Masan Fish Market

I went off on my own today to a fish market by the port in Masan. Words do not do it justice. There were alleyways upon alleyways of vendors. They were set up like the farmers market in Bellingham or Pike street market in Seattle but larger and really close together if not on top of each other. There were different alleys for different things. Many alleyways of fresh seafood, salted seafood, fresh produce, fishing gear, pork and beef (maybe dog). There were So many people and the smell was over whelming, and not to mention one white person, me. The live seafood were swimming around in bowls of overflowing water that spilt over into what little there was for a walkway. Granted the signs were in Korean, but some of the stuff swimming around I could identify but some of the things I have never seen. There were these things that looked like large earthworms, same color, shape and how they moved. I took a real quick video of the pork alley. They had whole pig heads, intestines, skin, feet, eyeballs, ears and tails. The fresh but dead seafood were on trays, no ice and had flies buzzing around. I did see a huge bowl full of large frogs or toads covered by a net so they would not jump out. I did not take my camera with me thank God, I stuck out like a sore thumb and almost fell over walking on the uneven walkway as I went with the crowd. There were many places you could pick out your live seafood, weight it and then the lady would cook it for you to eat right there. All I can say is food poisoning! I tried to get some flip video but felt really uncomfortable filming!I walked around for awhile until I could not take the smell anymore and took a taxi back to the hotel. I would recommend it to anyone but maybe not on a holiday weekend. There were a lot of old Korean ladies kneeling by the curbs cleaning fish, clams, ect. Just like what I have seen in pictures. Bonus: saw sea creatures I never knew there were Minus: the smell! Korean tip of the day: try to blend in as much as possible