Song Jeong and Haeundae Beaches, Busan

This was a very special weekend for us, since we got to try surfing in Busan, on Song Jeong beach. It was my first time ever, and I managed to stand up on the board by the end of the day… Don’t laugh at the waves! I won’t even say that they were bigger in person because they were not! However, they were easy to learn on, and they are usually quite a bit bigger I guess, so we really look forward to trying some faster waves soon. Holly was great, a natural, she got up many times and rode some nice waves, I had as much fun watching her as I did riding!

This part of Busan is quite removed and distinct from the rest of the city. I really feel lucky to live so close to the ocean this year, it is an intriguingly beautiful environment and its quite mysterious in my eyes, as I have grown up in the landlocked province of Saskatchewan! I look forward to exploring the coast a lot more in the upcoming months.

Sunday the waves were non existent, so we headed down the beach to the aquarium, outside of which there was a Taekwondo demonstration, where the little kids were kicking and punching to the beat of Korean dance music… I won’t even make any jokes because they could probably all beat me up, despite the 18-15 year age difference between us. The aquarium had some amazing fish, and invertebrates, even a few mammals. There was an enormous shark tank, a Penguin exhibit, striking Jellyfish, a huge octopus, and many beautiful fish of all kinds