Busan 2015 #0 ktx train

BUSAN 2015 #0 KTX TRAIN

Impromptu Trip to Busan city 

One of my closest friends moved to Busan city after getting married. She and I studied together in USA during the exchange student program. Ever since then, we have been keeping our good friendship with the friends who stayed there together. Finally, at the end of last year, i could make some time to visit her with other friend. We bought KTX train ticket departing from Seoul station. It is more expensive than normal train since its express train way faster. I spent about 50$ for one way. I think round trip is just double up. Seoul station is main herb station so that you can go almost all cities trains stop from here. Very easy to access by subway and bus. 

 

Bought coffee for the train trip at McCafe before boarding.
The theory of relativity works really well in trip. Depending on whom you are with, time can go too fast or too slow. had really nice time with my friend on the way to Busan. Wish i can have this kind of quality time more. 

Busan is one of the most famous city other than Seoul. Its mainly because of the sea and beaches in summer and food. It is also one of the largest city in Korea and has been very important city due to the port since back in the days. Then, fashion and new trends started from Busan and came to the Seoul via port and Japan. Even though it changed a lot, it still has lots of attraction even to Koreans as well as foreigners. Easy public transportation makes Busan trip more convenient.

There is ferry runs from Korea to Japan in Busan, so lots of Japanese tourists are easily spotted everywhere. 

If you are considering other city tour more than just capital Seoul, look into the transportation first at the website, www.korail.com
It has English pages for foreigners as well and you can search for and buy the tickets at "Korail Pass Reservation" in the right bottom section.

Personally, i feel more comfortable and safe using subway than bus when i travel new place. So just for your information, i let you know the cities have subway in Korea as follows. Seoul and Inchon, the capital area, Daejeon, Busan, Gwangju, Daegu.

After my first Korea trip, i got to have great interest in beautiful places in Korea. Next year, i want to revisit and newly visit Korea more.