Haeundae

Greetings from Korea. The weather here is starting to warm up and spring is in full effect. What better way to spend your time then at the beach?

Haeundae beach is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Korea. It's a fantastic beach located in Busan, about 30 minutes away from me. There's also a lot of foreigners in this area and they have many clubs and Western style bars to check out. I've heard that in the summer it's literally impossible to find one square inch of sand to hang out at, it gets that crowded. Enjoy the pics.






Korean pizza before the trip. They don't put marinara sauce on their pizza here, and it's kind of sweet. Difficult to describe but it's pretty decent. I still prefer New York style pizza though.


They have these monitors at almost all of the bus stations here in town. It's nice because you can tell when exactly your bus will arrive.


Bus terminal in Changwon. They have buses traveling all over S. Korea leaving all of the time. My particular bus to Busan leaves every 10 minutes and is less than $3 for a ticket. Very efficient and affordable.


Vending machine selling books.


Haeundae at night. There were many people lighting off fireworks all over the beach. Actually you could buy bottle rockets from an old lady 10 feet away from this spot. I don't think they have firework laws like we do in the states.


Night shot.


Another night shot.

Cass, the Korean version of Budweiser. They have no laws in terms of open containers. You see people walking around with beers everywhere- on the street, on the bus, in movies, you name it.


This is the main area nearby the subway station. Many nice hotels along this strip.



Same beach, the next morning.


All of those buildings in the background are hotels, again, very popular tourist destination.


More people enjoying their Sunday at the beach.


NO SMOKING! Many kids signed their names on the sign.


This ship looked like a booze cruise from the distance.


Random.


Random.

It was pretty crowded but nothing like how it gets in the summer.



Saw a few jetskiis and sailboats out today. I've heard the water here is very warm, definitely planning on coming back in the Summer to swim.


Backpack baby is having a good time.



Spent most of the day just hanging out on the boardwalk and people watching.

I have a few other interesting stories about my jimjilbang experience that I think deserves a full proper post. Definitely one of the most interesting experiences I've had here. More to come soon.