Busan, South Korea

We arrived in Busan at 10am and were pleased to discover that the ship had Internet service again.  Throughout Japan we had no Internet.  Once the ship was able to connect with the satellite again,  learned that shortly after we left, Tokyo experienced an earthquake of magnitude 6.3.  Happily no damage was reported. 
In Busan the ship provided a free shuttle to the Jagalchi Market which is a fish market that covers several city blocks.  We were astonished with the number and varieties of fish for sale, some of which were still alive, barely swimming in a tub of water with multitudes of their fellows.  I watched a store keeper beat back an octopus that was trying to escape its tub of water.  We saw eels, crabs, anchovies, stingrays, wormlike creatures and many more types of seafood.  If you get hungry, some of the stalls were cooking the fish for 
immediate consumption.  No fish for dinner for me tonight.  From the fish market we took the excellent subway to the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea.  Over 2,300 soldiers from 16 countries are buried here.  As you enter two Korean soldiers salute you and in the Memorial Hall you can watch a film that talks about the war and the UN participation.  A poignant area is a semi circular Wall of  Remembrance that lists all the names of UN troops who perished (40,896).  The soldiers are buried by country with memorials present by each country.  Canada's is a statute of a soldier helping children.  The whole site is very interesting.  From here we walked to the Busan Museum, an interesting museum showing  the history of Busan from earliest time to the present.  Every time we passed an attendant in the museum they bowed so there was lots a bowing happening and no opportunity skip an exhibit hall without being impolite.  After leaving the museum we took the subway to return to the bus stop to catch the shuttle back to the ship.  An interesting and diverse day.

Cruise tip: The Busan subway is a great way to get around town and inexpensive.  4000 Won (about $4) for a full day pass.   Signage is in English and Korean