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[Robot_Teacher]

I'm reading www.lifeinkorea.com and eying the festivals. I'm off to the 2009 HI Seoul festival tomorrow with an expected turnout of 10,000,000 people. Yes, it will be my 1st time seeing what 10,000,000 people look like. All in pink mind you. Ought to be a wild and crazy time. It sounds very interesting. However, the weather forecast of rain with a high of only 58F and low of 40 is not so interesting though so we may not actually see 10 million people turnout. I'm still going though and then hitting the National Museum early Sunday morning to beat most Koreans to the punch on going to the museum on Sunday as to have a relaxing spacious low populated viewing of the Egyptian exhibit and then out on the town for shopping. Was hoping for a clear blue sky sunny Sunday to rise up to Namsan tower for a view, but I'm saving that for a good weather weekend.

What about finding accommodation? I understand this parade starts at 7:00PM at Cheonggye Plaza and terminates at Seoul Plaza at 8:30 where the opening ceremony of traditional music plays on a stage and then Kpop and hip hop performers go until like 11:00.

Is the Palace of May at or near Seoul Plaza?

Please add what you know or think about HI Seoul 2009.

[RJjr]

I went to it in 2007 with some Vietnamese chicks, but it didn't seem overcrowded at all.

[hogwonguy1979]

10 million people thats what they are saying?? HA HA HA!!!!!! there may be like 10,000 people there if that many. The population of Seoul is 10 million and like all of us are going to us. its such a joke its not funny

more sparkling hype

[Robot_Teacher]

Make that a double mulgogi sandwhich please!

[Robot_Teacher]

Yep, there defintely wasn't 10,000,000 people like www.lifeinkorea.com reported. Also, the festival was totally blown by protestors causing police to shut it all down. It was reported 160,000 Korea protestors showed up to protest against the government fixing to take freedom of speech away from Koreans. All those police and government pop ups we've been getting is a result of President Lee's new initiatives. They're only the beginning warnings of what is to come. There is nothing we can do about it, nothing the Korean people can do about, and it's best to stay out of it other than being aware of this developing serious issue, becuase new laws aimed at Korea will also effect us too when we're in Korea.

Today, I road 7 hours on a bus without a rest stop that normally only takes 3 hours and 20 minutes with a 10 minute rest stop to only find a country capital city that decided NOT to have a good holiday weekend. I feel if they're this serious about protesting, walk the hell off their jobs next Wednesday to protest; not blow festivities during time off millions of people were looking forward to enjoying. What BS as the roads were too packed. Holidays in Korea are a sorry arse joke, I should had just stayed home. Why they didn't allow us the usual toilet pit stop I don't know. People were pissed, full bus with many lap babies puking and screaming, and one young Korean man sitting in front of me snapped at me for talking on the phone on a public bus even though many other people were talking while young guys were pounding on the windows in the back of the bus. I wasn't talking loud or saying anything controversial, I was discussing plans for only 2 minutes with a Korean I'm to meet tomorrow. I made this clear to the young man and he shut gimchee sucking hole up when I told him he's only insecure about the English and waygooks. I told the xenophobic English speaking college boy to quit speaking English altogethor if it bothers him so much to go the point of snapping at me for a quiet normal voice 2 minute phone conversation while everyone else are talking on their phones and complaining to each other for hours. He quit, becuase he knew I was right and just wanted to be in Seoul with no more problems.

Practiced my newly learnt Korean and got a really cool luxory motel and just decided to spend the whole evening enjoying things like a jacuzzi, big HD screen monitor, and gaming desktop PC, in a room with all marble floor and fixtures. Pretty darned nice for 70,000 won a night. This is right next to Sadang station where it's the Koreanized western version of everything as I seen a WA bar earlier serving import beers! But I wasn't welcome as I'm alone and it's custom to never go out alone for drinking beer unless in Itaewon. Cool looking ice bar though. Despite how darned really cool Western style, no English is spoken yet I'm reading so many familiar English words in Hangul and the names of all the bars and motels are English ABC names. Cool lights.

[mises]

Several years ago I attended and had a great time. The May Day riots put a quick end to it.

[Robot_Teacher]

[RJjr]

[kiknkorea]