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Back to the ship. The garbage boat.

Interesting cooking methods. Food was at least double that of central Busan. Dresses for hire for those that want a better photo. When you are tired and get back to the elevator you don't want to see this sign.

More from Gamcheon. Tik tokkers etc lined up to sit on a wall.

I do note Fletcher that you are disappointed in the size of the lobster. Unfortunately on this segment of our cruise on the Muse it has got worse. Note it is now half a lobster and the same size of lobster. On top of that the king prawns are now half the size as are the king scallops. And we have Barbara Muckermann onboard.

Now off to the Gamcheon Cultural Village. Some love this place. The influencers, tik tokkers and instagrammers are everywhere and I just think it is a tourist trap. Didn't do anything for me. And my favourite Queensland soft drink. The local museum.

The last of the market. I wanted to try this one but the place wasn't open yet. Now I knew this was a belgian beer- But what does a koala advertise?

A warren of alley ways. a free giveaway at a pharmacy.

The end of the general market and then through the general market area.

More of the market.

Coming in to Busan. I am taking the Gamcheon cultural village and local market tour. Great bus lanes on the main streets. And the fish market. It is several of the buildings and lane ways this being the main one.

Atlantide for dinner again. Rojaan had the Laced prawns for entree and I the salmon carpaccio. Then I had the potato and leek soup. I enjoy my soups. The red for the night I enjoyed. Rojaan again went for the lamb and I the prime rib. Cooked perfectly IMHO. We both went for the apple crumble. And an interesting comparison between the beef in Atlantide and the Limousin fillet in La Dame 2 nights ago. The prime rib and fillet in Atlantide were much better in Tenderness and taste unlike previous experiences at La D ame. We feel that now with very few of the dishes in La Dame not available elsewhere we will not dine there again.

Well our new neighbours haven't turned on the TV .............yet.

Hakatata port at night. But something was afoot as vans arrived. It was a farewll by a very young dance /gymnast group to farewell us from Japan. They were full of energy.

At the other end a nice arcade to walk through coming out at the festival that I wanted to look at. Then a real surprise. A stall selling emu products with a Japanese fellow with an Australian accent. I bought myself a packet of emu jerky. I had a chorizo taco and a Japanese beer. A short walk to the shuttle stop which was close to a hop on/off bus.

Now we were to walk down this shopping street and at the end was a subway station to get back to the shuttle stop. But an American couple spotted a shop that they had wanted to go to so began talking to the guide about how to get to the shop,where the nearest subway station was ( It was in view ), which station to get off at and how would they know it was the right station. Of course Japanese stations always have the anglicised name besides the Japanese name, we had ben given a subway map plus a map of the city. They took 20 minutes before they left the group meaning a change of plans and head straight to the nearest subway station. Fortunately I did take a few minutes to walk a short distance down the shopping street. Now at the subway station. Now despite having 2 rest stops the last just 30 minute previously a woman decided she needed the rest room. This was good as the station had a display of the areas crafts which we could now have a closer look. Then a long escalator down to the station. And our train arrives.

Said to be a 1000 year old gingko. And now a short walk to hakata's shopping street.

And more shrines. In this place they store the portable shrines that are carried through the city during a Matsuri. Not as large as that one but sometimes requiring a rotating team of 60 or so to carry them. We saw several of those on one of our visits to Sapporo. https://www.ana.co.jp/en/jp/japan-travel-planner/japanese-festival-omatsuri/0000001.html

And now another walk down an old street. A Japanese performance. We didn't go in. The performance from the back door. There was a little rain on and off hence evidence of rain drops in some photos.

And the building With Japan's largest wooden buddha. No photos allowed of that though.

Red in Japanese folklore is the colour that wards off devils and demons so is used on temple guardians. https://sanpai-japan.com/2017/06/12/the-reason-behind-the-red-bibs/

This temple had a walled rock garden. No entrance allowed. You'll often see a Japanese sketching buildings or garden scenes. Off to yet another temple.

We then walked a short distance to the old town with lots of older Japanese style buildings. Then to the first temple. Then off to the second temple.