Hello! Steve and I just arrived in Busan, South Korea yesterday afternoon. We took the slow ferry from Fukuoka, Japan into Busan. Our ferry had lots of amenities on it, such as 2 restaurants, several karaoke rooms, movie rooms and an onsen (public bath). I went to the onsen- it was really relaxing! As we ate our lunch in the common room, we met an older Japanese man who was 72 years old. He was a cab driver in Japan but his family lived in Korea and he was heading to visit them. With his very little English and with lots of hand gestures, he told us that he was living in Hiroshima when the bomb was dropped. He showed us scars all over his arms and legs. He offered us raisin wine-it tasted like raisin-flavored moonshine. He already seemed to have drunk half the bottle. He filled my cup to the top and we talked for some time with him.
Today, we are checking out a temple built over a thousand years ago today and heading to the beach.
Even though we have only been here for less than 24 hours, we can already feel the differences between here and Japan. The drivers are disobeying traffic regulations, which did not happen in Japan. People are walking wherever they please. It reminds us of New York. There are food stalls everywhere and people talking really loudly in the street. Very different from Japan.
One similarity is that the people have been very friendly. They all laugh at me when I try to say thank you (gamsa hamnida).
We are in the post office, where they have free internet.
Below are photos of our 2nd economy room and our kind, drunk friend, followed by photoes from our time in Fukuoka.
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| Fukuoka, Japan |
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