Friday, November 18, 2011

Seoul Lantern Festival

North of the Han River, at the Cheongyecheon, there is the 2011 Seoul Lantern Festival taking place through the weekend. Every night from 5-11 thousands of lanterns, big and small and everything in between, are lit up along the water. The statue of Liberty, leaning tower of Pisa, scores of Korean fighters, traditional lanterns, and even a very large walk-through lantern of a gate are just some of the beautiful array of lights reflecting of the water.

We headed north to fight the crowds (isn’t it crowded everywhere in this city?) and get our glimpse of these festive fixtures. Here’s some of what we saw:























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