walk the dinosaur

I had heard that there were dinosaur footprints in Busan, but had never actually visited them. In June, for Peter's last weekend in Busan, we went to Igidae Park to find them.


And I'm pretty sure they're in this picture. It's about the same as the picture in the brochure, but I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking at. Interpret away.

Igidae Park has a lot going for it, though. There's fishing!


You can see the *other* side of the Gwangalli bridge


And those potentially-dinosaur-footprint-puddles are full of tadpoles and little frogs!


There's a path that goes along the water and past this structure


Which is full of...


I've been told that stacking rocks is good luck. I think this looks like the set of the "chatty duelists" scene in the Princess Bride.


There's a cave.


And Pete was brave and athletic.

among the silent temples

Tongdosa is the big, famous temple in Yangsan.

Peter and I walked there from Fantasia, on a path that took us along a creek surrounded by big, still pine trees. Someone was painting them.


These fellows were not amused.


There are rafter dragons.


And plants growing from the roof


At six, everyone gathered in one part of the temple complex


to watch this monk ring the giant bell.


Outside the walls, there was a skinny bridge


over a stream.

stop at the top of a Ferris wheel

There's an amusement park in Yangsan called Fantasia. Pete and I visited.



There was a FOUR-D dinosaur movie. The fourth dimension was lightning, as expressed by a strobe light.


Pete models his glasses:


The rollercoaster at Fantasia is way better than the one at ME World in Busan. It has two loop-de-loops and a corkscrew.




This track goes around much of the park, and there are pedal-powered cars that you can ride around it.

Here, Pete and I are about to start our journey. It is only beginning to dawn on us how uncomfortable the seats are.


Like the one at Me World, this roller coaster never stops. It's so big that it just goes very slowly and you have to get on and off quickly at the bottom.


Peter and Pan!


And this ride was pretty cool. The lever controls the height of your car, and the wheel the direction. You have to make the "pew pew pew" noises yourself.