Living in Samcheonpo: New Years 2012

Normally on New Years Eve I get really trashed and party all night. Actually, I did that on New Years Eve Eve. So this year, I was told about the sunrise in Samcheonpo. Apparently it's a big annual thing. The reason its so special is because Korea is so mountainous, so in a lot of places it's hard to see the sunrise. I decided to meet my friend at 7 AM, because the sunrise was around 7:30.

I took a taxi there, and it was packed! There were hundreds of people there. they had a food area and tent, but there were so many people I decided to check it out after. A shame, because they were packing up by the time I got down there. I'm guessing they had New Years soup which is a special soup that has dumplings and rice cakes in it. They make it at my job occasionally, it's quite good.

My cab dropped me off under the bridge, but my friend got dropped off on the bridge. It's quite a long bridge, so I walked that way and we met halfway, at the second suspension portion. The crowd was so thick near the foot of the bridge. It was hard to move! But as I went further down it thinned out, so we were able to get a nice viewing spot. The sunrise was supposed to be about 7:30. We were worried it might not be that good, because it was pretty hazy out. But we were wrong; it was spectacular. People were cheering as the sun came up. I have a lot of pictures and videos. I hate getting up early but this was definitely worth it.