The cherry blossom season is in full swing here in Korea. There are lots of beautiful trees and flowers to see. On Saturday I climbed the mountain behind my apartment to get a good look from above. I definitely did get a nice view. The hike up was also very beautiful.
Here are some old ladies walking by some cherry blossom trees. The mountain you see at the end of the video is the one I hiked up.
On the way up I saw some of these nice azaleas.
When I made it to the top (about 500m) I got a really nice view of one side of the city. This is the area I live in, called Saha-gu. I live near the bridge area, on the right side. My apartment is beside a university area called Dong-A. The river you see is called the Nakdong river. I cross it everyday on my way to work.
The next day I went hiking up another mountain that I hoped would reveal the other side of the city. Here is what I saw going up.
It's a bit hard to see in the video. There is a canopy of bright pink cherry blossoms covering a stream and waterfall. This is also where I took the picture at the beginning of this post.
I wonder what could be behind this little wooden hut? Click on "view video" and find out...
This is Nampo-dong, one of the city "downtown" areas. You can't make it out in the video, but you can see as far as the Gwangali bridge from this view point. If I kept panning right, and there were no mountains in the way, you would see Saha-gu again.
The city is built along the ocean, so it stretches out pretty far. In total, about 4 million people live in Busan.
See more videos of my hike to the top of Busan
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