Seoul International Fireworks Festival !!!
...Struck at midnight in Seoul
When: Oct 2007; Annual festival.
Where: Hangang River Citizen's Park, Seoul
Fortunately, the day we planned for the Seoul trip , was also the Day was engaged for the Seoul International Fireworks Festival ... It was amazing , astonishing , wonderful and my life time experience for such a beauty and liveliness.
Candidly, it was too crowd that day... all trains , Metros, buses were over packed from there original capacity. I was not excepting such a huge crowd. Though I am very used to see the crowd n population but still i was feeling bit suffocating.
Ultimately after some struggle , we reached around the place from where I was comfortable to see the actual fire show. There were amazing .. crowd ....crowd ....crowd ever where on the ground and the sparkling fires on the air.
About this Festival , I have had read in some books earlier. But could not believe and express , How i was feeling at that particular span of time. All were localites and the foreigners from many more countries enjoying the show. I was mum and indeed feeling the warmth of the fire of fireworks. Ppl making the strange noises as soon as any rocket or any thing sparkling going towards the sky... and the light not only coming thru the sky.. but the reflection from the River just making it sizzling...
Later, I came to know about the festival :Live classical and pop performances, light and laser shows set the scene for the dazzling firework display over Seoul's Hangang River Citizen's Park at the annual Seoul International Fireworks Festival.
The festival sends over 55,000 fireworks into the sky and welcomes many big names in the pyrotechnic industry.
So many thing not only happening over the sky , but besides me too... young couples also enjoying each other's company and the show.
Ohoo, I was indeed missing my SLR at this moment, but I had my 8 mega pixel Sony digicam, with having the limited battery backup. But I manage to take the some cool pics as well the video of the show.
After the fire show over, at around 10:00PM at nite, we move towards looking something to eat. Just in this situation it was just a matter of realization to me, that the too much crowd is just a only uncontrollable and unmanageable situation. But it was just a matter of few hour , as soon as the crowd shattered, all the thing become like it was before , the clean , neat and tidy.
So many thing not only happening over the sky , but besides me too... young couples also enjoying each other's company and the show.
Ohoo, I was indeed missing my SLR at this moment, but I had my 8 mega pixel Sony digicam, with having the limited battery backup. But I manage to take the some cool pics as well the video of the show.
After the fire show over, at around 10:00PM at nite, we move towards looking something to eat. Just in this situation it was just a matter of realization to me, that the too much crowd is just a only uncontrollable and unmanageable situation. But it was just a matter of few hour , as soon as the crowd shattered, all the thing become like it was before , the clean , neat and tidy.
We had something to eat in McDo' situated the Hang river bank. Took some pics.
Enjoying the real big event really made us tied. Went to the near by Metro station took the train, manage to reach just a half way. Our destination was the Suwon city but it was the 12:00 nite , sorry no train available, guard in platform updated , so the next train is only in the morning 5:00 am.
What to do???? we were 8 actually, some wanted to go back to guest house which was in Suwon city some wanted to enjoy the nite life of the ittewon market.
OK majority wanted to have rest and go back to suwon, asked for taxi . Initially no taxi walla was willing to go that far at this mid night, if one agree was asking for the too much fare and we at least need two taxis . So again decided , majority call was to save money. So how to pass the time 5-6 hrs without doing anything . We struck in between the Seoul and suwon, no taxi wala wanted to go to itewon as it was not so far , to get them enough money . seeing the 8 guys that to foreigners in the midnight.
We were helpless, we were stuck .. midnight at foreign land where there is again the language problems in general.
Spending around 1-1.5 hrs discussing what to do, I got reason to smile for a moment to myself Thanks to Departmental store, Thanks to my capability to drink( it provide us especially me the reason to smile for dat particular moment). We could get at least the beers and smoke. just for a shake of passing the time. We did that and we did it too hard.
Suddenly one of us who thinks "consuming alcohol is not a good habit" roaming here and there just to avoid the drunkers ...........calling shouted,
Hey !!! we got the place where we could spend rest of the night.. Ahaaa the massage center open 24x7 very close to railway station . We all decided to spend the night there and go back by early morning metro train. All of sudden all the tried faces sparking like fireworks , Candidly we were feeling like we got some thing great.
Spent whole night there relaxing, massaging , bathing with water temperature. We were quite energetic by now. Now it was a turn to decide, again . Whether go back to Seoul and just visit the rest of the places which we left day before, or to go Suwon city guest house.
Group splitted over this opinion, being a travel freak I decide to move on towards Seoul.
Aaah!!! it was rite decision I guess, reaching Seoul took the tourist bus, the fare was nominal only 10000 Won for full day , visited no. of decided place to freak.
Manage to visit several places. It was a great two days visit. The fireworks show was the worth experience of life time , And also not able to forget that night in some unknown place, where all of happening happened.
Just sharing my few pics from my cutiee cutiee digicam of 8 mega pics. Which I manage to get at that particular moment. Though I am very very find of photography , still I don't consider this taken pictures is my best. these all pics are originally from my camera.
It's just a matter of perfect timing click.
Look at the view , amazing and astonish.
Wow , captured feather flying in the sky...
Hosts responsive enough ;on festival day.
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