2010 Seoul International Fireworks Festival | 2010 서울 국제 불꽃축제
한복 (Hanbok) and 가야금 (Korean Harp)
9 October 2010
It is a fine day today in Seoul at 16-22 Celsius. Just right for the activities planned for the day. My friend and I will be having too much Seoul experience today!
This is the Sunrise View from my room window...
We went to Myeong Dong to experience the Korean Harp (가야금). But before that, we experienced the Hanbok first (한복) - just like those we see in the Palaces.
We listened to the Korean Harp for around 1hour. It is just so amazing how the musician play it with her own plain hands/fingers against the not so smooth strings but yet still gracefully.
This is the South Korean Flag near the National Assembly in Yeouido Park.
Hangang Park
The fireworks supposed to start at 7:30pm but everyone was there already as early as after lunch. Some even have tents and mats in the Park. There is just too many people gathered together for this event to the point that it would be hard for you to find a way to walk on. The Park is just too big as well for you to find your friends.
We were sitting just in front of the river and the water is slowly leveling up in the evening, causing us to go backwards every now and then. I was expecting more brilliant fireworks though....
The fireworks ended around 9pm. My friends and I decided to leave early so we will not be stucked in the subway with thousands of people. Unfortunately, there are already thousands of people who left and the Yeouinaru Station is already full; thus, the Police made a human barricade just in front of the Entrance of the Subway Stations. We have to walk all through Yeouido Station which I think took us around 20 minutes as the streets was really full of people from the Festival. We were literally like ant troops!
There were even people who are watching in the buildings near the Park, even on top of the bus waiting sheds!
Tough experience. My shades also fell in the river!!! Fortunately, there are rocks there that hold the shades. Thanks to a foreigner guy who helped me retrieved it too! This is my first time to really take photos of the Fireworks using regular digital camera and film camera, I have tried before but it was a failure. Now, I somehow got an idea how to do it. Though this is really a hard subject!
9:17am Korea Time
10 October 2010
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