Korea Trip Day 5 - Geumjeong Fortress, Gwangalli Beach, Nampodong

On the final day of our stay in Busan, because there was no other alternative attraction beside the Geumjeong Fortress, we finally went there. I changed my mind after I realize from the tourist map that there was an MRT stop which was very near the Fortress and that the ride was not as long as expected. But again, O suggested we go to the nearest MRT and take a longer bus ride. Crazy person! Bus in Korea is not as comfy as in Singapore, it was with limited seats and the ride was extremely bumpy. Plus, the air-con itself was not very cold. It really does made me appreciate the SBS buses that we have here in Singapore. Take note, the bus, NOT the people inside the bus that’s always shoving and giving you the death stare!

So we went to the Fortress via the MRT and then by taking a bus. The bus stopped at Beomosa Temple. We then have to climb rocky passages for some time before we even reach the North Gate of the Geumjeong Fortress. We were able to see the stretch of wall separating the land but it was only for few meters long. Aparently, most of it has already been torn down.

Beomosa Temple

Rocky passages up to North Gate

Some wooden stairs on the way

North Gate!!

From the North Gate, there were 3 roads that we were able to take. We did not know where to go and we simply chose the one that seems to be the shortest distance. 
We were lucky again! This path that we chose was the one that led towards the top of the mountain called Godang-Bong. It was the highest peak in the area and so the slope was quite steep and it wasn’t that close as we expected. I left O behind because I was still mad at her for telling us to go to this place and said that we wasted 1 hour of her time discussing. We were there and so let her do the climbing alone. She never hikes, wanted to hike, so pompous in every way. 

Stopped by at a small water fountain 

Almost at the top!!

I reached the top 15 minutes+ before she arrived. She reached the top and handed her camera to B and proclaim, “I need to take photos, and I am so tired to hike up here”.
Irritating B****.

Go Dang Bong 

Right View

Left View

Downward view. =p

The scenery at the top was beautiful. But it was around 12.30 pm and the sun was at its most powerful position against us, so we could not stay long as it was so sunny and we were hungry for lunch. So we go back down, and then take the bus back to the MRT station. We went to eat Lotteria again, while O wanted to eat bread at Paris Baguette. I enjoyed the meal very much again! Just writing about it makes me wanna have it for dinner! We sat there for a while, enjoying the air-con and resting happily after the tiring climb.

Lotteria dinner.

After O came to find us, we set off again to Gwanggali Beach where there is also this Diamond Bridge that will light up at night. We took the MRT there and the beach wasn’t as crowded as the one in Haeundae beach. Not much umbrella blocking the view and the people playing at the beach was substantially less too! I like it much better here because of the lack of umbrella and the over-crowded situation.

Gwanggali Beach

We stayed a while walking along the street across the beach while waiting for sunset. We then went to a café and relax there while waiting for the bridge to light up. 

Angel in us Cafe

It was until 7.30pm that the bridge lit up! We waited quite long for it and it was alright. We took photos and then head off to find dinner. 

Lit up Diamond Bridge

Where to have dinner? Near our hotel will be the best option as we were all tired and wanted to rest after dinner. However, thanks to the A and O who insisted we stayed near the station, there was nothing around there.. Well, except for the train station and Chinatown across. No-shame O wanted to go to fortress saying I told her I want to go Busan for the nature. She did not evaluate about her own saying that she wanted near the station so that we would not miss the surrounding attraction. What’s the attraction we were going to miss? And when we mentioned that see, when we stay at the beach, going all the places will be nearer. She said, it’s the same what? Only crazy people like her and A will understand each other.

Anyway, we searched around Gwanggali and found no decent place to eat. So we decided to go to Nampodong, the street right beside Jagalchi where we had dinner the previous night. That area seemed alive with many options. So we went round pass our Hotel and go to that place.  It was already 9pm when we reached Nampodong. We came across this place that’s selling fried chicken. The interior of the restaurant was nice, it seemed modern and hip. There were many people inside all eating chicken. I was not very keen at first because I don’t usually snack for dinner. I need a complete meal with rice. Then we went back and ask whether they serve rice and they do! So we settled to eat there. We ordered Soju! And O joined in (as if we asked her to share). The chicken was very nice, I like the sauce that it comes along with as well. There were many flavor and we chose the sweet and sour chilly (similar to Thai chilli) and the honey mustard. Soju was really strong! I felt relaxed immediately after I downed 2 cups of the potion!

Dinner!

Soju for 3

We went to Innisfree again after dinner to buy my daily mask and then head back to the hotel. I took a bath, wears the mask, relax and then sleep!