Author: vinceneil666

Using the Direct ferries app I was able to book a ticket from Mokpo to Jeju.. Now the thing with Google maps is that is kinda works in Korea, and for the NAVER App. It working fine – but its really not into the English lettering.

I googled around a bit trying to figure out where the ferry from Mokpo (Samhak) actually left from, and i found 3 answers..

this is where you need to go:

All other info is wrong 🙂 — go there.

Here we just showed our passports and the ref number from Direct ferries and we where good, not to many travelers today, its not peak season and thats nice.

The ferry took just under 5 hours, we could have flown – but boat is a kinda nice way to see the country. Weather was perfect to.

Along the way we passed the Chuja islands, would have been cool to stop by, but.. no time. The islands are supposed to only have 2000 inhabitants – in Korea that is pretty much nothing. I got a very Squid Game feeling, looking at the islands.

Arrived 20 min late to beautifull weather and our first sighting of a palm…. Might been fake.

We did the whole song and dance with the local taxi driver – and after 30 mins we found our Air bnb — its on the 17 th floor of this building.

They probably tried telling us a couple of times, to wait at the top of the stairs until they had docked properly…

Ah, finally Mokpo – the Jewel of Asia.

This is just a quick stop to get on the ferry tomorrow. Time just didnt add up, so we got a hotel night here as a bonus. I went for the most expensive option I could find, with infinity pool and resturant at the roof.. 60$ !

The hotell is absolutely huge compared to the rest of the harbor area. Kinda like our og proportions, white marble floors and pretty new… I should have taken a few more pics, but it f’ freezing, raining and kuling in the kasts.

This town, or at least where we are, is the main harbor for all the fishing boats . No beaches or touristy places, so this exceptionally nice hotell just see our of place

No swimming in the infinity pool – or pictures.. I wouldt go out on that roof in this weather.

We are sending a box of misc stuff back home, snacks and souvenirs, so we dont have to drag it along with us for the rest of the trip.

The post office in Korea is nice, here is a picture of a very – very – patient man, that over time was leaning towards the idea that there are countries so small that they dont have states of 5-6 digit post codes.

we where in here for close to an hour. We have had the same issue other places to, Norwegian 4 digit postal codes are not supported. The trick is to ask them to go manual. 👍👍

After a lot of phones and Google translate – we heard him make that noise you hear people do when they are done with a root canal. And we where good… Lets see…if we will ever see this box again.

After that ordeal, noting that i am no longer ‘kinda sick’, Im now proper sick :(, we did a brief walk of the harbor area..downed a beer and had a horrific pizza.. and then just crashed for two hours fighting a light fever. 🤘👍

The shops here are very fish related, just look at this madness, they have built a castle of fishing supplies outside their shop.

Ferry leaves at 0830 tomorrow, after approx 4 hours we should be at Jeju, i just hope the weather improves – if not, it we be a very bumpy ride.

Today we are leaving Busan, on the 9 o’clock to Osong, where we will have a 25 min wait before catching the train to Mokpok.

Sunrise over Busan station – I wonder when or if we will be back? Probably at some time – Busan was a nice city to Roam around in.

Today we are going with the KTX – the fastest trains, so even though we are back tracking quite a lot to Osong, and then going back south again to Mokpok, the total ride is less than the ride from Suwon to Busan.

We went with first class tickets this time, nice seats and free coffee.

We just got on the train from Osong now, probably a nice town – we only saw the train station, wastn really worth a fridge magnet.

In 1,45 we should be in Mokpo, where we have just one night at a hotell before we will try to get on the ferry going to Jeju. I kinda got some tickets booked..we kinda know where the ferry is leaving from.. And I am kinda gotten a bit sick. So today will be a laidback day before we try to find the ferry that leaves at 0800 AM tomorrow.

weather is cold and raining – feels like a Norwegian April 🙂

We have spent most of our time in the area surrounding the Busan Station and Nampo district – and also the island right outside, that has a name.

today we decided to try a different area, so we got on a bus towards Haeundae area/district thing. 1 hour on a bus, still in the same town, Busan is absolutely huge

We got here as the sun was setting and had a walk along the beach. There are also small trolley you can rent out that runs on track along a large part of the coast here, but they where fully booked for weeks.

And as luck would have it, probably one of the best microbreweries in Busan was at the end of the beach. Gorilla Brewing. 🙂 (raspberry wheat!)

The weather is pretty cold as soon as the sun sets, winds are good to. When we finally located the bus back home (1003!), it was the best thing ever to step into a hot bus.

Just outside of downtown Busan