Sky park at world cup stadium.



Sky park



On Saturday, me and Paul went to Sky park near World cup stadium. It's called Sky park, as all you can see from there is sky and you do forget you are in Seoul.



It was build on top of a garbage heap. I've read they put a meter of soil on top of the garbage and started to see eco-life grow there so they developed it in to a eco-park. There is so much wildlife there. I saw a family dragonfly hunting with a big net. I didn't know what to expect from it but I didn't expect it to be so big. we didn't see all of it as we were taking pictures of the sunset but I really want to go back again during the autumn.

Sky park

I only went there to take photos and had mentioned this to my co-workers who mentioned Sky park. It actually exceeded by expectations as the whole area is beautiful and it turned out the sun is closest to the earth this month. I ended up getting loads of beautiful photos and I got a lot of practice with my camera in manual mode. It was a great place for my first photo session.  I think the clouds with beautiful on Saturday as it was just before a typhoon that came today.

Here are the pictures!



Sky park

Sky park

Sky park

Sky park

Sky park

Sky park

Staircase up

Paul

Sky park

Sky park

Sky park

Photographers taking pictures of the sunset

Seoul at night

World cup stadium

Lotte world!!

For my birthday I went to Lotte world! I am a big kid at heart and love theme parks. My number 1 place to visit is Harry Potter world in Orlando! <3 I have turned 16 *cough cough* years old so I was feeling a bit depressed about hitting my late teens *coughcough*. But luckly Sarah and Justin were there to cheer me up. You can't help but be happy around them. It is probably illegal to be sad around them in fact.

We got our 50% discount by using our debit cards! Thanks Shinhan bank!! so it was only 20,000won to get in. It was actually bigger than I expected as everyone talks about it being small. In the morning it was really quiet too. The rollar coasters aren't scary but one goes so fast at the beginning. Me and Sarah were just chatting waiting for the ride to start then WHAM! Off the ride goes at full force.

We also overdosed on sugar and we all know suagr and rollarcoasters do not mix! Bleugh. We also went the log flume ride after waiting for agessssssssssss. Of course I was the only one who got wet! Always me!!!

We were shattered and feeling sick by 7pm so we went off for proper food. Oh well! Everland next!



What's the time?



Lotte world

Mini birthday cake after too much sugar

 I was also depressed my birthday weekend as some people cancelled coming to my birthday and some of my closest friends from the UK didn't even wish me happy birthday (wait until their birthdays).
 But I got a shock on the Monday after my birthday when they surprised me at my work. No-one forgot, they just could'nt surprise me on the Friday before my birthday as I left work early. I am so lucky to have met Monica and Sarah! I know they will be my friends for life.

Tasty!

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Goodbye mum!

Our trip back to Seoul was uneventful. We took the KTX train then a taxi back to my apartment. My mum only had one weekend in Seoul and she was worn out by then so we didn't do much. On the Saturday I took her around Seoul siteseeing to Insadong and Gwanghanmun. We then met my old co-teach for shabushabu and then tea at the cafes near Anguk station.

Gwanghanmun

Mina and my mum

On Sunday I had booked tickets to see a Nanta performance in Myeongdong. My mum was unsure what to expect but she ending up loving it. This was my second time watching it and I still laughed. After we met Sarah Pickle for dinner.

Nanta

I enjoyed having my mum here even though I admit I am enjoying my space now. Mums tend to follow you around moaning about your mess, even though they make their own mess haha. Only 6 more months until we see each other again!!

Haedong Yonggungsa Temple

One of my favourite places in Busan is the Haedong Yonggungsa Temple. We took a taxi there as there was a massive queue for the bus and the taxis are cheap here compaired with the UK.

The temple is located right next to the sea. It's great for taking photos as the scenery is beautiful. We went on a really really hot day and we suffered for it, but we got nice pictures as the sea is a beautiful colour during the summer. There are quite a few stairs here just like any temple in South Korea.

Here are the pictures:

Tiger!



Entrance



Haedong Yonggungsa Temple

Haedong Yonggungsa Temple

Haedong Yonggungsa Temple

Haedong Yonggungsa Temple

Haedong Yonggungsa Temple

Make a wish

Zodiac animals

Busan

Go mum!

Our flight to Busan was in the morning, therefore we arrived at our hotel in Busan by lunch time. Luckly, the hotel had a spare room before the check in time, so we crashed in that for a few hours. We then headed to Gwangalli beach but the weather was rubbish.

The next day we went around Busan. We went to the fish market area and ate sashimi for lunch. My mum hated it but she tried. I was just proud of her for trying. I love sashimi, therefore I just wanted to try it in Busan which is famous for fish.

Sashimi

Trying Korean food

Sashimi



BIFF Square



We also went to BIFF (Busan International film festival) square. My mum seemed to like it there with all the food stalls. Sadly, we went to Busan tower when about 3 coaches full of Chinese tourist turned up. We had to queue to go up and go down the tower. The tower isn't even very big at the top.

BIFF Square



Busan Tower



Busan

Busan

Busan

Haeundae beach

On the second day we went to Haedong Yonggungsa Temple but I will post pictures in a different post as I loved it there. We also went to Haeundae beach but it was so hot that day that we headed to Gwangalli beach which for some reason was less hot, plus it didn't have those annoying umbrellas everywhere like on Haeundae.



Haeundae beach



Gwangalli bridge

Gwangalli bridge

Gwangalli beach

On our last night we went for a walk along the beach and took some pictures of Gwangalli bridge at night.

Busan

Gwangalli bridge

Gwangalli bridge at night.