Big Journey Big World-D Day-

“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”

Ibn Battuta

Finally the day that i waited for couple of month ended. 25th March 2016 my entire journey begin. Early in the morning from my house which is near Hongdae, Seoul i carrry all thhis 8kgs luggage (which is in the beginning) to the Seoul KTX station. Day earlier, i book my train via Korail which cost me 58000 won for only 2 hours journey. They have many other kind of train you can choose for such as Mugunghwa or ITX where is the price may slight or way more cheaper but it will cost you a time.  

Seoul Station

KTX

ITX

MUGUNGHWA

I leaved Seoul Station sharp 5.15am and reach Busan Station sharp 7.52am. To be honest public transport in South Korea is really punctual. They will not delayed even for 10 seconds. But if you missed your train, don't panic, just go back to the the same counter that you claim or buy your ticket, they will arrange the next train for you. But of course, some small penalty will be charged. As soon i reach Busan station, picture as below, I straight to my hostel which locate in Haeundae Beach. There is 2 way to go there, either by subway (which i'm not suggest as you need to change station) or you can walk out from the station, right in front of it, you will see a kind of big bus stop which you need to look for bus number 100 and tell the driver heaundae beach if you first time in busan. It will cost you around 2000 won (if not mistaken). If you lived in South Korea for quite sometimes, you should buy T-Money as it can be used in whole South Korea even in Family Mart.

BUSAN STATION

BUSAN STATION BUS STOP

DIRECTION TO BUS STOP

 Soon i arrived at my guesthouse, Story Guesthouse Busan, they allowed me to early check in. Which i was really happy with that. And yeah, i really recommend Hostelworld since you only need to pay 12 to 15% of deposit which is maybe 1USD which i think reasonable price. In some situation, you might get a promo discount which is they will pay for you the deposit as you only need to pay the remaining balance to the property it self. Which is my case, i received 10USD for my birthday gift and another 10USD when they send me a link about survey. So there i got a discount almost 20USD.(of course terms and condition applied). Since i will go different places, i only booked for a night, which i reach early morning, i try to fit all the places that i want to go into my schedule. It was easy for me since I've been to Busan more than 2 times. 

GUESTHOUSE BUILDING

GUESTHOUSE NAME

GUESTHOUSE LOBBY

GUESTHOUSE ROOM

 And yeah of course the view is amazing since it just 5 minutes walking distance to most beautiful beach in South Korea which is Heaundae Beach. As mentioned earlier, i did visited Busan more than 2 times, so i don't have any specific places to go. But when speak about Busan, food is a must. Since Busan near the sea, you should try the Grill Eel, picture as below. Also. they have a famous Dakgalbi restaurant which the name is Yoogane Dakgalbi (SPICY CHICKEN AND CHEESE) and also the fried chicken. Cheap and clean too. Since night life in Busan not as happening in Seoul, but still they have a few bars which is open till 4-5am in the morning. My highly recommendation is Thursday Party Bar Heaundae. It's all about the vibe and also staff. Was a good place to chill and socialize with local Busan people. Even you might see a lot of foreigner since it Busan is one of the biggest US Navy base in Asia. 

YOOGANE RESTARUANT

DAKGALBI

MENU AND PRICES

FREE REFILL SIDE DISHES

GRILLED EEL

GRILLED EEL

THURSDAY PARTY BEER PONG TABLE

THURSDAY PARTY MENU

 Since I will start my early day tomorrow for my Jeju Islands, i need early sleep which is still 2am since meet a few locals and foreigner to hang out with which i meet Russian girl, Portuguese and American couple that end up also to Jeju on the next day, so we decided to travel together in Jeju. So we called night off around 1.45am that night so we can meet at 7am at the bus terminal to the airport. Another exciting day for tomorrow which a new places and environment for me.

Hope you guys will wait for the next chapter which i will update soon. See you guys in the next entry.

*P/S: AS THIS ENTRY WRITE,I'M STILL TRAVELING AND I'M IN LAOS.