Day 183: Haeundae

I woke up today with a slight headache and the recollection that no, I don't in fact, sound like Billy Joel *at all.* :-) It was great to sleep in late and us three boys just lazed around the room for a while relaxing (aka: nursing ourselves) and watching 'The Parent Trap' on TV. By early afternoon we got changed into our swimsuits and headed on down to Haeundae Beach, just two short blocks away from our hotel.

Haeundae is the beach that I visited a few weeks ago with Nick & Angele after camping on Geojedo. It's the crazy insanely popular beach in Korea that is still surpringly fun and relaxing to hang out at. The weather today was kinda cloudy (but still warm) so that meant that the beach wasn't all that crowded. We were actually able to find a piece of sand to call our own and made ourselves quite comfortable.

We spent the next few hours horsing around in the surf, which was absolutely incredible at Haeundae all weekend long. Apparently some typhoon near Taiwan was stirring up the giant waves and it made for a fun day to be at mercy to the big waves. (For all the parents, don't worry, this beach is lifeguarded and monitored so that it's always safe to swim - they wouldn't let us swim if they thought we were all gonna be swept out to sea by an approaching typhoon!) I spent the day bodysurfing and diving in and under the waves which came crashing in like mini-tsunamis over and over again. The ocean rocks!

Eventually dinner time approached so we went back to the room and had nice long showers. After that we wondered around and did a bit of window-shopping and then headed for some supper. We went and had a scrumptious dinner up on TGI Friday's fifth floor outdoor patio overlooking 'The Strip' and the beach. A major thunderstorm was just rolling through the area so Mother Nature entertained us all dinner-long with magnificent lightning over the harbour and some fantastic torrential downpours. The streets were all lit up with neon while the enormous Busan Harbour Bridge glowed ominously in the distance through the storm clouds. What a beautiful sight - I wish I had brought my camera!

Later on that night we headed back into downtown Busan to hit the bars again. We did a little circuit this time, beginning at Zip, and then moving on to Trunk and then a place calld Nom which was completely empty. After that it was back to Zip, our new fave watering hole in Busan, and spent the rest of the night there. I was feeling pretty exhausted after last night, and a full day playing in the sea, but managed to stay up until around 5am or so. After that it was desperately time for bed so it was back to the hotel. What a great day!