Korea Day 9: Taejongdae Park
Our train for Busan departed at 4:30pm so we only had the first half of the day to explore. We decided to visit Taejongdae Park located on Yeongdo-gu island. The park would have been included in our tour the day before had the weather been more cooperative. We ended up walking over 6.7 miles (mostly uphill) at Taejongdae Park. It was grueling at times and I was worn out by the end of it, but we got to see some incredibly lovely views.
Day 9 Highlights
- Taejongdae Park
- Lunch in Yeongdo-gu
- Return to Seoul (KRX train)
Busan Day 2
We packed up our belongings, checked out of our AirBnB, and stashed our luggage in lockers at Busan Station so we could go exploring during the early part of the day.
Farewell room! 
Bus to Busan Station 
Lockers 
Waiting on a Bus
Taejongdae Park
Entrance to the Park 
Park map. We walked from one to 7 along the bottom and then back. 
The train that normally takes people around the loop was closed due to wet roads. 
It was a pretty walk, but very steep. 
Taewon Pebble Beach 
Gumyeongsa Temple 
Figures at the shrine 
South Port Viewing Point 
Observatory 
Yeongdo Lighthouse 
View from the park entrance.
Lunch in Yeongdo-gu
Yeongdo-gu is the name of the island Taejongdae Park is located on. Bethany and I walked into one of the first convenient restaurants we found after exiting the park and had one of the best Korean meals of the trip.
Our lunch stop 
English Menu 
Cool refreshing water! 
Seafood and Green Onion Pancake 
Best Seafood Pancake ever! 
Seriously good ramen!
Return to Busan Station
I love to ride around and sight-see when traveling both locally and overseas. Traveling provides a visual feast for the eyes and mind. Here are a few interesting sights I spotted along our way.
Waiting on our bus 
Our bus stop was the beginning of the line. 
Interesting building shapes 
Colorful Store Fronts 
Possibly a memorial of some sort? 
Port City 
Cruise Ships
Busan Station
Back at the station, we stopped by Smoothie King for refreshing beverages. I also purchased a corn cream pastry for our trip. I love trying new and interesting flavors. It’s a bit faster to return to Seoul than it is to get to Busan so our train ride back was less than 3 hours. It departed from Busan at 4:30pm and arrived at Seoul Station at 7:09pm.
Dunkin Donuts – Corn Cream Pastry 
Our train back to Seoul 
Aisle View 
Leaving Busan 
Back in Seoul 
Seoul Station 
Back where we began.
Return to Kookmin
We arrived back at Kookmin around 8pm. I went out looking for something to eat and ended up at the CU store in the Underground. I hadn’t been to it before and discovered more new and unusual items to try. The boxed dinner I purchased was very tasty.
We arrived back around 8pm 
Kookmin Dorms 
I love this view of the Underground. 
CU Convenience Store 
Mashed Veggies. I tried Potato & Banana. It was okay but not for me. 
So much visual texture. 
Dinner! 
Melon milk, rice, pasta, pickled sides, pork tonkatsu?, and I forget what was on the stick
View more photos from this day in our gallery.
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