Busan: Last Day in Busan, and Back to Seoul

Another shot of the Daejeongdae beach. A splendidly spectacular view of the beach. A  deliberately slanted view of the beach to give it an unusual perspective...and THAT...if it even worked...^^

On our way down the hill toward the parking lot after visiting Daejeongdae. Though it may not be that clear....far beyond ...the seaport city of Busan was visible. I just wanted to say that this so-called Daejeongdae was practically situated on a slope of the hills...

..that's why visitors were going up and down the hills should they want to enjoy the view.

But what I mostly remembered was how blue the sky on that day.

With Ms. Kim M.S. who was kind enough to take us around Busan and its vicinity. 

What would a Busan Trip without having to go to Jagalchi market where most of the fish and seafood are freshly or dried sold. ^^

In that sense in mind, we went to a market selling all kinds of fish products. Well, we just bought ojingo or dried squids and anchovies.(?).

Right before leaving Busan, we had lunch at China Town. It looked so empty, right? I did not know why. It surely says that this place was  and is...the place for foreigners..but I did not see many of them. Oh, well..maybe it was not the right time to visit? Anyhow, I managed to capture a pic. of my wife in front of one of the many gates gearing towards China Town. Oh, for anyone who might be wondering as to where it was, it is located just in front of the Busan Station. 

Now..we are on board KTX train. The fastest train on the peninsula or in the world? Its speed  boasts as fast as 300 km/hour. What? Yes, the electronic signboard inside the train indeed showed that fact. But, as soon as it reached 300 km/hour it slowed a bit into 299, 298,297..or I could say that this train runs at the average of 290 km/hour. 

That's the reason as to why it takes only 2.5 hours from Busan to Seoul. (remember my story of taking Mugunghwa train that took us almost 6 hours from Seoul to Busan?)

So, this train indeed speeds up the activities and goods & people's exchanges inside the Peninsula. 

As for us, it saved us ...some energy and valuable time, though frankly speaking.....it did not help us whatsoever in saving some money. ^^hahahahahaha.

Finally got back safely in Seoul. 

Lots of families with their children were on the same compartment as we were. Guess, weekend trip in intercity train like this speed KTX train ...to some extent.....does help boost the tourism industry in Korea. 

Bye---Bye...KTX train. Till we meet again..on our trip to other cities soon.^^

Dynamic Busan (part 10): Jagalchi Sijang

Elias and Chinmi .....^^ Had fun time enjoying your dinner, friends?

Time to have Dinner. It was the specialties of Busan that we did have, indeed. So, most of us were having shushi-like 회or war-fish served with other banchan or side-dishes.

First thing first: Jagalchi sijang or Jagalchi market is the place to be for anyone who savors for fish and all kinds of seafood humans could dream of....literally.

This is the front facade of the market. It looks clean, right? It does. The smell or....should I say...the fragrance of seafood was right on our very nose to enjoy. This is  indeed a sight to see. Ready?

BEHOLD: all kinds of edible sea creatures are right there to see. The most fun part of it is the fact that....as fishy and slimy as they look, they must be so yummy to the eyes of the BEHOLDER.^^

crabs, king crabs, lobsters ( is there?^^), sure. crabs, octopus, and ....other fellow friends....^^ are right there.

This is very entertaining to see the ones we'd never seen before. More than that...they are all alive and fresh. For seafood lovers, I could pretty much associate this place as an epitome of their heaven. 

Just as the way I would dream of seeing a fruit market myself.^^

This is the mall of seafood.^^ As far as I could see, customers and sellers and onlookers like me, were all piled up in a one place in Jagalchi Market. See the above notice: 'Yeah! Jagalchi. ...

친절한 자길치. 다시 오고 싶은 자길치

"Friendly Jagalchi. Jagalchi that we'd love to revisit again"

After having a full-tummy, we had a very limited time to enjoy the seaside port right behind the Jagalchi market. So, we rushed there and had ourselves a chance to capture the afternoon delight. 

Is this really a market? Yes, pretty much so. This sophisticated and futuristic-looking building is actually where the seafood market known as Jagalchi Market located. Pretty impressive, er? 

That's the reason why I took out my I LIKE BUSAN see-through card and take a snapshot of it.

As a token of remembrance, why not take a picture of ourselves? Surely, we did. Me, Dana, and Chinmi...once again were immortalized in our pictures at Jagalchi Market, Busan.