Today marks the start of the final stage (stage 7?) of our world tour. Heading South for home. It is all downhill from here. We walked up to the Busan Tower again this morning and it is very nice up there. It is popular with the tourists and the local retirees but is never really crowded. We wanted to have a look at the Museum of World Musical Instruments and for $1 each entry fee it was a treat. Amazing collection of everything except some of the modern symphony orchestra stuff. We could not find any Mongolian instruments, surprisingly, because they are very proud of their musical traditions. We saw the Korean harp which featured on Day 195 and the Australian traditional instruments: bull roarer clapping sticks and didjeridoo.
We managed to photo most of the exhibits before a woman wagged her finger and told us "no photos".
We went through the Chimseon exhibition of clothing sewn by hand.
Here are two more:
Morning tea was at the very nice pagoda cafe for $7.
Back at the hotel we finished packing and checked out at 11.30am. We offered to pay for phone calls we made, but they waved us away and wished us well. Very generous. Checked our luggage in with the porter and sat in the lobby to check on emails and facebook.
Went to the Underground Shopping Centre again but found most of the shops closed for the day. Don't know why. Kept walking up to the "world famous" fish market which went on for a kilometer of shops. Here are some of the items for sale:
We have seen a number of women carrying trays on their head.
They probably start work early here so we found two more to add to the file of "asleep on the job".
We kept walking along till we got a good view of the bay, but could see no container ships.
On the way back to the hotel we noticed a lot of police moving parked cars along and getting ready for some sort of procession.
Eventually a couple of police cars escorted this black car along with sirens going. A VIP of some sort.
Back at the hotel we got a phone call from our driver saying he would now pick us up at 2200 and the ship would dock at 2300, so it will probably be after midnight when we get to our cabin. Going to be a long wait in the hotel lobby. Lyn found another one asleep on the job.
In the hotel lobby there are three sculptures. We were led to believe that same sex relationships are frowned upon in Asian countries. What do you make of these?
Probably no more postings possible for ten days now while we are at sea.
We managed to photo most of the exhibits before a woman wagged her finger and told us "no photos".
Here are two more:
Back at the hotel we finished packing and checked out at 11.30am. We offered to pay for phone calls we made, but they waved us away and wished us well. Very generous. Checked our luggage in with the porter and sat in the lobby to check on emails and facebook.
Went to the Underground Shopping Centre again but found most of the shops closed for the day. Don't know why. Kept walking up to the "world famous" fish market which went on for a kilometer of shops. Here are some of the items for sale:
We kept walking along till we got a good view of the bay, but could see no container ships.
Eventually a couple of police cars escorted this black car along with sirens going. A VIP of some sort.
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