Here is the admiral that we came to celebrate. He defeated the first Japanese invasion in the 1500s when the Korean government (that was corrupt at the time) was ready to give in. He is probably the biggest Korean military hero.
This is the turtle ship with which Admiral Yi defeated the Japanese. It is famous for all those spikes on the top which made it almost impossible for other armies to board.
I don't know if you can fully understand the size of this flag, but it was huge! Koreans have a lot of pride in their country, which is great. (and funny when they tell you things like 'we have 4 seasons!' like that is an amazingly special thing)
This was the water park area. To be in this area we had to wear a life jacket. I think I have worn a life jacket more often in Korea in the past 2 months then in any 2 years at home.
Here we are having fun in our life jackets.
There were lots of activites at the festival. Here I am on the banana boat getting a friend of mine behind me very wet :) These rides were not like they would be at home -- where the driver would try to flip us. In Korea, since most people can't swim, they make sure we stay on.
We were told before going to the festival area that there would be balloon rides. This is the balloon :)
These pictures are of the Korean Navy Drill Team. They are ranked as 3rd world wide and were very cool to watch. They performed on the Saturday night of the festival.
It was such a beautiful night out by the boat where we stayed. Those lights were great.
The beautiful night and a bit of soju and some beer led to us having some fun. Here is Shannon being sexy.
And here I am posing with the ships ropes, but I started laughing just as Shannon took the photo. It was interesting trying to take the photos because we couldn't see anything on the camera before the flash went off.
So after a fun night we went to bead on the boat. A little bit of a close quarters kinda place. There were 6 beds in our room, but hey they were comfy and I did sleep for the few hours I was allowed to.
Is it sinking?
The next morning we went on a ferry ride to Hansando in the Hallyeo Maritime National Park. The ferry ride was short (so no sea sickness worries for people), but there were some interesting sights on the way (like the 2 ships above).
It was a beautiful island and the easiest walk that Seokjin has ever taken us on. So Shannon and I decided that we would need to check in with him to see if he was feeling ok -- we didn't realize he knew walks like that existed in Korea.
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