Busan Fireworks Festival

Recently, Id been feeling a bit down on this city. Now, mostly I think this is because I just haven't had the time away from work to see any of the good things, but also it was that the general atmosphere of the place was a little down. Last night though...last night changed my mind. Alex, one of my students and a genuine nice guy, invited me to go to a fireworks show, promising that it would be worth the crowds.

It was, without a doubt, the greatest fireworks display Ive ever seen. It was 45 minutes long, it had giant lasers, lights, music, and apparently $3 million worth of explosives. Wow, just wow. The show happened down on one of the beaches and it was the perfect venue for fireworks. About 1km off the beach is a massive suspension bridge, the beach is huge and slopes down quite a bit so everyone can have a good view. There were over a million people watching. Alex told me this was one of the biggest fireworks shows in the world.

God, the pushing though. With that many koreans packed in, EVERYONE was pushing. At points I was worried someone would get trampled. After the show it took us an hour just to leave the beach with the crowds, we found a seafood restaurant and drank and ate delicious sashimi korean style. It was a great night.