Chuseok is one of the biggest holidays in Korea. It's like a thanksgiving day in US or christmas in the Philippines. As I recall, last year, I just locked myself in the dormitory for that 3-day holiday. Geez. Maybe because it was just about 2 or 3 weeks after I came here. Anyway, so because of that I decided to visit my friend, Jae, in Busan. Jae was my classmate in college, he also took veterinary medicine and we belong to the same batch. It was a long overdue meet-up with Jae so I decided right away to go to Busan to visit him. I was hesistant at first because of the expected traffic during holidays, but believe it or not it took me 1 hour earlier to be there (Gwangju to Busan usually takes 4-6 hours during holidays). They always say that Busan is more beautiful than Seoul because they have a lot of beaches and the city is not as polluted as Seoul. Well I've been to Seoul, and yes I can say that I love Busan more than Seoul. It's probably because of the delicious sashimi hahaha. More than that, I just love their beach, although its still incomparable with what we have in the Philippines :) We went to Haeundae and Songjong beach, gosh I love Songjong beach. It's a beach along the highway and you can just go there for free. The best part of that beach is the Beans Bins cafe, they have this really delicious ice cream and waffles. No wonder it's Jae's favorite place. We also went to the ASEAN Summit 2005 venue where all the leaders from different countries had the meeting. Of course I had to take former Philippine president GMA's photo there. She was cute in Hanbok, in all fairness to her. The place is beautiful because there's an overlooking sea and bridge which looks like the golden gate bridge of San Francisco.
