Busan Choryang Ibagu-gil, South Korea

u003cpu003eIbagu-gil means u0022story road,u0022 indicating that this road is filled with stories.  This road leads to the neighborhoods on the hill where people who lost their houses to live made their residence during the Korean War. 270u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eStarting Point of Ibagu-gil: 16 Jungang-daero 209beon-gil, Choryang-dong, Dong-gu, Busan, South Koreau003cbr /u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003cspanu003eDate Picture Taken: September 2021u003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspanu003eThe starting point for Ibagu-gil is just across from the Busan Station.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe first building to see is this brown building on the left.  This is the first modern hospital in Busan.  It is now used as a historical preservation and a coffee shop.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspan class=u0022Yy0acbu0022u003eNext to the building is this place where the first distribution storage building was located.  It is now a parking lot for a market.u003cbr /u003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspanu003eA short walk from the storage site is this traditional market which is about 100 years old.u003cbr /u003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspanu003eWalking out from the marketu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspanu003eand start heading to the neighbor upon the hill.u003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe backsideu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eWalking forward, and meet this church, the first Protestant church in the south of Han River, Korea, which is most of South Korea.  The church was established in the year 1892.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eA half-block away is this small Buddhist temple.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThis neighborhood is located where the people can see the ocean and right next to the busy Busan port.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe picture of the town in the 1960s.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eKept walking up and went up the stairwayu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe neighbors are talking to each otheru003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eAnother stairway is in front.  This has 168 steps.  The neighbors did not have tap water until the 1980s, so the people had to carry the water using the stairway.  Now, it has the monorail just next to it, so people use it rather than the stairway.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eI took a ride the monorail.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eOn the top of the stairs, it has an observation deck.  The look of Busan Port from the observation deck.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eA panoramic view of the city below from left to right.u003cbr /u003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eBuildings on the top of the stairway.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eI walked down a little bit for a better view of the city.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eI then kept going up by taking the stairs.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eand go up more from the stairwayu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003ethen I could see another panoramic view the cityu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e