Typically my Buddha’s birthday celebration amounts to a trip to Insadong to take in the parade and festivities. This year though a spontaneous decision to join my friends Sonia, Renzo, Peter, Paul, Theresa, Lisa, Dele, Keith, Mikhail, Charles, and Lucia on a 3 day getaway proved to be the best decision ever. Buddha Holiday Getaway Day 3…
On the southern tip of Yeongdo Island awaits the contemplative cliffs of Taejondae. This peaceful park boasts a peak that rises over 250 meters above sea level offering the opportunity to glimpse the surrounding beauty from a magnificent view. The park ranks as Busan’s 28th monument. Taejongdae offers visitors a getaway or perhaps a get…
KICK ASS KOREA reason 10 This remote Buddhist Temple on the Far East side of Busan initially wasn’t a part of my plan. It’s not on the subway system. The tour bus I was on went no where close to the location. Yet it was on my Busan City Tourist map and the sight of…
I almost didn’t get off the tour bus. After perusing the many stops on the Busan City Tour map I thought a cemetery wouldn’t have much to offer in the way of sights and most likely would bum me out. Still, I’d paid for the tour and my momma raised me to take The UNMCK…
The name conjures up images of a giant mythic beast flying through the night sky. Well, it does for me anyways, but Beomeosa is not some mystic fairytale but a real life Buddhist temple nestled in the mountainous slopes of Geumjeongsan in Busan. It’s old, really old, like built in 678 old. Constructed during the…
For all you shopaholics out there worried that the only place in South Korea tthat could cater to your shopping needs is Seoul let me tell you to fear no longer. Busan has a few tricks up its sleeve to entice and satisfy even the most die hard shopping despots in the world. Once you…
Also in Nampodong is the hillside escalator. It’s actually a series of several escalators that leads up to Yongdusan Park. Think of Yongdusan as the Southern Seaside Namsan of Busan. The towering hill doesn’t quite match the massiveness of Namsan in Seoul but it gives it a good try. Yongdusan, also called “Dragon Head Hill…
Breeze Burn’s is a trendy Burger joint at Gwangnalli Beach in Busan. The place does wonders with beef. They’ll fry you up a deluxe bacon cheeseburger that tastes like heaven. The only differenct is that the fries on the side in heaven would come with the burger instead of extra. But that one quibble aside…
