Day Twenty-Twenty Two
I've finally arrived at the most southern point of my trip, in Busan, a port city. The trip from Ulsan to Busan was easy, as the cities are connected with a brand new metro line.
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Breakfast and dinner consisted of a complementary hotel breakfast and pork-bone soup (Dwaeji Gukbab), that apparently is quite difficult to make. It takes a long time to make the broth from pork bone. You get the "base" version as seen in the picture and then add as much or little from the side-dishes as you like to make it exactly to your taste. Personally I liked the brine shrimp, chives and bean paste.
The next day breakfast was a little more familiar, there was a very good sandwich place right next to the hotel, nice!
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Busan has a lot of good museums, and the last time I was here, I already visited some of the highlights, which allowed me to focus on other things these couple of days.
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The first museum was called Museum Dah (Museum one) , which had a Teamlab Borderless vibe.
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It consists of a large main hall with side rooms on two different levels, filled with digital art.
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After the school groups left, I had the place almost to myself, just long enough to sit down for a while and enjoy the show.
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Eventually the next batch of school children arrived and it was time to move on.
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Just around the corner was the Busan Museum of Art, which got much better recommendations, but I didn't enjoy as much, there wasn't a whole lot to see or do.
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Time to get a bit more active and head to the nearby coast for some ramen and a short hike.
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The evening was setting in and I found a nice pancake restaurant near the hotel, time to check it out.
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The pancake was delicious and the owner took the time to explain a few things and offer suggestions on how to eat it, very cool.
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The next day it was time for something more active. Busan is a city wrapped around many mountains in the city proper. This makes for great views if you manage to climb one.
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After walking from the hotel to the trail starting point, I bought some water and lunch from a convenience store where the clerk struck up a conversation about my home country.
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After a while it was time to start the hike as the temperature was rising, and it would max out at a hot 28 degrees today.
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The views were spectacular and lunch was delicious.
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The high temperature had ruined my t-shirt and I decided to head to a mall to get new sport shirts that are better for hikes, instead of the "nice" t-shirts I was wearing until now.
I stopped by "Biff" square, where the Busan International Film Festival takes place each year, had some expensive and not very tasty Hotteok and headed back for dinner.
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Dinner was a miso-based stew, called Doenjang-Jjigae (Jigae meaning stew) at a little restaurant with a very old lady as the host. Dinner was nice, especially the fish.