Korea, Busan : 해동 용궁사

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The next morning I got up early to go to 해동 용궁사 (Haedong Yonggungsa) temple before leaving Busan. 용궁사 temple is situated near the seashore which makes it a lot different than the typical mountain based Korean temples. The first thing when arriving at the temple is a row of twelve Chinese zodiac statues, then a nine tiered pagoda and then the bridge to the temple. There are a lot of Buddha statues of different size near the temple. There is also a cave where people were praying and drinking holy water and a statue of the goddess of mercy.
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Korea, Busan : night view and 관간 bridge

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I then continued to walk to 관간 (Gwangan) bridge also called Diamond bridge and took some picture of the night view in 해운대 (Haeundae) along the water. The night was pretty fresh and I stopped in a restaurant to have a very huge kimchi soup which was delicious.
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Korea, Busan : 독백섬

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On the west side of the beach, there is a park called 독백섬 (Dongbaek) island. 독백 used to be an island but the sand and earth and dusk coming from chuncheon stream filled the gap between the island and the land.

This island presents at the summit a statue of Scholar Choi Chi-won and a monument to his memory. There is also a statue of a mermaid near the seashore. The legend says that princess 황옥 (Hwanggok) from 나란다 (Naranda) was married to king 은혜 (Eunhye) of 무궁 (Mugung) and she missed her country so much that she came to the shore to cry over it on the full moon nights as the full moon light reflected her country in the topaz ball is was carrying with her.

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Korea, Busan : 해운대 beach

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The guest house I was staying at in 부산 was just in front of 해운대 beach. So I went there after letting my backpack. I walk first East along the beach and met with some fishes in the restaurant aquarium at the end of the beach, then I went all the way back to the West part of the beach. It was a nice walk. A lot of people where sitting there, playing frisbee or running in the water.
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