Korea 2024 - Busan Inside Ananti

 

After my outdoor exploration of the Ananti Coast, I have about an hour to explore the inside of the resort. The resort was famous for it's modern, clean line design. And it was fun to explore the place, again, on my own. It was nice that nobody stopped us from wandering into the hotel area. The place was huge! Above is the lift area to go up to the reception. Interestingly I had a dream a few weeks ago about a similar scene..... but it was an office instead of a hotel..... anyway.....

If you don't want to take the lift, you could also take the stairs up to the reception. I bet the stairs make a lovely prop for wedding photograph. Actually, the whole place was great for fashion photoshot! Very modern and classic.

The hallway towards the reception. Above was one of the iconic structure of the hotel. Our Korean Teacher specifically brought us here for this! But somehow, most of them were stuck at the cafe. 

Above, the reception area. Nothing like what I would have imagined! It was more like a non-reception area! But there was a stuff who greeted guest here or send them off during check-out. I guess this i the future of hotel hospitality? It looked like something out of a sci-fy movie!

We didn't see many people around, probably cause we weren't actually inside the hotel area. Perhaps they have a private area of their own? But we could still wander around, and above is the upstairs sitting area overlooking the pool and the sea. Here was where a lot of ballrooms and seminar rooms where. But on that day, it was pretty empty.

The view of the sea and the pool. Nothing special here. 

Side view of the pool together with the hotel building.

Further up, there was a floor for cafe and bar. I love how classic some of the sitting area was decorated. Like this cosy corner with two chairs and a telescope for you to look out into the ocean. What an awesome way to spend the afternoon here!

They also have a modern chapel, but it was under renovation, so we could only view the outside of it. So this was were couples come and hold their wedding. Needless to say, what a nice place for wedding photo shot! There is even an area inside the hotel just for wedding package discussion. Very classy and elegant! I guess after watching all those k-drama, every girl in Korea wants a k-drama type of wedding. I would guess Ananti ticked most of the checkboxes for that!

My souvenir selfie at the beautiful walkway :)

Korea 2024 - Busan Ananti Coastal Walk

 

After our lovely lunch, our next itinerary was to visit a French inspired resort called Ananti. It was a short walk away from the lunch place, so we took a slow walk there. The spring weather was cooling enough for a nice walk. The photo above is the section of Ananti just opposite the restaurant, but the one we were headed was near the coast.

After following the road sign and walking for around ten minutes or so, we can view the coast and headed towards it. I love sceneries like this. Anything but concrete building is good for me! Above is a small village area before Ananti. Ananti is actually on the left side, and if we had time, we could actually take a walk all the way to the right side where a cool temple was spotted. But at least, we only have maybe 2 hours here.

At the start of the coastal area of Ananti. I kinda walked ahead of the rest of the group. I've done some research of the place, and my target was to go for the coastal walk. I didn't know if I will have enough time to complete the walk, hence my fast pace to reach the place! I told my husband I would go on ahead first to while the rest explore the cafe area. I wasn't that interested in shops and coffee when I have the whole coast to run in!

Above was the path, with some resort building to  my left, and the ocean to my right. The path looked long! I didn't reach the end point. I walked until the resort building started to trickle off before I made a u-turn and headed back to the main resort area. I love walking in the outdoors on my own. It just felt so free. I wasn't too bothered that I was alone on my walk, although I did wish my husband would accompany on this lovely walk.

I saw some cranes again on the rock in the ocean and can't help myself from taking some photographs. It's just such a relaxing scene for me. To be that calm in the middle of the waves and rocks. 

There were some wild flowers growing along the path too, which made me really happy. It was like a scene from a childhood story book, specifically Enid Blyton's kind of story by the sea. Love the combination of wild flowers, rocks and sea.

Here is another view of the flowers. You could see a light house far off in front. Sadly, I didn't have time to walk all the way there. If I have a whole day, for sure I would explore the whole coast!

On my walk, I encountered a few fluffy wild cats. They didn't look too bothered with me being there. I think I was more afraid of them than they were of me. They were quite huge, but so fluffy and cute!

Here is a black one with a brown nose, lol. I followed the black cat for some distance before it went into the grass. 

I am more of a cat person, although recently I've been kinda drawn to cute dogs too. I used to b afraid of dogs as I once stepped on a dog's tail before when I was a child. I've also been chased by dogs while cycling and fell down. As well as being annoyed by dogs that kept banging on my legs, or bitting my pants. Usually it's the local breed dogs that is the cause of all my trauma. 

Here's a selfie of me on my solo walk. 

On my way back, I found my husband at the beach nearer to the main hotel, so we managed to take one wefie together after all! Yay!

