Ruminations from the Silver Muse.

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Said to be a 1000 year old gingko.

 

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And now a short walk to Hakata's shopping street.

Now we were to walk down this shopping street and at the end was a subway station to get back to the shuttle stop. But an American couple spotted a shop that they had wanted to go to so began talking to the guide about how to get to the shop,where the nearest subway station was ( It was in view ), which station to get off at and how would they know it was the right station. Of course Japanese stations always have the anglicised name besides the Japanese name, we had been given a subway map plus a map of the city. They took 20 minutes before they left the group meaning a change of plans and head straight to the nearest subway station.


Fortunately I did take a few minutes to walk a short distance down the shopping street.

 

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How do they compare to the local AU types?

They are large and usually served steamed and sometimes fried. Think of Bluff oysters across the Tasman. I quite like them.

 

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Now at the subway station. Now despite having 2 rest stops the last just 30 minute previously a woman decided she needed the rest room. This was good as the station had a display of the areas crafts which we could now have a closer look.





Then a long escalator down to the station.


And our train arrives.

 

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At the other end a nice arcade to walk through coming out at the festival that I wanted to look at.








Then a real surprise. A stall selling emu products with a Japanese fellow with an Australian accent. I bought myself a packet of emu jerky.

 

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I had a chorizo taco and a Japanese beer.

A short walk to the shuttle stop which was close to a hop on/off bus.

 

[Quickstatus]

On large ocean liners, does the position of the cabin matter - front, rear , midship?

 

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To us no problem but they do soa midship cabin on a lower deck has less movement.
So we are on the highest deck that has our cabin type and towards the front. We don’t feel any significant movement.

 

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Possibly something like:
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Yes, but it was the order of the prohibitions and their simplicity that I found amusing.

 

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Hakatata port at night.





But something was afoot as vans arrived.

 

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It was a farewell by a very young dance /gymnast group to farewell us from Japan. They were full of energy.

 

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Atlantide for dinner again.


Mrsdrron had the Laced prawns for entree and I the salmon carpaccio.

Then I had the potato

and leek soup. I enjoy my soups.


The red for the night I enjoyed.


Mrsdrron again went for the lamb and I the prime rib. Cooked perfectly IMHO.


We both went for the apple crumble.



And an interesting comparison between the beef in Atlantide and the Limousin fillet in La Dame 2 nights ago. The prime rib and fillet in Atlantide were much better in Tenderness and taste unlike previous experiences at La Dame. We feel that now with very few of the dishes in La Dame not available elsewhere we will not dine there again

 

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Coming in to Busan.




I am taking the Gamcheon cultural village and local market tour.





Great bus lanes on the main streets.

 

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And the fish market. It is several of the buildings and lane ways this being the main one.

 

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More of the market.

 

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The end of the fish market and then through the general market area.

 

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A warren of alley ways. a free giveaway at a pharmac_.