Busan, South Korea — One thing I have learned from my travels is that, sometimes things don’t go as planned and this will take you to your emergency plan B itinerary. So, when I found out that I could not made it to my early flight to Jeju Island, I made necessary flight cancellation literally few hours before my flight and was really impressed by how easy and got back my flight ticket refunds 3 days after and emailed the hostel in Busan that I will be arriving a day early.
So, then I found myself on KTX (the speed train of Korea) bound to Busan. Since I do not speak and understand Korean, I was a little nervous as to how I will manage myself to arrive on my hostel without getting lost (again!). This time I have my hostel map with me and written instruction as to how to reach my hostel. After I found the exit of the Busan Station, got on to Bus No. 11 bound to Haeundae where my hostel is located, I was expecting that I could hear English on the Bus Information but unfortunately its all Korean, but since my hostel written instruction said it will take me about 20minutes to reach the Hostel area, I practically and literally timed the moment I sat down and thought I would got off on the next bus stop and so God help me whatever happens! Never I thought that Korean Buses and or other public transportation are well timed that the moment I stepped out of the Bus Stop after 20minutes, I saw the huge sign of my hostel right there and then! Yey!!
One of the best and easy way to see Busan is to take the City Tour Bus. Fare is at 10,000 won around 400+ in Philippine Peso. You can purchase the tickets on the Bus. You can wait in any of the bus stop to board. Since I am in Haeundae Beach I just went to look for the Bus stop and boarded there.
The City Tour is divided into 2 Loops. The Haeundae Tour and Taejongdae Tour. The ticket is good for both Loops, the tour buses main stop is the Busan Bus Station where it picks up other tourists. The bus goes on the Loop Tour alternately so if you came off the Hauendae Tour and once the bus stops at the Busan Station you may opt to stay on the Bus since its next route will be the Taejongdae Loop.
Here are the following Maps for the City Tour for easy reference (credits to: City Tour Busan)
Haeundae Tour Map and Time Table:
The Taejongdae Tour and Time Table:
Some of the Photos I took during the City Bus Tour:
