I spent this weekend in the city of Daejeon, located in the centre of South Korea. It's about a 4-5 hour drive from Busan (6 hours if 90% of the people you're travelling with have a bladder the size of a small grape).
The first annual Daejeon Rock Festival took place there this weekend. It was an outdoor concert event with 2 different stages located on a beautiful pier in Daejeon. The concert went about 12 hours straight, and featured a slew of amazing local and international bands. There were over 300 international food and beer/wine vendors serving, and as you can imagine, a healthy-sized crowd ensued.
A local promotions team of foreigners living in Busan (mostly English teachers) rented a bus to take a group down on Saturday and stay overnight, so I decided to go along for the ride. I met a tonne of hilarious and interesting people who have been living in Busan for several years, mostly twenty-something year old North Americans.
The concert itself was awesome. It was a perfect night to be outdoors, and the event organizers did a great job on the venue. They managed to fill the sky with these really cool floating lanterns - the place looked like it was covered in giant fireflies.
It was great to see so many bands featuring both foreigners and Koreans playing together. Good music is good music, no matter where you're born. The concert went till the wee hours, but it was about 1am when I decided to pack it in and make my way back to the hotel. Just can't go as long as I used to in my old age...
I'm still exhausted today, but it was worth the the drive, and a great opportunity to visit a new area of Korea outside of Busan. I got home last night and realized that I haven't had a chance to post in a few days so I wanted to squeeze a quick one tonight before bed. I'll get back to a better schedule tomorrow...talk to you soon!!
p.s. One last thing, I would like to share with everyone that I am up $60 in my last 2 visits to the casino with Niki. Don't worry, I'm maintaining strong willpower and have yet to dip into my own funds. Gambling with free money is SO much more fun than gambling with hard-earned cash.
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