Hiking by PNU

This weekend I spent in Busan again. I had a date, tee hee. There's not much to tell in terms of new and fun activities, but we did go hiking near Pusan National University. Yes, Busan=Pusan. Due to the nature of that particular letter in Korean being neither a b or a p, the romanization can vary.

It was a little difficult for me. I didn't do much leg exercise, even walking, this summer, so I'm a bit out of practice at the hiking. I was disappointed. Next time I'll be better.
We were crossing a gorge and I saw what at first looked like a well (it was actually a fire pit), and I was like, Oh, The Ring! So we took this photo with my phone (I was pissed I forgot my camera at home):
















If only I had long black hair.

It took us something like two hours to get to the top, though I'm not sure, since I didn't check our start time. Anyway, good exercise and a nice day. I was wearing jeans, though. I was totally unprepared and roasting.

Here are some views from the top:

Then we went to Haeundae Beach--my fourth time since I've been back. It was about 4:00 when we got there, so it was nice and roomy on the beach. Problem was, the clasp on my bathing suit busted last time I was there, so I needed a new bathing suit. I assumed the most popular beach in Korea would have someone smart enough to be selling bathing suits at one of the many shops near the beach, but no such luck. I was shocked. I did see some one-piece bathing suits at one store, like five suits, but they all were terrible.

I ended up getting some cheap flowered shorts and wearing my t-shirt with them in the water. I pity guys who have to wear shorts as swimwear and can't fathom anyone who would wear a t-shirt in the water voluntarily. It feels terrible. We also forgot to bring a towel, so it was a little rough drying off.

Good times, though. Good times.