2. Just Walk First
It is a great blessing to have someone to go
on a trip with. The relations between those who have been on a trip together
are special. It is because they are someone who had shared the value of the
word ‘travel’ together. Especially these days it isn’t easy to find someone who
would readily agree to set on a trip nearby splitting their hours during one
day. People prefer going on a long trip with grandiose plans set up, not short
trips that take 3-4 hours on weekdays. It is pretty hard to arrange time for
trips on weekdays due to work life, and it’s not easy to make up your mind to
leave all of a sudden. The fact that you have to go to work again the next day
with the fatigue of your journey makes you get scared. So (with the reason that
if there are many people it’s hard to appreciate properly) it is not easy for a
person like me who goes on trips on weekdays to suggest a trip to someone. I
also had to finish all other schedules and leave tightly. But, for the Ikidae
Park, the trip is not a burden even if you don’t have someone to go with you.
If you arrive at the parking lot of the Ikidae
Park after passing the Ikidae cathedral, there is the neat and pretty
information map on the ‘Galmaetgil.’ (There is a lot of space at the parking
lot on weekdays but it may be crowded on weekends. You can also park your car
on the coastline roads to if you are planning to take your own car you can
consider this also.) The Galmaetgil is a walking road in the area of Busan that
the city of Busan has created, and it refers to 9 courses such as the coast
road, riverside road, forest road and the urban road. It reaches up to 263.8km
in total, and the Ikidae Park is one of those. At the sides, there is the big
information map on the Ikidae Waterfront Park, and the Ikidae Park shows off
its enormous scale. Besides the walk on the coast road, if you go up the
mountain you can also go on hiking. There isn’t any fixed route, and you can
take any road you prefer. The walking course that I had taken was the road that
started from the Ikidae guard post downwards to the canteen (they sell light
refreshments), and from the canteen (facing the sea) walking blindly to the
right or to the left. There were other roads from time to time but I like to
walk straight so I just headed straight forward. Last year I went on the right
path so this time I took the left coast path. I went straight until I met the
sign that says ‘no way.’ There are lots of signs all over the trail and many
paths that lead you out so you don’t have to worry about not being able to come
out if you want to quit your walk. There are different natural sceneries
according to the path you choose, so you can select going after your heart. For
couples, I think the left path was better to walk together. Oh and I recommend
you to wear comfortable sneakers. The place is not so dangerous because there
are a lot of elders taking a walk, but clothes and shoes that suit the walk is
a must. It is better for you to leave with a light body and mind.
I remember writing a postscript that says I couldn’t read the information
map how many times I would read it, but the information was very good indeed. The
problem was that I have no sense of direction. Well, if I have come back
safely, anyone could make it there. I had to problem walking blindly there
alone. What left much to be desired it that I didn’t know the attractions in
between the courses on the map, and I just enjoyed it not knowing what those
are.
Don’t I feel lonely walking on such a
beautiful place by myself? Not at all. I guarantee that this is one of those
few places where you are not awkward even if you are by yourself. No one pays
attention nor bothers to look at you. No doubt. A human being’s existence is
just so weak in front of the vast nature. Even a great talkative person would
not be able to open his or her lips easily in front of those waves.
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