Busan – Sth Korea (14/7) and Nagasaki (15/7) – second time
‘round.
Well there’s not much to say about Busan but the shopping if
good. This time we had a BBQ lunch. Another fascinating experience – very tasty
pork belly and no hot sauce this time. Hoppy wants a gas ring in the middle of
our dining table!!
Hoppy fulfilled his ambition to buy a Samsung Galaxy 4S. It
was comforting to see all the ship’s crew there too. Hop was assured it was not
locked but “open”; would work; was in English; but to date, even after a few
emails to William and some bothering of hotel reception staff no joy! We live
in hope; he thought the US$330 was worth the risk.
We had also hoped to visit the Marine Museum on the pier
side but it was closed on Mondays. Don’t particularly like museums but there
was a walk through tunnel with fish swimming all around – that’s fun.
Nagasaki provided some brief fun – we walked a km or so in
the pouring rain to get the tram. It wasn’t so much fun at the War Museum. In
fact Hoppy spent maybe 1 ½ hours there. I couldn’t take it so found a
comfortable seat while he scrutinised all the details of the bomb that was
dropped here in 1945, including a replica bomb. I must say all very well done
but how gruesome, devastating. It wasn’t the first intended target actually, but as the prime target
wasn’t visible this poor unfortunate populace copped the drop. “Fat boy”
exploded 500 metres above the ground.
One positive feature was the time line recording all the
wars in the hope that there will be no more.
We went down into the epicentre. All the neighbouring areas
have been rebuilt and we wandered around
the residential area. There is a massive Peace Park there too, with huge
statues donated by various nations. The focal point is a huge statue of a man
with one hand pointing at the sky to remind you to be watchful because the
enemy can come, unexpected, from there, and the other in a meditation pose on
his knee praying for peace in the world.
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