all righty next up
and honestly you guys need to come out
here i don't know if we're being biased
because we're australian we just love
anything on the coast near the sea we're
about to fly to our
most requested country good morning guys
and welcome back to cherry blossom
season here in korea
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guys it is our last day here in korea
and there was one more place that we
really wanted to check out a lot of you
recommended we go to bassan so that is
exactly what we did we had a really nice
morning waking up super early in kyungju
and we just walked around enjoyed the
cherry blossoms so beautiful there's
only like a few more days left of them i
still can't get over it that these last
for a week and then they're gone but
yesterday we jumped on the high-speed
train and headed towards bassan
alrighty next up
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that was quick 30 minutes and we're like
literally at the bottom of korea and
then we had to jump on the metro before
arriving at our hotel
when the train arrives it shows you all
the previous stops until it's ready to
come
wow when we checked in i couldn't
believe the view from our hotel room it
is full on beach paradise here in bassan
and then for dinner because we are so
close to the ocean we were like we need
to get some seafood so we found a local
korean spot and they brought us
basically the entire ocean
well i don't know how we even got
through all of that but it is now the
next day and we have this whole day to
see as much of basan as possible
so let's go
so we found something a little unique
here there is a temple and it's set upon
cliffs overlooking the sea we've never
seen a temple like this before it makes
it extra beautiful
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there's this little area underground and
there's fresh spring water and people
are going down and drinking the fresh
water
so currently right on the ec or the
japan sea so pretty much that way if you
keep going on a boat you can get to a
little island just off the coast of
japan which is kind of nice three-hour
ferry ride away yeah we'll be in japan
which is crazy but if you guys actually
been wondering how we've been getting
around we've found it's actually much
easier in korea to jump into taxis
because google maps doesn't work here i
think it's one of the only countries in
the world where google maps doesn't work
so kind of makes public transport a
little bit difficult especially not
being able to read the korean language
and uber's double the price is actually
cheaper to do a meter taxi yeah so it's
about 10 bucks to get out here and then
entrance is free so i suppose that kind
of like weighs up the different costs
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so actually come across the bridge to
the other side away from hyondai which
is the area that we're actually staying
in and honestly you guys need to come
out here i don't know if we're being
biased because we're australian we just
love anything on the coast near the sea
but yeah there's a lot of these coastal
walks we're just kind of just chilling
there's actually a skywalk that we're
currently walking towards but it's so
nice this gives you a really good view
of the city you got the bridge you guys
need to come out here like i've been
super impressed so far
how nice are these
views is so beautiful
wow
i didn't realize the city was gonna be
so big
don't look down
guys if you keep following the trail all
the way along the coast you come to this
area it's called the skywalk you don't
have to pay to come in and they give you
these very um
cute little shoe covers and then
it's like a walkway made of glass so you
can walk over the water
also fun fact they call this five or six
islands because
at low tide there's five islands at high
tide there's six islands so five or six
islands
this is nice hey yeah
so cool like i didn't expect us to it
reminds me of like the sunshine coast in
australia like a big city right on the
water there's amazing beaches amazing
coastal walks
i love this place
so for lunch we've actually come down to
the local fish markets because basan is
on the ocean and it's pretty much the
fish bowl of south korea so we had to
walk through the markets to see all the
different fish like cellars which was
really interesting so if you come here
one of the most popular dishes to have
is sashimi so that's what we've come out
we've just picked a local restaurant but
like a big plate full of fish and it's
sashimi so it's all raw fish but this
dish is interesting because it is
there's a bit of a process you actually
grab some of the lettuce
and then you grab some of your raw fish
and then there's actually the sauce here
it looks like ketchup it's not it's like
a peppered sauce
you kind of just dip that in there all
this soy sauce and wasabi whatever you
feel like and then once you've done that
you close it with like a sesame leaf
put it in there and then you wrap it all
up
i don't think i've had sashimi like this
before
and then just eat it
you got told off stephen you meant to
eat the whole thing at once
how good is that sauce
this also is really good
that's nice
i want to try it on its own
soy sauce and wasabi
so fresh so fresh and it's like quite a
platter we've also got some other
seafood here as well though
and some seaweed soup which is also
quite known for the area
so just come out to busan tower and this
is actually around 50 years old and it
gives you a really nice view of the old
kind of city because this is the older
part of the city where we're staying in
it's a much more new development but
it's about 120 meters up because it's
quite an old tower it's not insanely
high but it's good enough to get a good
view
also if you guys head down there and
you're wanting to do some shopping here
in korea there's some like really cheap
stores upper class stores normal stores
but if you want like that kind of cheap
knockoffs to take home
all of this just in here
perfect for shopping
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wait we need to turn the camera around
to show them what we're actually looking
at right now
a beach here
in korea
didn't expect this i know i didn't i
feel like when i came to korea i didn't
know that they had these like white sand
beaches i don't know why i didn't expect
it but
they do this is definitely like an
amazing summer spot i know right now it
looks deceiving because we're in big
puffer jackets but it's springtime we're
at the beginning of spring and i can
tell it's like that weather where it's
still cold but it's so sunny like right
now i can barely see you guys
but it's like that temperature where
it's coming into the summer if you're
coming to korea you have to come to
bassan come in the summer time i've seen
pictures of this place and there are
i'll pop up a picture you can see how
many umbrellas are on the beach it's so
busy and then it is busy cut to the
previous shot of us just having the
sunset maybe come at this time then
because you do have the beach to
yourself and it's cherry blossom season
it's weird to be here and it'd be so
cold but it's worth it for the cherry
blossoms yeah but what we were doing
just then was like we were reflecting on
our time here in korea because this is
our like last afternoon here in the
country and i feel like the three places
that we went to we would highly
recommend going like if you're trying to
plan an itinerary to korea so start in
seoul that's where you have your crazy
city adventures and then head to kyongju
and that's where you'll get that like
authentic historical countryside kind of
vibe and then come to bassan and then
you can end your trip on the beach
relaxing and during the sunshine i'm
sure there's more to see in korea but
when we kind of asked you guys where we
should go after finishing up the sony
trip this is kind of what the majority
of you said and i think this is probably
where the most of the tourists come but
if you know of any other spots like
we're always down to going to little
hidden gems and exploring a bit more
outside but i think we're gonna have to
save that for the next time because
we're about to fly home to quickly
change our clothes because we are
heading
to our
most requested country of all time of
running by the nest like philippines was
number two
but this and you guys enjoyed it but
this one is literally number one we're
about to fly
to
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wow
i can see
why they call it the wonder of the world
oh my god
i heard the food in india was hot but i
didn't realize it would be this hot
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