Gamcheon Cultural Village

This weekend was a long weekend because of Buddha's Birthday and Children's Day. I didn't travel anywhere too far as I needed some relaxation time and had a nasty cold. I did travel to my beloved Busan though. Unlike my usual forrays to the beach, however, I checked out a completely different part of Busan called the Gamcheon Cultural Village. Apparently it's a village that came to be when very poor Koreans displaced by the war came to live there. While initially a shantytown, the town somehow became a cultural art village, full of neat art projects and 'traditional Korean life.' So now it's a tourist attraction with a little path you can take to see the sights without disturbing the residents. It was a beautiful day and we had a very lovely time! We used this blog to find directions. 

Sadly this photo is blurry. But it was
just so odd seeing a sink in the middle
of a photo gallery I had to post it.
There was no toilet.

The village had many windey
alleyways to walk up.

This is apparently supposed to be a room
reminiscent of a constellation. Very odd.

Sadly all the views were obstructed by terrifyingly
exposed black wires.

After Gamecheon village, we headed back to Busan Station. Since we all usually spend our time in Haeundae, we'd never explored this area. We headed to "China Town" and were very surprised to find it was actually a China and Russia Town. We saw a ton of Russian stores and families!

We finished our day with some window shopping, where I discovered this store called WIlliamsburg Outdoor life. The store was full of Canadian themed decorations, including bears and red and white patterns. Very amusing. We're so trendy.