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South Korea: Busan Gamcheon Culture Village

The last highlight on our Busan day tour was the bustling and colorful Gamcheon Culture Village.

Peter, our guide, grow up in this neighborhood. So, he could lead us trough small alleys and knows all the short cuts to the interesting points and views. Meanwhile on the main routes the tourists were queueing up for a specific „instagrammable“ picture. Instead of lining up, i rather had a coffee myself.

The tour ended at Songdo Bay with its Cloud Bridge. A beautiful place to have a few minutes more with these nice and funny participants of this day tour.

Juni 12, 2024Juni 12, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: SouthKorea, travelTags: Asia, busan, city, citytour, cloudbridge, coffee, culture, culturevillage, daytour, gamcheon, hanbok, korea, people, renebauerphotography, reportage, songdo, songdobay, songdobeach, SouthKorea, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

South Korea: Busan Fish Market & BIFF

Another highlight on the day tour trough Busan. The fish market and the nearby shopping street BIFF.

Let the pictures speak for themselves…

Juni 9, 2024Juni 9, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, reportage, travel, urbanlifeTags: Asia, biff, busan, daytour, fish, fishmarket, korea, market, people, renebauerphotography, reportage, sightseeing, SouthKorea, streetmarket, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

South Korea’s `most beautiful temple`!

In Busan outskirt lies the most beautiful Buddhist temple of South Korea, as they stated themself : Haedong Yonggungsa.

At the edge of a rocky coast line lies this big temple complex. Many corners and niches in buildings but also between rocks with statues and holy shrines. Worshippers come to pray, to be thankfully for success or begging for a good luck in a healthy and wealthy future. But also non-believers get stunned by its beauty and the rich cultural heritage it hosts. And then there is still the undeniable hunger for good signs, which makes us humans too. So, i was too tempted to try my luck by throwing a lucky coin into a several meters away stone bowl. And hit it at my second attempt. The future will show…

Juni 5, 2024Juni 4, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, humansofplanetearth, landscape, reportage, travelTags: Asia, buddha, buddhism, buddhisttemple, busan, coast, daytour, haedongyonggungsa, korea, landscape, people, religion, renebauerphotography, reportage, SouthKorea, temple, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

South Korea: Busan’s APEC House

„Busan is Good“ is stated at the main station. To check this statement i decided to join a day tour group with a guide to reach the bit further places too.

After the participants got collect from their hotels, a drive over the Gwangandaegyo, also known as Diamont Bridge, brought us to Haeundae District.

First highlight was the APEC house, where meetings of the ‚Asian-Pacific-Economic-Cooperation‘ are held, as the tour guide proudly explained. It is indeed a impressive building in a round shape, settled at the bay with beautiful view. From there it’s just a short, wonderful stroll along the coast to the Haeundae Beach, which i visited just the day before (check my prior post).

That stroll gave us first opportunity to learn more about the tour participants and our guide. And of course the first selfies and tourist photos are taken as well.

more are coming. stay tuned…