Ahhhh the fish market... this place effectively shows where the bartering begins in South Korea... I woke up at 5am on my day off to go down here and catch the fishermen loading the fish off the boats... unfortunately for me.. the subway didn't start till around 6 and i didn't get there until about 7am.. by that time.. the old ladies (ajummas) were in a frenzy prepping their fish for sales... This market typically sells fish to the the thousands of restaurants that consume busan.. However... they also sell single fish for any bystanders...
You can buy whatever fish you want here... among these were belt fish... white fish... octopus... sea cucumbers... giant fish that look like monsters??.. ...
and i even saw a small shark for sale... After you buy the fish.. just take it to any of the nearby restaurants and they will prep and cook it for you for a small fee... Pretty neat... Did I do that?? Not a chance was I going to try and buy korean fish @ 7am for breakfast... I settled for a coffee and donuts at Krispy Kreme.. pretty authentic eh?? (by the way Richie Rich.. if you're reading this... they ONLY have instant coffee here for the most part.. and I'm still looking for a Tim Hortons)...
These people HATE getting their pictures taken... so I had to put on the big dog lens and stand a good 20-30 feet away to get natural looking shots... I don't get it... What are they thinking? "oh my... look what i'm wearing... and i forgot to put on my makeup today and have fish guts all over me... no photo-ee!!!!"...
Look at how big this monster fish is on the far right of this shot... It is hideous!! I've asked my co-teacher about this fish and she says that they usually eat it at home with vegetables and that it has a relatively mild flavour for fish... She must have a much larger place than mine.. because this fish couldn't fit in my pad... Another thing I've noticed is that they don't have the same sense of humour as us Canadians... 
They don't understand sarcasm AT ALL! Everytime I try to make a joke.. they just look at me like I'm crazy... For example, the crabs they have here are HUGE.. take a look at this one i found crawling up a building!!! can you believe it?? Obviously a joke... using sarcasm.. They would NOT laugh.. at all... actually.. you probably didn't either..damn... anyways.. here's some more pictures
Here's a picture of the shark they caught that morning!
And an octopus shot here
Also.. some strange looking fish that is butterflied open.. can anyone tell me the name of this little guy?
This is the couple I met from Ulsan at the fish market... He was interested in my photography equipment.. but more interested in speaking english with me... Koreans will do anything to speak a few sentences with a foreigner and get some practice in... They were very very nice people :)
This is where all the ajummas go to buy their paring knives, fish knives, or any other type of knife they could imagine...
An ice delivery guy.. and in the background you can see the action inside the fish market...
Some ajumma... obviously filing her tax return.. pffff...
Here is And this is my first shot of the day... when the sun was just pouring in.. and this lady was thinking "ugghhh... fish again" no doubt... (edit: i just noticed that if you open this picture up to full size... there is a photo of THIS lady hanging in the top right corner... in the exact same setting)
I'm looking forward to coming back here sometime in the afternoon to actually buy some fish and get the full experience without my camera... This past weekend we went to our first pro soccer game... a jim-gil-bong??.. which is a gender specific korean bath house full of different types of tubs and showers.. and saunas... and massage waterfalls... etc... the only catch is... everyone has to be naked... quite the catch isn't it?? but once you get over the abundance of peni everywhere... it really is relaxing.. kind of... Laura and I then went on a double date on Sunday with my co-teacher and her boyfriend... we went to the ancient capital of Korea called Kwang-ju.. It was pretty cool.. except for that fact that we spent 90% of the day in traffic b/c all of the other koreans had the same idea... ALL of them... I will have pictures up for that some time later this week or early next week... none of the bath house.. sorry to let you guys down... bye for now !!!