Around Pohang

Yesterday was my first full day in Pohang.  In the morning Fred and I had lunch across the street and then walked to the ocean.  The beach was already packed with people setting up their spots for the firework festival.  There were stages set up on the beach, tons of vendors and people from all over.  We then walked down to the market and looked around.  They had everything from meat to fish (fresh and dried), clothes to shoes and tons of random things.  Around 6:30 we met up with some of Fred's friends and went down to the beach to get our spot.  It started to rain so it cleared a little bit however miles of the beach were packed with hundreds of thousands of people.  The fireworks started at 9:30 and lasted for over an hour.  Japan, Korea, Russia and France all had their own shows that went along to music.  These were the best fireworks that I have ever seen.  

This morning we went for a little hike up the mountain overlooking the ocean.  We were able to go up in an observation tower.  Tonight we are going to go downtown for dinner and then head out to Busan in the morning.