Lyman Tomlinson grave in the UN Memorial Cemetery (Busan, South Korea)

I went to the UN Memorial Cemetery for the Korean War in Busan last July. It’s a cemetery in Korea for Korean War participants from a dozen countries or so. Very few of the graves are for Americans as most of those were moved to the USA long ago.

The experience was very moving. Several Korean people there asked me where I was from and when I told them the US, they were very thankful. When I told them my dad was in the Korean War they were even more appreciative. I explained that my father’s job during the war was more or less a desk job in Japan, but they said they didn’t care. The fact that he was involved in any way was all that mattered. One guy got down on the ground and started bowing and crying. He made me cry too.

Posted on May 26th, 2014 under Korea. Tags: busan, cemetery, Nikon 24mm f/2.8 AF-D nikkor lens, Nikon D600, UN Memorial Cemetery. Comments Off on Memorial Day

Posted on April 10th, 2014 under Korea. Tags: beomeosa, buddhist, busan, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D600, temples. Comments Off on View from the roof of the roof

Beomeosa – Busan, ROK

Posted on March 20th, 2014 under Korea. Tags: beomeosa, buddhist, busan, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D600, temples. Comments Off on Korean color

Jagalchi Market (자갈치시장) Busan, South Korea

The guidebooks said to watch out for the smells at Jagalchi Market in Busan, but I found it to be one of the least offensive markets, smell-wise, in the many that I visited while in Korea last summer. However, that may have had more to do with the fact that it had been raining all morning. A much smaller Korean market with raw fish, slabs of meat (not on ice and covered with all manner of bugs), and live chickens can be far more offensive to the nostrils on a hot, humid day without a breeze than a gigantic market like Jagalchi which has been doused in rain.

Posted on February 23rd, 2014 under Korea. Tags: busan, Jagalchi Fish Market, Nikon 24mm f/2.8 AF-D nikkor lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Jagalchi Market

Geumgang Park has seen better days

I went to Geumgang Park in Busan, South Korea in order to eventually make it to the fabled Seokbulsa. The park looked substantial at the gate. There were several employed men of the park standing around talking with each other. I asked them where I could find the cable car and they ignored me. Maybe they would understand the word ropeway? They scowled at me and kind of looked in a direction which I proceeded to follow. The park looks like it was once thriving, but perhaps they stopped maintaining it once they removed the admission fee in 2004. The rides weren’t operating and didn’t look like they had been for years.

I walked along the path with garbage and ruins on either side in order to get to the cablecar that would take me to the top. I was almost surprised to see it functioning, but I was able to go up and explore.

Geumgang Park garbage

Posted on January 28th, 2014 under Korea. Tags: busan. Comments Off on Geumgang Park (금강공원)