In Korea, people believe that an oscillating fan has the ability to kill you while you sleep. All of the fans come with a sleep timer. Check out "fan death" on wikipedia. The DUI checkpoint in Korea is quite interesting. Police funnel cars into a corridor of cones. At the entrance to the corridor, the driver sticks his or her head out the window. Without actually stopping the car, he/she blows into something that looks like a walkie talkie. In the time that it takes you to drive through the cone corridor at maybe 5mph, the results from the breathalyzer walkie talkie device have emerged, and the police officer at the other end either allows you to proceed or he cuffs-and-stuffs you. I thought it was interesting because they (the police) don't ever speak to you or ask questions, they don't ask that you stop your car, and a Korean breathalyzer looks like something from Star Trek. Live long and prosper.
These were river lanterns (pictured above) were set up for Buddha's birthday celebration. They looked really spectacular at night when they were lit, but I never had the camera handy. Below are the photo's I took from my visit to Busan for the Hyundae Beach Sand Festival. The photo's were mostly of the parade and the sand castles (I put my camera away for fear that it might get sand in it or possibly get wet). It was a fantastic time.
