Way to Seoul..

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 ; also the Day for Seoul International Fireworks Festival ... It was an amazing , astonishing , wonderful and the life time experience to see live beauty and liveliness.


Candidly, it was too crowded that day... all trains , Metros, buses were over packed to its original capacity. I was not excepting such a huge crowd. Though, I was comfortable  used to be with  crowd and population but still I was feeling bit suffocating.

At the end, after a bit struggle , we reached around the place from where we're comfortable to see the actual fire show. Believe me, there were .. crowd ....crowd ....crowd every where on the ground and sparkling fires on the sky.












About this Festival , I've had read in books earlier. But couldn't believe and express , How i was experiencing at that particular span of time. Citizens as well as the foreigners from many more countries enjoying the show. I was mum and indeed experiencing the warmth of the fire of fireworks. People making the weird noises whenever  any cracker, rocket or anything sparkling going towards the sky... and the light not only coming thru the sky.. but the reflection from the River just making it sizzling...

As a part of 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.

It's being told that in this firework event; about 55,000 different kinds of fireworks being demonstrated (dont know about the exact truth). It welcomed many big names in the pyrotechnic industry.

Fireworks were invented in ancient China in the 12th century to scare away evil spirits, as a natural extension of the Chinese invention of gunpowder. Such important events and festivities as Chinese New Year and the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival were and still are times when fireworks are guaranteed sights. China is the largest manufacturer and exporter of fireworks in the world.
Excitement not only happening over the sky ; it was going on besides me too... young couples also enjoying each other's company and as a show, PDA was going on.

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 fireworks event get over, at around 10:00PM, we head on towards looking something to eat. In this crowded environment; it was just a self-realization to me, that too much crowd could be an uncontrollable and unmanageable situation, to any country. 
But it was just a matter of few hours , as soon as the crowd shattered, all the thing become like it was before , clean , neat and tidy.

We'd 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 an half way. Our destination was the Suwon city but it was the 12:00 nite , sorry no train available, guard in platform updated ; next train is only in the morning 5:00 am.

What to do???? we were 8 persons; some wanted to go back to guest house which was in Suwon city; some wanted to enjoy the nite life of the ittewon market.

Majority of us wanted to go back to suwon, asked for cab. Initially no cab was willing to go that far at this mid night, if one agreed; was asking for too much fare and we at least need two taxis . 


So again, majority call was to save money. So how to pass 5-6 hrs without doing anything . We struck in between the Seoul and Suwon City, no cab driver wanted to go to Itewon as it was not so far , to get them enough money.

We' were helpless, we're 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 killing 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 ...........shouted,

Hey !!! we got the place where we'd spend rest of the night.. Ahaaa the massage center opens 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 tired faces sparking like fireworks; Candidly we're feeling like we got some thing great.

Spent whole night there relaxing, massaging , bathing with different water temperatures. We're quite energetic by now. Now it was a turn to decide, again . Whether to go back to Seoul and or to visit the rest of the places which we're not able to; day before; or to go Suwon City guest house.

Group splitted over this opinion; being a travel freak I decide to head on to Seoul.

Aaah!!! it was rite decision I guess, after reaching Seoul, we 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. 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 fond 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 astonishing.

Wow , captured feather flying in the sky...



Hosts responsive enough ;on festival day.
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Friends !! Welcome to Seoul International Fireworks Festival ...

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