Busan - vol 2

We started the day with the Eulsukdo Sculpture Park. If you google this place, great images of sculptures come up. And so many of them too, it looks like there are hundreds of sculptures around. Tempted by these images, we made our way to the Eulsukdo Island. It took us good amount of time and a few helpful Koreans to actually find the place. The maps they give you at the infornation centre aren't that precise and you have to use your special orientation (or help from others) quite a lot! When we finally reached the Sculpture Park, we were rather disappointed. Don't get me wrong, what we saw there was great with an enormous level of detail (like the facial hair, etc.), but there were maximum of 10 sculptures! I'm not sure if one can call something a sculpture park if there are only a few sculptures there! At least we saw it and know that's not a place we would necessarily recommend to other visitors!

 

Our next stop was Gamcheon Culture Village. The village is called the Machu Picchu of South Korea. It is a colourful maze of terraced housing that trace back to the period after the Korean War. The village was formed accordingly to the geographical characteristics of the region that is in a unique stair like format. The housing complexes are built so that they don't block adjacent housings. It has a high cultural value to Koreans as this is where history meets modern art and lifestyle. It is definitely a must see when in Busan!

And some modern touch to the village:

After good three hours of walking around Gancheon Culture Village it was time for dinner - and oh how delicious it was! More about it in a special segment on food that is currently in production ;)

At night, we headed towards Gwangalli Beach for its spectacular view of the so called Diamond Bridge (Gwangandaegyo Bridge). It was great to watch the view and relax. We even bought Korean vodka (soju) to help us do just that! Also, quite surprising it is drinkable and in all honesty quite nice! I could get used to it, that's for sure (although not sure it would even replace the Kraken!).

Relaxing was going a little bit too good, cause we missed our last tube home! We were faced with taking the taxi to our hotel. Of course we were worried that it would be horrendously expensive, while in fact we paid less than £5 in total! South Korea is a great place!