Our third day in Busan was spent down near the main port area. After coffee and pastries (vacation is mainly an excuse for us to eat and eat and eat) we hiked rode the escalator up to Busan tower in Yongdusan Park. It is not nearly as tall as the one in Seoul, but the view was lovely anyway.
On the way up to Busan Tower.
Looking down on the Jagalchi Fish Market.
Kids playing games in the park.
Picture perfect park.
Nexk we headed over to the Lotte Department store nearby which has a water show every hour. It was an impressive display of water works set to music that involved water shooting up out of the pool as well as falling from the ceiling.
Busan is written with falling water droplets and back lit.
Get down from there!
Korean department stores are epically large, so we went exploring. Up and up we went until surprisingly we came out on the 12th floor roof where there was a free petting zoo. You would only get that here in Mongolia if a goat somehow escaped the dinner pot and hid out on the roof.
This pig just had to be pregnant.
Some jivy kids shaking their stuff on the zoo stage.
Never seen dogs in a zoo before...
Where can I get one of these?
Love locks on the fence around the Lotte Observation Deck.
Next we headed to the Busan Modern History Museum which focused mainly on the Japanese occupation of Busan. It was a fascinating look at a period of history I did not know much about.
Part of the "traditional street" display in the museum.
After a stop for bubble tea we wandered over to an area called 40 Steps that was not quite as exciting as all the guide books made it out to be but was an interesting area of narrow streets, steep staircases, and statues.
A statue dedicated to single mothers.
A bit of surprise art.
Why use stairs when you can use a spiral ramp?
Not super handicap friendly.
Our last act of the day was to eat truck loads worth of Kaiten (conveyor) sushi, but there is no photographic evidence of it. Just wonderful memories.