Busan 부산

This is a overview of the city we are currently living in. It was a small fishing town, known for its ports and fisheries which is now the second largest city in the Republic of South Korea. Busan or formally written as Pusan is located on the south end of the Korean peninsular and home to many islands and long flowing rivers from the mountains up north.

When we first arrived here, it gave us an impression of solitude and calm. The roads where wide and spacious. The buildings were short and packed along each other. The air was cool and there were plenty of nature around. To me, it had resemblance to Georgetown, Penang or Shah Alam, Selangor. There weren't many people walking along the streets of shop houses and restaurants.

Busan's symbol is the Gull and its motto screams BUSAN DYNAMIC!!!

After 4 months here, it seems Busan is one of the places in South Korea to be or visit. There are a number of foreign residents living the lives in Busan along side their Korean counterpart as well as a large number of tourists yearly. There are various event, exhibitions and activities held yearly for the public and foreigners. We ourselves have participated in quite a lot that it becomes difficult to recall it by memory. There are also plenty of interesting places to visit and enjoy. Personally, we have been to most of these places, some we visit frequently, while some remain as a valuable fragment of memory. A few of this places include Haeundae Beach, Gwangalli Beach, Shinsaege Mall (Worlds' Largest), Busan Tower, Taejongdae

and my favorite place, Seomyeon (postings on these location will follow).

The main transport here, and I assume would be the subway system. Busan subway is less complicated as the Subways in Yokohama, Japan or those of Seoul, South Korea. There are only three lines here which makes travelling easy.

Our University, Silla University is close to Dokpo and Sasang station. We usually travel from either these two stations to many interesting locations around Busan. As of today, in total we have stopped and wondered around at about half of the stations as shown the the map above. We hope to travel to all of the stops before we return. We call it out little train travel.

I will update more on Busan and the many interesting and new activities we experienced here and hope you will enjoy the sight and stories that follows.