Gwangandaero Bridge in Busan at night. It rivals the beauty of the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco.

The Busan skyline. Danny rode the KTX Express Train, and it took about three hours to make the trip from Seoul to Busan.

The actual APEC building with the Busan bridge in the background.

This is the room in Busan where the 2005 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting was held.

This is a Korea businessman I met in a swell fish (puffer) restaurant. He shared lunch with me, insisted on paying, and then drove me to a Busan Jjimjilbang, where I spent most of my last day in Busan.

The beach at Busan is beautiful; in many ways, the city reminds Danny of Waikiki Beach and Cape Town, South Africa.

Danny and a School of Oriental Medicine colleague at the restaurant where he had dinner with the faculty after his lecture.

There's no smoking allowed on the Busan beach.

The temple is one of the most beautiful sites I have ever visited. I'm considering returning for a temple stay.

The birth of the Buddha.

Enlightenment

Temptations

A period of fasting and renunciation.

These photos from the temple I visited in Busan (Haedong Yonggungsa) depict the life of the Buddha.

Danny's host in Busan was Dr. Han Chae; here he is seen with his wife SooJin.

This is the lecture Danny recently gave in Busan at the Pusan National University School of Oriental Medicine.

Danny resting after giving a lecture.

Mr. Chung, one of the Yonsei graduate students working in the cognitive science lab, just earned a full ride fellowship to Harvard to do functional magnetic imaging research while working on his PhD.

Danny with his graduate school friend Junko Tanaka-Matsumi (far right) and two psychology colleagues. Junko arranged for Danny to give a presentation at Kwansei Gakuin University not far from Osaka. She also took him out for a delightful dinner and gave him a personal tour of Osaka Castle.

Jeremy being attacked by a very big fish.

Jeremy and I attended a wonderful Gustav Klimt exhibit at the Seoul Art Museum while he was in Seoul.

Jeremy boarding the bus to the airport after has travels around Southeast Asia and his week in Seoul.