Fireworks

Went to the 6th annual Seoul International Fireworks Festival on Saturday. There was supposed to be an estimated viewing public of 500,000 people at Yeouido (the carved-out island in the Han River touted as the “Manhattan” of Seoul). Forget 500,000. There had to be at least a million people crowded on the island, in the outlying areas, across the river, in the parks, even on the freeways! We avoided the brunt of the mob, but it was still unbelievable. The sight was as astounding as the fireworks themselves.

If you want to see the website, the English site is here, aptly registered as Hanhwa Pyro (good to see the hosts have a sense of humor =). You can also see videos of past festivals.

However, if you want to see it through my eyes, pics are on my Imagestation site and videos are on my FTP site. Here’s the login info:

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2118363180

Login: coryfriend
Pass: coryfriend

ftp://ftp.coryoh.com

Login: coryftp
Pass: yoomyung

FYI, the pics are a little disappointing because I botched the aperture (and there was a streetlight directly in my line of sight), but the last two videos are pretty cool. I particularly like the brush foreground. We couldn’t get a better spot, but it turned out kinda cool.

* Fireworks in Korean is called 불꽃 (literally, "fire flower"). ^^