High Water - Busan day 4 (part 4)

We walked from the fish market to the Lotte Mall. On the way we could see Busan Tower.

We passed several shops on the way there.

The main reason we went to the mall was to see a water show in their fountain. But we got there a bit early.

The fountain was in a four-story atrium.

Since we had time, we went up to the roof (14th floor, if I remember right). There was a play area there...

...and a large park with trees and grass up on the roof.

We had great views from the roof.

The island here is Yeongdo, which was Andrew's first mission area.

Then it was time for the water show. We waited for the elevator for a long time, and finally gave up and took the escalator back down.

The water show was really cool. The jets from the ground floor shot up nearly to the ceiling, four stories up, and water also rained down from the ceiling in a variety of patterns. The photos don't come close to doing it justice.

After the water show we left the mall and headed for a nearby park.

Bigger Fish To Fry - Busan day 4 (part 3)

In the afternoon we headed toward the southeast corner of the city, to visit a fish market. It was a lot like the Tsukiji area of Tokyo -- a big area with shops selling all sorts of fish, seafood, and other items.

Walking down the street - Busan day 4 (part 2)

After the Gamcheon Culture Village, we headed back to Busan Station, where we got lunch at Mama's Kitchen. Their specialty is chicken sandwiches, but being Korea, they were disconcertingly spicy. But tasty.

We went back to the hotel to take a break before the final adventures of the day. Two of our rooms were still being cleaned, so everybody crowded into Rachel and Lisa's room and crashed for a while.

Not wanting to waste any of our little remaining time in Busan, and also not being any space left to take a nap anyway, I went on a walk in the neighborhood. Here are a few photos of the area.

I'm not sure what this is -- some sort of memorial, I think.

"Shopping area for foreigners." I didn't walk down the street to find out what made it particularly suitable for us non-Koreans.

The Busan Stargate in the daylight.

Some people from some Christian denomination were there attempting to do missionary work. I didn't see anyone actually paying them any attention.

Shiny metal sculptures in front of the station.

Pig planters.

The fountain, with our hotel to the left.

 

Inside Busan Station. This station serves the city-to-city train, and we had only used the subway, so we hadn't gone inside yet. It was spacious and pretty.

In the back of the station there was a large deck with nice views of the surrounding area.