Busan Fireworks Festival

This past weekend was the Busan Fireworks Festival.  People have been talking about this festival for months.  It is held on Gwangalli Beach in Busan and is very popular. http://festival.busan.kr/html/kor/movie/fire_08_eng.html  We definitely wanted to go and see it.  During the week or two leading up to the festival, we began to hear stories of how crowded the beach is during the fireworks.  We were told that if we wanted a seat on the beach, we would have to get there hours early.  The fireworks started at 8pm and we were told to get there in the early afternoon.

Me, Zach, and two other couples from our apartment complex decided that we wanted to go together.  We had heard that the view from one of the mountains nearby was absolutely amazing.  We planned to make a day out of out.  We packed food, snacks, drinks, and games.

Saturday came and the weather was terrible!  It was raining and very cloudy/foggy.  We stopped to eat a restaurant at the bottom of the mountain to see if we could wait out the rain for a little bit.  It never stopped raining.  In fact, the rain came harder.  That's when we decided to go into a coffee shop for a bit.  After a couple of hours at the coffee shop, we heard that the fireworks had been postponed until the following day (Sunday night).

On Sunday, we headed up the mountain a little later than the day before.  We hiked up the mountain for about 45 minutes before we found a fairly decent spot to see Gwangan Bridge and the fireworks.  We picked a great spot.  It wasn't very crowded and we had a great view!

Here is a video I took of the fireworks.  It lasted for 45 minutes but the video is about 15 minutes long.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkJLTcqWuSQ