After our visit to the colorful Gamcheon Cultural Village, we headed back to Gwangalli Beach area and had our meal at Dong Fang Ming Zhu, a Chinese restaurant, before we head back to our hotel room for an afternoon nap.
What else but the lovely Jajangmyeon
One of the highlights of this trip is that this is the first time we are counting down to a new year in a foreign country! In Korea, bell ringing ceremonies will take place to welcome the new year, and we decided to attend the countdown party in Busan instead of Seoul to avoid the massive crowds and to be among the first in Korea to see the first sunrise of the new year. The countdown party is held at Yongdusan Park, so after our nap, we headed back to Gukje Market area to have dinner first at Lotteria.
Since it was still early, we roam around the area and had the famous ssiat hotteok (sweet pancake with hot sugar and nuts fillings).
Cute Candy Floss shaped in various cartoon characters
In order not to lose our way, we followed the underground link from Jagalchi Metro Station to Nampo Metro Station, and then walk with the crowd to get to the top of Yongdusan Hill. Even though it was a hill, the climb was not difficult and took us about just 10 minutes. There were already lots of people there when we reach at about 11.30pm, but we manage to find a good spot where the bell pavilion is visible.
Busan Tower in the background
There were some on-going concerts to keep everyone on the high notes, and as it hits 12 midnight, the count down started, followed by the bell ringing ceremony.
Some people were releasing balloons into the sky, hoping that their wishes for their new year will come true. As the bell ringing ceremony draws to an end, there were some fireworks display. We started making our way out of Yongdusan Park, and it took us a while before we manage to break away from the crowd and head back to hotel by bus 1003.
Previously: South Korea Trip Day 4 Part 1 - Busan
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