A short trip to Pusan
4 months since I was there, here I am sitting in my apartment attempting to finish writing about my summer in hope of moving onto to more recent topics. But first thing first, this should be covered, chronologically.
From Nagasaki, we headed back to Hakata port to board a speedy boat to South Korea. An iPod in my ear and a snooze later (or rather, 2 and a half hours later) we had arrived in the port of Pusan. A bizarre moment was once we arrived did we go through any security. Nothing was on the Japanese side. As if we would try to do something to the boat once we had arrived?
A friend met us there and showed us around for a few days. This was lucky since neither of us spoke a word of Korean. To be honest, there’s not much to say about Pusan. It is quite different to Japan and there are a lot of attractive people there too. The food is spectacular, especially the Korean BBQ! Very cheap, and many side dishes, truly wonderful. I did make a friend there too who though French, lives in Tokyo so that worked out splendidly. Everything in Korea is possibly half the price of anything in Japan or the UK. In fact, going to Korea saved me money over the week I was there. Some things smelt bad though. In a thriving city, there does not seem to be an adequate sewage system. In most city centres, you can smell it wherever you walked. Combine this with the smells of cooked woodworms in generous helpings sold on the street, indoors was my preferable place to be.
I also visited the Korean war memorial park. This was nice and gave tribute to all the soldiers from around the world who fought and lost their lives in the war. A very calm place to walk around and get out of the busy city life. That’s pretty much it!
