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Pusan, (Busan) South Korea, on our cruise ship vacation to the Orient.

These are the pictures we took during our stop in Pusan.

Pusan, is the second largest city in South Korea, and the nations primary seaport.  Modern high-rise towers dwarf ancient Buddhist temples, and the city's bustling business district offers a stark contrast to the serene grounds of Yongdusan Park.  Pusan is, in short, a microcosm of South Korea, a nation whose startling economic success often obscures one of Asia's most sophisticated and venerable cultures.  Pusan was the scene of bitter fighting during the opening months of the Korean War.  South Korea and United Nations troops were reduced to defending a pocket around the city, the last foothold on the peninsula following the North Korea invasion.  Today, the United Nations Memorial Cemetery marks the final resting place of troops from 16 nations who died during the conflict.

Today the Koreans spell Pusan Busan although they pronounce it the same, they felt the B was a more harmonious letter than the P.  This change is very recent.
 
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Sailing into Pusan South Korea	Sailing into Busan South Korea	Sailing into Pusan
Sailing into Busan	Sailing into Busan	Sailing into Pusan
Sailing into Busan	Sailing into Busan	More sailing into Busan
A very large city/	It just keeps going	More of our view.
Docking in Busan	Lots of Buses await the passengers ready for tours	Major container port
This port was very busy. It took about 15 minutes for a truck to get unloaded.	Bill was fascinated by how fast they unloaded the containers from the trucks.	Did I say fascinated??
Oh yeah he really was!!	South Korea is very green, it reminded us of Oregon. LOL	These trees were everywhere, but our guide did not know what they were called.
From the tour bus	Very mountainous	They don't have much land so every usable inch was in small farms ( Or High rise apartments as you will see)
Toll plaza on the expressways	Very modern roads, South Korea as such is only 30 years  old	These High rises weren't in a high density area, but they will be soon!!
Lots of row crops & rice.	More small farms	Interesting building
Street scene in Tongdosa	Street scene in Tongdosa	At the entrance to Tongdosa Temple ( Tongdosa Temple)
Lots of greenhouses to grow vegetables and Persimmons	Rice rice everywhere	Small patch of rice .. ready to harvest.
More small farms	Typical small farm	Rice again
Notice how mountainous it is in the background	A school surrounded by rice.	Mountains
From the tour bus	Another toll plaza	More of the toll Plaza
Getting back to the suburbs of Busan	Suburbs	Densely packed apartments
New High Rise apartments	They go on and on	Construction of new high rise
Notice how new it all is	Harbor front Apartments	These had a nice view
Ferris wheels are big in the orient, we have seen quite a few	We have also seen more than a few cranes at work.	This was an instant souvenir shop that they set up in about 15 minutes when the ship docked.
The port is still busy	The air wasn't too clear	We took the ship shuttle downtown after our morning tour ( See Tongdosa Temple link )
Downtown Pusan/Busan	Down town Pusan/Busan	Hamburgers with "Rice" buns !!!
Ah ha we found an alleyway that was alive	Turns out there were lots of alleyways	And lots of little shops and stands ... actually more locals in this area than tourists
This guy is working hard !!!	Anyone need some dried squid ???	Perhaps a skewer of fish ??
Busy Place	Colorful also	What a surprise .. McDonalds Busan/Pusan
Can't read the menu ?? Look in the window and point.	Part of the Movie Stars hand prints ( that is Jeremy Irons top left) Busan hosts an International Film festival .. More on that below	Stairway to underground malls and about the only way to cross the street
Mall underground	Busy with shoppers	How much is that puppy in the window ??
Would you try to drive through this alley ??	The "Famous Fish Market"	More of the fish market .. this place was amazing.
Fish Market	Look closely .. the tank by the woman's foot contains live eels !!!!	The film festival had an outdoor stage and kiosks right in the Fish Market .. boy was it busy !!!
The fish was fresh as you see	This giant squid was for the film festival	The pot on the left contains beetles of some kind ... Um no thanks !!!
Now this looked good .. shrimp	But I wasn't too sure about the cooking practices	Great looking produce .. very fresh
Lots of women were cooking.	More Eels and fish	Want to cook your own ... no problem
Souvenir stands too	A convenience store	The shuttle line was so long, we asked at a hotel and had them write down ship ( pronounced two bits) and took a taxi back .. look at the traffic.
From the taxi along the way	Entrance to the Port.	There she is ... huge
Busan is the world's third largest container port.	The Sapphire	My feet hurt and that looks like a long walk.
From the ship .. a slice of a ship that will be fitted into a ship was on a barge there.	A closer view of the slice	Well .. they do say it is the land of the rising sun .. we are on our way to Shanghai.