Korea 2024 - Busan Dalmaji Hill Cherry Blossom Viewing and Lunch

 

Our first tour activity in Busan together started on day 2 there, and it was a walk to Dalmaji Hill to see the cherry blossom. I think we got lost along the way. I think we took some shuttle bus up somewhere along the hills too. But eventually we found it! This wasn't an official paid tour. We were exploring the place at the same time as our Korean teacher! Lol. Why did I took the above photo? I was thinking how nice it would be to have a home and a car like that, with a cherry blossom tree just outside it. It makes a pretty home scene for me. 

We went to see cherry blossom, and we saw so many! The whole Dalmaji Hill was filled with them! I want to say Sakura, but for this blog series, I'm just gonna say cherry blossoms, cause the Korean Teacher gets offended when I use Japanese words here :P

My friend's daughter went to get an ice coffee from Ediya, and the cup came back looking so pretty that I borrowed it (and her hand) to take a photo. I like Ediya Coffee, and I even got some back from this trip to enjoy it at home.

After the cherry blossom viewing, we were told to take a taxi to our lunch location. Above is a video of the ride down  Dalmaji Hill. It felt like we were in some Korean drama. All we need is some beautiful Korean love song, and maybe some handsome Oppa or two to accompany us! What a dream! Haha.

Four of us shared a cab, and it was a ten minute ride to the restaurant. Above is what the restaurant looked like. I thought it looked rather pretty!

Inside the restaurant, it was huge! Perhaps I've lived in Singapore too long where space is a constraint. Everything seems to look bigger outside of Singapore! I would say the restaurant looked like a canteen! 

The menu above just for reference. We didn't have to order anything as our Korean Teacher has already ordered for us. 

The food spread was insane! Above is a setting for 4 person to share. It's almost everything, but they still served additional minced meat patty and I think some traditional desserts too. The food was just simply amazing. Not only that, it was healthy as most consist of vegetables. So even though you feel like you're so full after eating everything on the table (yes we ate everything!), you just digest it all after an hour or two and feel light again. Now I know why those Koreans are usually thin. Very healthy diet!

The additional minced meat dish served on top of other dishes cause there were no more space on the table. It tasted like bak-kwa. I'm not a fan.

Me and my husband, with the cherry blossom on Dalmaji Hill :)

Korea 2024 - Busan On My Own

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Korea 2024 - Busan Morning Walk To Dongbaek Island

Our small group morning walk started at 7am from the hotel, and I was glad the two ladies that joint me were season walkers. We were able to made it to Dongbaek Island in good time! Lovely sunrise view from coast of Dongbaek.

I was pretty happy to made it to the island. It was one of my to-do thing in Busan, and I was scared I won't be able to do it. So here's a souvenir shot of me there! Yay!

Here are my two walking companions. They are actually sisters. This was the red bridge that I stopped at the day before when it started to get dark. So on this day, we proceed on forward to explore Dongbaek Island! I love coast walk like these! Lovely breath taking view!

On the cliff looking out, we could see cranes standing on the rocks. It reminded me of those black and white Chinese paintings! So simple, so empty, yet so elegant. So taking one photo here, and maybe one day I can paint it!

After walking along the coastal broad walk, we came to the other side of the island where the light house was. What a gorgeous view. We could walk around the light house, as well as some pavilion along the small hill. We didn't climb up the small hill, as there wasn't much to see up there based on my research. We headed towards the other coast of the island instead.

The other coast looked out towards a different area of Busan, with more high rise buildings, and even bridges! The stadium looking building there was some memorial building for APECs or something. It wasn't open to public, but it looked pretty impressive. 

Walking down the hills back towards the city, there were some beautiful broad walk surrounded by cherry blossom trees! When the wind blew, it was such a beautiful sight. I took some photos for the companion, but none for myself. It reminded me of those Japanese anime scenes. The first snow. The first sakura petal falling from the tree.....

The other side of Busan. Everything here looks shinning and new and expensive! I think I prefer Busan as compared to Seoul!

Korea 2024 - Busan Haeundae Beach in the Morning

The next morning, I actually woke up around 6am, and went to the beach by 630am to catch the sunrise! Lol. After travelling solo, you don't really care much about going to places without any company. You just go where you feel like going. I trust Busan was quite a safe place.

I enjoyed the beach on my own from 630am till 7am. I've broadcasted out a message to see if anyone wanted to join me for a morning walk at 7am, and two ladies have replied. So I can't really head out until I meet up with them at 7am. So enjoying my time while I wait at the beach, watching people exercising, jogging, and even kids with their parents!

 

Here is a nice shot of a father and his daughter playing on the beach. I just though it looked really cute.

I also managed to spot a few Ryan from Line Friends nearby the beach! I didn't go near to it as it was kinda at the back of some hotel. Not sure if it was on private property. But eventually I did went to take a few selfie with them later that day :P