Busan, Haeundae, Dongbaekseom & Nurimaru APEC House 부산광역시 해운대구 우동 동백섬

Day 2 in Busan~ Haeundae -- Dongbaekseom -- Dalmaji -- Songjeong

After lunch, our head to Dongbaekseom which is located at the right end of Haeundae beach where we could see not only Haeundae beach in whole and also panoramic ocean view with Busan city skyline at far end while walk around the island in a circular loop. Dongbaekseom also known as Camelia (Dongbaek) Island (Seom) as there are Camelia (flowers) blooming everywhere in the island during winter to spring around December to March. It used to be an island, but now is have become part of the mainland as time goes by. The circular trail begin from the front of Busan Westin Chosun Hotel, as we going round Dongbaekseom we will passed by Nurimaru APEC House, Lighthouse Observatory, Choi Chi-Won Statue and Octagonal Pavilion.

Nurimaru APEC House is built for the 2005 APEC Summit where the head of states from 21 Asia-Pacific countries gathered. Malaysia former Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi was the representative from Malaysia who attended the meeting. Currently it is a memorial hall after the APEC summit meeting and it is open for public to visit. Admission is free. At level 3 - APEC Summit Conference Hall - from the big round meeting table and chairs, to items used during the summit are preserved in their original form in the summit hall. Sound clips of leaders speaking during the meeting is playing too when we visited the hall. As the APEC House is built next to the sea, level 3 have a panoramic ocean view as well from different angle. 

After visit APEC house we walk further to Lighthouse observatory for the another landmark of Dongbaekseom. The lighthouse is not open for visit however the observatory deck offer another panoramic sea view. We did not stay long here because there's no shade and we are all under the hot sun despite it's early autumn. The last landmark -- Choi Chi-Won Statue and the Octagonal Pavilion is located opposite the Lighthouse Observatory -- where you need to walk up the stone stairs to the top which is the highest part of Dongbasekseom to visit it. Continue walking on the circular loop trail and we are back to the Westin Chosun Hotel again upon exit the island.