Busan, the City that Offers Dynamic Experiences.

On our Second Day - Busan (Oct. 26, 2013)

The Haedong Yonggunsa Temple

On our first day in Busan, we start the morning off with a breakfast at the Dongbusan Hotel and then after that we went to our first stop, the Haedong Yonggunsa temple.  The temple was built beside the shore and is also called as the "water temple".  Our trips usually comes with a mission and in doing that, it's like we are having a maze game.  Taking pictures with the golden pig was our first mission.  It's also my chance to have picture with my "Pig" earthly branch as our individual mission. We spent more than an hour wandering around the temple, taking pictures and trying to throw coins in our desire to have our wishes come true.

With my animal sign "the Pig"

After visiting the temple, we stopped at Dalmaji Road and took some pictures. Fascinating yellow gold leaves keep on falling on the ground which signals the end of autumn.  Others opt to just seat on the bench, while others stepped up to the temple and had their pictures taken having trees as their backdrops.  We just spent few minutes at the park since it’s already lunchtime.  

The group decided to have lunch first at the Shinsegae Centum City before heading to our next destination. 

Shinsegae was recognized and certified by the Guinness World Records as the world’s largest department store  in the world. I really enjoyed the food especially the cheese pizza dipped with honey.  We were given time to look around and buy something if we want and then after a few minutes, we hurried to Haeundae Beach.

Upon reaching Haeundae beach, we went inside the Busan Aquarium and take a look at the marine species inside it.  Another thing that we need to accomplish is the name of the penguins from Busan aquarium, which we later on learned as “Jackass”.  Another mission was to take a best photo of our group at the beach, so we really tried to come up with something unique by making use of the sand.  After finishing all the missions, the supporters strolled, sit on the sand and appreciated the beautiful and less crowded beach.  As a nature lover myself, I was really swept away by the Haeundae's view.

What makes the trip more exciting is the 9^th Busan Fireworks Festival.  We are even given a special treatment, having a seat reserved for us, being a part of the KTO-Wow Korea.  Before the firework festival started, I almost startled at the beautiful night view of the Gwangan Bridge.  It resembles the Golden Gate.  Having Gwangan Bridge as the venue for fireworks festival makes the event more beautiful and fascinating.