Busan, South Korea

This is the first time we have docked next to a campground (shown in the foreground).  In the background on the hillside, we can see refugee housing built in the 1950s during the Korean War.

In the morning, we visited a 7th century Buddhist Temple in the mountains.  Seventy per cent of the land mass in South Korea is mountains.  Most of Korea is non-religious but Buddhism which was once the official religion, remains an important fabric of the culture.

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Jegalchi Fish Market is the largest fish market in South Korea.  We could walk the market and choose what we wanted to be prepared by the restaurant upstairs.  I ordered a dozen oysters and thankfully our server told me two oysters would be enough.  I managed to wrangle these two oysters with chopsticks.

             Abalone is scarce in the U.S. but plentiful in Southeast Asia.  Especially tasty with kimchee.

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            Sushime was fresh from this morning's catch with a local sauce, soy sauce and wasabi.

                                                    Local Korean beer sealed the deal for me.

                                    Ruth Ann was happy with a seafood pancake and Korean Pepsi.

        This statue at the Buddha Temple reminded of my favorite guitar player, Carlos Francos, and all about the bass, best player ever, Tim.

We decided not to venture to North Korea because my old friend and band mate, Dave, told me they hate old drummers.

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