Arriving In Tongyeong

As one of my good college friends would have said, "Good life decision."

Thursday was the first day of our glorious vacation. It began with a bus ride from Seoul to Tongyeong. We caught a bus from the Express Bus Terminal  that goes directly to Tongyeong. (Express Bus Terminal Station, Line 3, 7, or 9, Exit 2) At the ticket booth, we asked for one way tickets for Tongyeong on an express bus. If you are thinking about traveling down too, be sure to specify express. There is a bus that makes several stops along the way and takes a good while longer! The express bus  makes only one stop and takes about 4 hours. 

Early birds do get the worm. We hopped on the first bus of the day at 9:50am after a nice breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts. The bus wasn't too full and nearly everyone fell asleep during the first leg of the trip. 

Seoul was in the midst of its largest storm of the year when we left for the southern coast. The worst of the storm hit north of the city, but Seoul was still dealing with some serious flooding on its roadways. Here is a picture that was shown on the bus TV's we headed south.

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The forecast for Tongyeong was rainy for the next few days as well, but as the bus ride progressed, the skies gradually lightened. The sun had come out by the time we had traveled into Gyeongsangnam-do Province. We arrived in Tongyeong around 2 pm and it still on the hazy side, but beautiful.

Tongyeong Harbor