NOV 5 - WE WALK FROM ONE BEACH TO ANOTHER - OUR LONG WALK.

November 5^th, Tuesday

            We are on our own today.  Between the two of us we figured out that we tried to use the debit card as a credit card.  1.). It wasn’t a credit card 2.) we could (fortunately) give it the correct pin – 5 digits required and we were only allotted 4.  We also figured out that if we were to see Sunny today, we weren’t, she could have translated the receipt the machine spit out.  AHA!  Charlie had a brain storm and suggested we go to the concierge who spoke some English.  It worked.  He read on the receipt that they had rejected our request!  Whew!

            So we had a lovely breakfast, then decided to take our walk from Haeundae Beach in front of the hotel to Suyeong-gu Beach.  The drive from one to another didn’t seem so long.  Sunny implied it would be quite a hike.  Of course, she was right.  We figured out later that it took us about 2 hours out and 2 hours back.  We also guesstimated that that was about 6 km (4 miles) each way.  Good grief!  The walk retraced most of the steps we took with Sunny.  Past our beach, along the cinema walk with photos and sculptures.  Past the large IPark condominium with wonderful curved sides – all different.  Past a trump tower (yech).  Around the yacht club and a boat dock.  Over a bridge.  Along a commercial fishing area with crab traps, nets, glass floaters, and all sorts of other fishing equipment.  Finally onto Suyeong-gu beach.  Actually, after covering both areas, I like our beach area better – but the challenge was fun.  We decided after marching to what we declared the end of the road, we walked back toward the “beginning” of the beach to find coffee and a snack.  Our choices, Starbucks, Holly’s Coffee, and something called Tom N Toms coffee.  After checking out each, we decided Holly’s bagel and cream cheese was the best deal for a substantial snack for our walk back.  Last thing I would have expected in Korea, but…..  It was great.  Refreshing to have a quiet sit.  Then we trudged our way back to the hotel following our path out fairly closely.

The building decked out like a Christmas package was actually a collection of restaurants.  We opted to go back to out local street since none of these looked 1.) like a bargain or 2.) very tasty

Hotels along our beach

A view of where we stood yesterday looking out to sea.

The bridge above had a fireworks display the night before.  This was a popular destination for the beach next to ours.  Since zillions of people came out to see it, I'm glad we avoided the views.  

Modern condos

Crab traps in commercial fishing area before the other beach

Some views below of the other beach area.

The strange Korean coffee shop with great coffee and really good bagels and cream cheese!

Lots of pictures of different kind of sailboats.  English can be tricky.

            For dinner we originally decided to try the restaurant building that they had tied up with a red bow.  There was an amazingly expensive Korean BarBQue.  Naw.  We also rejected a fish and chips.  Eventually we wandered back to our ?Haeun-Daero ? Street.  It’s got a pedestrian walkway down the middle and is basically one long restaurant row.  We opted for another Korean BarBQue.  It was quite tasty – not as good as the one Sunny took us to, but pretty good.  Back to the hotel and sleep