I'm not sure if you remember last year I posted when I went to Busan for Chuseok that I went through a little town named Muju that was really cool. Well, each year they have a firefly festival and I after going I have no idea why they have the festival as I didn't see one single firefly, but anyway, I guess anything to have a festival. I went early in the day, did some minor hiking and sightseeing. It was a really nice day, overcast but still really nice. It was cool, on the way to see a waterfall and a temple I saw some some people out planting rice, so stopped and got a few pics. I've seen plenty of rice fields, but never actually seen anyone out planting. It doesn't look very fun...there was a guy who ran a big machine to plant, and then across the street there were some older women planting by hand! I think they were just planting along the edges where the machine wouldn't reach. Anyway, after a nice day out, went down to Muju that evening for the festival. Not too much was going on, some food and other vendors, pretty much just a bunch of booths and what not. That night Korea was opening the World Cup playing against Greece, so the little Muju stadium was packed with people watching the game...Korea won 2-0 (the fireworks are after their first goal!) and so everyone was happy! It was a fun way to spend the day.
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The rice fields are interesting. Amazing that it takes that much water for it to grow. I loved the waterfall picture! I guess the firefly festival is like our cherry day festival - we don't always have cherries for Cherry days! Ha - ha!
Thanks for sharing!
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Mom
That rice planting looks crazy. Is it just in a field of water? That's kind of what it looks like. And I love the giant firefly for their festival. Sounds fun. And I love fireworks, no matter the occasion.
Thanks for the pictures, Ben. I love seeing (and reading) what you're up to. Love ya!
I'm surprised you're not going to quit your job and start planting rice for a living. That looks really, really fun.
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