Staying One Night @ Haeundae Beach

....Went to Busan for a seminar. (no stories-related). just pictures...

Stayed at one of the hotels near Haeundae Beach. 

Good Morning, Suray. 

It's a hotel operated by Korea's chain: Bennikea.

A small hotel but..for one night..it's okay. 

waking up to a beautiful scenery seen from my hotel window...ㅋㅋㅋ 

The sun's shining..and...I could see the well..a bit obstructed view.. 

selfie.. 

I was trying to reach out to the far beyond scenery...

Then...I managed to take some shots of the city.

Oh wait..this was taken from Paradise Hotel where I had my seminar.

View from the 16th floor. Haeundae Beach in Winter...completely different from summer splash.^^

Looking down ... 

and..looking up straight into the vast ocean....

Busan: Family Trip (part 3)

Haeundae Time. As I informed earlier, we were there at about 9 a m, so practically not many people were there. The parasols were empty...

As far as eyes could see.....lots of parasols with the same sponsors on top of them....were spread like mushrooms springing up from the sand...^^

The kids wanted to take a dip into the water....but...of course, we did not allow them to...since the reason as to why we were there was no other than to spend an hour or so...before attending our friends' wedding reception.^^

And..another reason as to why we were not into swimming was the fact that there had been a string attacks from the sea creatures like jellyfish...as caught by one of the coastguard that early morning.

Another interesting fact that I could not possibly ignore was the mere existence of coast guard who were taking in charge of the cleanliness of the whole beach. They were bringing along their own stick or canes to pick the scattered trash out of the beach..

Pose. Moms and the kids were all drenched in purple...^^

As for me, I was in black attire...^^, the kids seemed to enjoy being there...albeit not being allowed to swim^^

Walking towards the shore after circling around the area...

Pose for the 2nd time. Stop it right there..so as to capture the moment.

Again....^^ See how empty it was? well, the summer was about to end...and the water started to cool off ...that day...

Another activity not to be missed while playing around on the beach sand....^^: writing names on the sand...

EYRA^^.....to leave some traces of being there^^

After half an hour or so, we were walking up towards the subway station. On our way there, we were walking along the sidewalk just right beside the beach where a string of hotel chains dotted the street.

We found on an interesting outdoor advertisement...

...and a laughing pig....made out of wood or steel ( not sure)...which simply tickled us on our way to the station. A small but noticeable spark that we found it too interesting to be missed... ^^

and...guess what? This is a bank. ^^ So futuristic-looking architecture, eh?

Busan: Family Trip (part 2)

The inside-feature of Mugunghwa, the train we took to Busan. It was a bit shaky so I could not hold my camera straight...but anyway...it showed a bit of the restaurant compartment...

This one...was a bit okay. I mean, it was an adjacent compartment where we were on board Mugunghwa. I did not expect to find this spacious space where passengers could place their bikes or any other mobile vehicles on board. (Bet 'tis allowable to do so)

Off we go. We went off out of the train at about 8.45. About 15 minutes late I presumed. It took us about 5.5 hours to take the train from Seoul to Busan by this Mugunghwa--economic standard (since the train stops at almost all stations in between)^^ but exclusive in service.

A bit tired, of course. we did not have yet our dinner...and we got to wait for our friend to pick us up at the station...

Keep the story short: we were now at our friend's home...our beloved ms. Kim MS who had been so kind enough to let us stay at her home..^^ 

Freya could not just take a rest...

They were so excited of being at another place...and I bet...they were looking forward to having another day...of adventures

Just like this one. The first day....(one and a half hour before the wedding reception of friends) of our stay in Busan...was a exotic morning walk beside the beach.

Walking up and through the hanging bridge overlooking a cliff...

It was near APEC Nurimaru House. Well, it was just a few meters away from the famous Haeundae Beach. We were lucky enough to be a bit patient of walking up towards the woods....and we unexpectedly found this spot.^^

A bit deserted beach ....but it is better off this way.

After a few mine walk...we were then...greeted by the looming sky scrappers of Busan. This one was none other than the sprawling hotels that dotted the beach line of Haeundae...

Ok, guys...a picture! A cloudy morning, but it was to our advantage since we may not need any sunglasses.....but we did^^

It may be a bit obscure of what it may look like. It was actually a statute of a mermaid. A crying mermaid. Legend has it that it used to be the very spot where a princess who turned into a mermaid or...a mermaid who turned into a princess.....or was it? was it about a princess who was waiting for her beloved prince? 

Oh...gosh...I did not pay attention to the details....:(

Anyhow...back to our trip. We arrived safely at the beach down there....and the sand was white as it was promised on the brochure...^^

Eyra got the first chance to take the picture...

Then...again...this time..overlooking the city upfront..

THis TiME.....Freya came along....

Oh, did I mention that each of them brought along their own favorite doll? Eyra brought along her Nemo while Freya had her tiny hamster...

Now...with me..coming along.