Long bus ride to Pohang.

This weekend I finally got out of Yeongju to see some places I haven't been before. This weekend that happened to be the coastal city of Pohang.

Pohang is a city that is famous for the POSCO steel plant. This is a huge facility that makes and refines a crazy amount of steel. Pohang also has numerous beaches and a Navy base, so at night you can see all the U.S. Navy personnel walking around downtown and going to the bars.

The first night I went to a TaLK meet and greet at an Indian restaurant. It was delicious, is weird how after a week straight of only Korean food and ramen anything different becomes a gourmet meal (including McDonald's).  I ended up sleep on the floor of another TaLK scholars apartment, it was pretty comfortable surprisingly. The next day I went with a couple other people from my town, Elisa Kim and Ian Preston, to the beach and then to downtown for some shopping and McDonald's. We left to go back to the bus when it started raining.

The bus is fairly cheap here. For a 3 hour bus ride to Pohang it is less than $20.00. When I finally get paid I'm excited to explore Korea and see people more often like this weekend!

Beach!

A small fraction of the huge POSCO steel mill.

Road and shops along the beach.

Downtown Pohang.

Eliza Kim, Ian Preston, and I. We all live in Yeongju!