It is said that night life is best in Busan, but I neither had the time nor the luck. I also felt that Seoul / Incheon girls are much much prettier than Busan girls :) hahah :)
The key point of the trip was travel by KTX. It is the High Speed Railway connecting Seoul to Busan and the technology is French (TGV). The top speed was 303 kmph and the average speed was 140 kmph. It was just awesome to whizzzzzzzzzzzzz past the beautiful Korean country side. Also the return journey was splendid.
The bus ride, that cost me just 40 % of the KTX fare, took just 4 hr 45 minutes for the 430 km!!!! Isn’t that awesome? And on top of that, I got down from the bus right near the university.
KTX route from Seoul to Busan
Just outside Seoul Station
At the entrance of Seoul Station…
Cool architecture at Seoul Station…
Once inside… Ticket Counters
Waiting lounge and cafeterias…
Go up the stairs to board the KTX…
Entrance to the tracks… you cant just reach the platform, without a proper ticket!
The tracks… come come my KTX…
Voila!!!! C’est tres bien!!
Ohh!! Let us accelerate, oh my KTX… read 260.9 km/h
Wowie… Top Speed: 303.6 km/h
Korean country side whizzing past…
Inside the cabin…
zzzzzzzzz Sleepy heads…
11.50 am: Busan Station
Architecture Magnificent! Simply Awesome structure @ Busan Station
Front view: Busan Station
A part of Busan City :)
Station Square…
Pretty picture… Candid!
Look at the double decker bus… I wish I was in it!
Haeundae Beach… Most famous in Korea
And more…
Choding Power :P
And more…
And more… aham aham
Goding power…
Ooooohhh!
Aah… this was somewhere between Seoul and Busan, on my way back to Seoul. It is a river, with embankments constructed to convert it into a picnic spot. The Koreans love to sit by the river and fish!
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All in all a good trip, and great journey!
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September 7th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
read this post yet again :) couple of things have changed recently
1) u dont need tickets to reach the tracks for xpress trains anymore, felt weird that our tickets were never checked.
2) the double decker was a busan city tour bus, for 10000 won it gives an amazing tour of busan city
i might as well be heading back..for good.. <3 that place
Anirudh
September 7th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Thanks baby :)
August 27th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
ok then thank you for the information. i really appreciate it
August 27th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
No problem, My pleasure. Can you please mail me at aditya.ee@gmail.com?
Thanks,
August 27th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
oh, is that the price of the KTX Seoul-Busan? because that was what i meant, sorry. and, do you know the weather there on early September like, maybe 14th? thank you ^^
August 27th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Hi, The cost is $50 for Seoul to Busan.
The weather in September will be cool. Not hot, not cold. I think it will stop raining by September and it will be beginning of Autumn.
August 27th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
okay thank you so much! such a helpful blog
August 27th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Thanks for appreciating the blog. Enjoy :)
August 27th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
may i know the price please?
August 27th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Thanks for commenting on my blog, The trip cost me $ 50, or W50,000 for one way trip.
January 11th, 2009 at 6:50 am
how much did it cost you to travel from seoul to busan?
November 26th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Thanks Russel :)
November 26th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Cool blog!