Next day walked south from Busan Station to Jungangno which is the older downtown. Lots of high rise offices and international offices. This had nothing like the feel of Daegu. I could see the Busan Tower so headed in that direction. Its at the top of a small mountain downtown easy to climb. Once you get there I could see the densly populated island across which immediately reminded me of Gibraltar with the giant rock.Went up the Busan tower and took lots of pics...

Busan is Korea's second largest city on the southern tip, where you can get ferries to Japan, and has a population of 4m compared to Daegu's 3m (which is the 3rd largest city). You can get to Seoul on the high speed train in two and a half hours. Busan is the no.2 choice for foreign teachers after Seoul due to its beachfront hawaiian lifestyle. Busan was also the first place everyone from Daegu went on their first weekend, while I was stuck up in Chilgok trying t...

Upon my return to Korea I was pleasantly surprised the weather was hitting +10 after leaving cold snowy Toronto at -10. When I left mid January Daegu was hovering above zero. From the first week of February it has climbed to high single digits, even crossing to double digits some days. Two week forecast to the end of the month shows the same. I remember being in Shanghai last February when weather was in +15 to +18 range.Appears winters are very short, about six ...

Now that things are quiet in the winter with no weekend trips, and I'll be heading home to Toronto for two weeks, thought it would be a good time to update people on my apartment since the first few entries in September when I arrived. From the photos it looks really nice and cosy now, and it is after all the work I put in. The first three weeks were really bad but with a lot of effort, energy, and creativity, have managed to make it really nice and I might even ...

I didnt expect to be writing a blog entry for something as mundane as going to the airport but once again they do things differently in Korea and I ended up with a story to tell. For my return trip to Toronto decided to fly from Daegu Airport to Seoul Incheon as it would be the fastest way to finish winter camp on the same day and get to Seoul for my evening Toronto flight. Also I can check my bags at Daegu all the way to Toronto so dont have to worry about them ...