The fireworks were set to start until 8pm but we left Ulsan at about 2pm to factor in the Starbucks stop, the 1 hour drive and of course the time we would have to spend waiting for the event to start. With the thought of 80,000 people showing up I wanted us to get good seats and be able to see as much as possible. Once in Busan we hopped on the subway and rode to Gwangalli beach. We arrived at the beach at about 4pm and bought a mat to sit on and set up the tri-pod for D's camera. At that time the beach wasn't too busy but there were still a steady flow of people arriving.
By the time it was getting dark the beach had completely filled up and there wasn't a spot of sand to be seen.
This made it very difficult when I tried to make my way to get us some dinner. We dined on a bag of fried chicken, which Korean's call "Mexican Chicken", and of course some Hite Beer. The fireworks finally started at 8pm and boy they were worth the wait!
I had never seen fireworks like this before! The whole beach was "ooing" and "ahhing" the whole time. My favorite was the "Niagara Falls" fireworks, where it looked like water was pouring off the bridge.
D and I both had a great time hanging out on the beach together and watching a great show
After the show we had to make our way back to the subway and ultimately to the car. This proved to be a difficult task as the streets were filled with people wantin to do the exact same thing! The subway station was a mad house, but they did have some people moderating how many people could go down the stairs at a time so that no one would fall down the stairs.
Once back at the car it proved even more difficult to get out of Busan, as it took us about 1.5hours to go 1.5km. We did finally make it home at 12:30am. It was a great day even though most of it was spent waiting around, but it was with good company so the time flew.
There are many more pictures in our Picasa album http://picasaweb.google.com/dennis.blackwell/15BusanFireworks#
Love,
J
I had never seen fireworks like this before! The whole beach was "ooing" and "ahhing" the whole time. My favorite was the "Niagara Falls" fireworks, where it looked like water was pouring off the bridge.
D and I both had a great time hanging out on the beach together and watching a great show
After the show we had to make our way back to the subway and ultimately to the car. This proved to be a difficult task as the streets were filled with people wantin to do the exact same thing! The subway station was a mad house, but they did have some people moderating how many people could go down the stairs at a time so that no one would fall down the stairs.
Once back at the car it proved even more difficult to get out of Busan, as it took us about 1.5hours to go 1.5km. We did finally make it home at 12:30am. It was a great day even though most of it was spent waiting around, but it was with good company so the time flew.
There are many more pictures in our Picasa album http://picasaweb.google.com/dennis.blackwell/15BusanFireworks#
Love,
J
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