the architecture together with the natural rock-scape!
You can try your luck to throw the coin into the bowls
Beautiful view!
Gwangalli Beach
Tbh we didn’t actually plan to go to Gwangalli, but we were supposed to meet Yumi unnie and she suggested that Gwangalli is really pretty at night. So after the temple we headed over to Gwangalli!
The buildings were starting to look pretty!
Bridge starting to light up!
While the sky was darkening, we met up with Yumi unnie and went to buy some chicken, beer and soft drinks! A recommend if you want to hang out at Gwangalli at night. There are plenty of chicken restaurants around, buy a box back, grab drinks from a convenient store and you’re good to go! Bring some newspapers to sit on the sand and a sweater or outer wear because it’ll be breezy at night 🙂
We bought all the necessities and headed back to the beach, where the sight became breathtaking.
Honestly if you asked me i liked the buildings better than the bridge lol they were more breathtaking~
No shot of our chicken and beer/soda cuz it was took dark, but it was absolutely delicious to sit by the beach in front of those gorgeous lights and feast on fried chicken. Lots of people were also shooting mini fireworks haha. In the background a band was playing some good old trot song.
Yumi unnie started to ask us for some advice regarding her business (she’s an illustrator). We chatted for a bit and then she took out a notebook and started drawing us!! Hahaha. Adorable unnie.
Thank you unnie ❤
That marked the end of our day~ 🙂 Next update regarding D2 and the hostel we stayed at!
Busan D2: Read here!
Busan Accommodation: Read here!
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