Ashore In Busan Korea

   After an early breakfast, we tried to get off the ship as fast as possible. However we needed to go through immigration here in Korea. Although the ship said that independent travelers would go first, they made sure that the 45 buses of ship tours had priority. Immigration was very fast but we were still about an hour late leaving.

Fish Market

Seaweed For Sale

    Today we again toured with 2 women from Ontario so we acted as tourist guides because we had been here 3 or 4 times before. The city did have shuttle buses available to take us downtown. Our first stop was the fish market. They are preparing for a world expo in the area and all the vendors were out on the streets. The eatery was still in operation inside where you pick out the live fish (or whatever) and they cook it while you wait. It is always interesting to see that most of the stalls by tradition are run by women. How they can sell all that fish is a mystery as the street is about 4 blocks long!

   

Street Food

 Next we headed for the International Market which is nothing more that block after block of stalls selling everything you can think of. Who buys the thousands of hats, running shoes, etc. is also a mystery but the place was very crowded. We learned latter that there was a national holiday in Busan. There are many food street vendors selling all types of food but you need to know what you want which we definitely did not! The ladies did but a hat each. Judy still has not locate her Tilly which she may have left at security a few days ago. “We” did “misplace” her camera last night but it was in lost and found this morning.

At The Market

     After the street market we headed to the large Lotte department store. We ate Korean in the food court then headed to the top of the 12 story building for great views of the city. Later, we left the ladies to explore the gardens and tower on their own and we headed back to the ship. Still fighting a cold makes wandering around all day a bit hard. A rest before dinner was in order.

    We sailed around 5:30 and the rest of the evening was the usual round of snacks and a drink (eating before dinner!) and an Effy Store presentation. By the time we finished dinner it was getting close to the show so we decided to skip the cabaret showtime. We are in Sakaiminato Japan tomorrow which means more Japanese immigration and then another day of discovery.