As usual, we had our breakfast at the hotel before proceeding to our first stop --- Taejongdae Resort Park (태종대 유원지). 

Designated as a Busan monument, along with Oryukdo Island, Taejongdae (태종대) represents Busan, and is especially famous for its rock beach. Taejongdae was named after the 29th king of Silla Kingdom BC57-AD 935), King TaeJong Mu-Yeol (604-661). King TaeJong had traveled to many places but this was the place he enjoyed shooting arrows. 

Taejongdae is also famous for the ritual of praying for rain, performed when there are droughts, and rain on the 10th of lunar May is called the 'Taejong Rain'.

To go to here, from Busan Station, take Bus 88 or 101 and get off at Taejongdae (태종대). Admission to the park is free. However, you can take the Danubi Train Course(Adults-1,500 won; Children-600 won) to explore the whole park. The course includes places like Taejongsa Temple, Yeongdo Lighthouse, Observatory, Gumyeongsa Temple and Taewon Jagal Madang. You can get off the train when you reach certain destinations and you can board the next train after you finished visiting them. 

The Yeongdo Lighthouse

Admission to the village is however free.

Directions:

1. Take Subway Line 1 to Toseong Station. Exit 6.

2. You will be facing an intersection. Turn right at the corner and walk straight. You will see a hospital on your right. The bus stop is right in front of the hospital.

3. Take either Bus 2 or 2-2.

A Starbucks drink a day keeps my stress away! This is Mango Banana Frappuccino.

Here is another Starbucks card I got from Korea!

Shopping tip for you guys. If you want to shop for affordable clothing, I would suggest you to come over to Busan National University station(Line 1). Get out of the station by following the crowd and you shall see lot of small fashion shops along the street there! And there are many youngsters and university students shopping around that area too. No photos because I was busy shopping :P

Our second day in Busan!

After having a free breakfast meal in our hotel, we started our day quite early in the morning. Our first stop for the day was Haedong Yonggungsa Temple(용궁사). To go to the temple, head on to Haeundae Station (Busan Subway Line 2), and follow Exit 7. After that, take Bus 181 and get off at the foothill of the temple. Walk up the hill for roughly 15 minutes to arrive at the entrance of the temple. Alternatively, you can take a taxi and go there.

Haedong Yonggungsa Temple was first built in 1376 by the great Buddhist teacher known as Naong during the Goryeo Dynasty. Interestingly, the temple was built next to the ocean which is quite rare in Korea because most temples in Korea are located in the mountains!

Okay, enough of the words. I will spam you guys with the photos :D

This is some sort of wishing pond. FYI, you should only aim for the bowls. Yes, the bowls, not the pond!

We went to Shinsegae Centum City (신세계 센텀시티)  after visiting the temple. The Shinsegae Centum City Department Store is registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest shopping complex in the world. To go to here, from Busan Station, take subway to Centum City Station (Busan Subway line #2). 

Anyway, we rested at the Starbucks in the shopping complex after our countless walking! It was our first visit to the Starbucks in Korea. How can I missed drinking Starbucks when I'm travelling abroad? Hahaha XD  Of course I won't order drinks which I can find in Malaysia~ 

Tadaa! Soy Strawberry Cream Frappuccino

First time trying Bibimbap! It was so so so delicious!!!

Banana milk. It's so popular in Korea! You can find it like anywhere!

Click this link to see my video: http://instagram.com/p/bfsRuvNYna/

And yes, I won with the above video! But the winners announcement was made 3 days before the inaugural flight. That means I didn't have enough time to prepare this trip. Lol. But nevertheless I'm still thankful to AirAsia for giving me this chance to visit this beautiful country :)

Okok. Back to the trip. I asked my dad to travel with me in this trip. We traveled to Kuala Lumpur by Malindo Air(because we're are from Kuching!) on Sunday. We arrived there around 7pm and we waited for another 6 hours before we continued our flight to Busan at 1.15am on the next day(Monday). 

Souvenir given by AAX during the inaugural flight

For the whole flight, I was very tired but I just couldn't sleep! Maybe I was too excited for the trip huh. After a long-boring 6 hours flight time, we arrived at Gimhae International Airport at 8.30am(local time). And guess what, we were greeted by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes annnnnnd Park-Ji Sung at the arrival hall!!! As usual, there were many reporters around. *did my face appear in their newspapers or not hoh?*

We can't waste our time too long in the airport because we still needed to attend the inaugural launch event at the Paradise Hotel Busan. Of course, all the transportation and lunch meals were sponsored by AAX! 

There were so many media and tourism representatives during the event!

Our lunch course

Homemade smoked salmon with bococcini cheese, capers on a bed of red onion

Grilled beef tenderloin with vegetable and wild mushroom sauce

Tadaa! Park-Ji Sung made a surprise appearance during the event

Ji Sung and Tony

I only knew Ji Sung after I watched Running Man. Haha!

His "chok" face

Again, Ji-Sung and Tony

During the meet-and-greet session with Ji Sung

Aha! Look here! Look here!

Okay. They were looking at another camera. Sigh.

Group photo with Korean students and the two persons from the right are Malaysian winners too.

My dad with the football autographed by Park-Ji Sung!

Before we left Paradise Hotel Busan, we went to the Busan's most famous beach --- Haeundae Beach! You know what, the beach is just located behind the hotel! 

YOU SEE THE VIEW! Nice anot???

We didn't spend much time there because the weather was so hot that time. So we took a cab to go to our hotel --- Toyoko-Inn Busan Station 2(Jungang-Dong). We stayed there for 3 nights. I didn't take any photo so no photo to show you guys. BUT all I can say is that the room was clean and the price was affordable too. Breakfast also included what. Also, I like their toilet bowl very much! Sounds wrong right? But their toilet bowl very advanced one okay. Go Google-up and you will know what I'm talking about. Hehe XD

The nearest train stations around the hotel would be Jungang-Dong Station or Busan Station. But after we tried using both routes, we found that the nearest ones would be Jungang-Dong Station(about 10-15 minutes). Actually there is another Toyoko-Inn beside Busan Station which is few minutes away. But then all the rooms were fully booked. Better luck next time! Anyway, we rested in our room for the whole afternoon as we were so tired after the long flight.

Our dinner, something like cod fish, at Lotte Department Store-Gwangbok Branch(Nampodong Station Exit-10).

After the dinner, we went to Gwangbok-ro Shopping Street which is not far away from Lotte. There are a lot of stalls selling all kind of things ranging from clothes, accessories, foods and etc. But our main intention there was not shopping as we were planning to go to Yongdusan Park where the Busan Tower is located.

This statue located along the shopping street is called City Spot.

Finally reached the top of Yongdusan Park!

The Busan Citizens’ Bell Pavilion.

The Busan Tower is behind the bell.

From a different angle. Lol.

There were not many people around the park that time. Anyway, going up to this park is free but if you're planning to visit the tower, then you will need to pay some admission fees :)

Thanks for reading! Will be writing my trip for Day-2 and Day-3 soon C: