Goyang Flower Festival 2015 Ep. 14: The Special Package

We purchased the package from Timon online shopping where we could get a discounted price fo both the flower festival and Aquarium in Ilsan. 

Of course. ..it's relatively cheaper.

We got to go to the Timon counter to show that we paid it online in order to receive the tickets.

then...let's go explore! 

It's about 2 pm and...boy it's windy...and a bit hot. Bearable, though.

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Bug-eyed Freya....

It surely ticked us to see what's in store for us in this year's exbexhibition!

The tank (the real one) and DMZ to denote this year's theme: flower and peace. 

DMZ clad in flowers.

Goyang Flower Festival 2015 Ep. 10: Slides to Cherish

These are the pics of our time....visiting this annual flower expo.

Goyang Flower Festival 2015 Ep. 9: German Pavilion

The simple design of horticultural show from German couldn't have been better.

It does show the Germany in its own sense.

The backdrop is simply a statement what Germany would look like in the image of the onlookers.

We couldn't have been happier as well.

Hmm....you liked it, right?

Goyang Flower Festival 2015 ep. 5

we're having fun indeed.

It's one of the ways we celebrate the Children Day.

Taking Eyra Freya to Goyang city.

Goyang International Flower Festival (Finale)

Before we went home, we took some more group pictures since we knew that it would be a long way for us to think and consider coming back here again unless....there is another better or greater exhibition.^^ 

The whole group. Om Wawan and his wife, me and my family.

May 4, 2013. Goyang City. 

This one, a vertical-shaped size pic. 

One more pic. of tulip fields which somewhat became the pseudo-symbol of national flower here.^^ of course, I am just kidding...but judging from the mere fact that similar tulip festivals being held simultaneously across the peninsula....has somewhat given me a vague idea as to whether it is time to call tulip as one of Korea's national flower.^^ 

On our way back home on subway. Look how deserted the subway was. Well..we were taking the wrong subway....and that's the reason as to why it was deserted. oh well..it's a looooooooooooooooooooooooooong story.

Goyang International Flower Festival (Part 10): Indonesia Pavilion

We came to Indonesia pavilion where the main attraction was the splendor of Indonesia's rarest flora of all. 

No wonder...lots of people would take their time and anticipation to see what Indonesia had to offer. Was it really worth-waiting and worth-looking at? Hmmm... 

Even the booth itself was named "Rare Plants Pavilion" where Indonesia occupied the main entrance which undoubtedly gave it a boost of interests and curiosity...(including me myself) *chuckles* Well, I never see it before my own eyes...because who would've been into the dense tropical forest of Sumatra to deliberately see this Carrion Flower or Titan Arum....which I thought it was Raflesia Arnoldi: dubbed to be the biggest flower in the world, and wait....it also boasts itself to be the most-oh-Nooooo-smelling flower in the world. But, no...the on being displayed here was Carrion Flower or gosh...what is it? Amorphophallus titanum . yeah right..it's so phallic in appearance.^^

That's why It indeed intrigued a lot of queues just to see the rarest flower of all. 

Okay...we got to say goodbye to the Goyang International Flower Festival. 

Before that..let's take another picture, girls!!! 

Goyang Flower Center complex that hosted this year's celebration.

Till we meet again next year? ^^ or in between?

Thanks for having hosted this wonderful event in Spring 2013.

Goyang International Flower Festival (Part 9): Inside the Pavilion

It was a bit warm and bright outside that we needed to soothe ourselves with the cooling breeze of indoor pavilion. Like many other exhibitions, we were ushered into the supposedly attractive-looking displays of flowers and flowers...even those in neon bulbs.  

The pavilion was sure huge enough to accommodate hundreds of contestants both domestic and international ones.  

Flower-airium (aquarium^-^) I mean...it was such a cool way to dazzle the first-timers. 

Oh, they have a term for it: ecopot!!!!!   e-copot!^^ 

Had I taken the picture with a better digital camera, I would've been able to capture the flickering effect emitting from the posted artificial flowers. 

Eyra was trying to wake up the chirping birds nested on the perch of (another) artificial flower and tree.^^ 

Ecuador, India,....and other participatory countries showed off their best of agricultural ..er..I mean...flora diversities to the visitors.  

Not a good angle to take the picture...but at least I got a glimpse of what ASEAN-KOREA CENTER had to offer to its visitors.

Each ASEAN member country showed off her characteristic flower in an educational booth that occupied a large amount of space inside the pavilion.

Goyang International Flower Festival (Part 8)

It would not have been a stereotypical Korean Festival without the presence of samulnori performance. So, here it was. The un-mistakenly loud-banging sound indeed lured people and spectators to gather around the performers. 

It was one of those lively performances where people would surely be hooked onto this ear-splitting sounds (especially for first timers), but for those who have got so accustomed to the rhythm of samulnori, it would definitely and easily be associated with the sounds of vibrant and lively dynamism. 

Goyang International Flower Festival (Part 7)

Another parasols (this time the red ones!! remember the purple ones on way in right before entering the main gate?) dotted the landscape near the lake. Beyond: lots of people in life-jackets were waiting for their turn to take on a lake-bicycle (that's how I describe it).

Lunch time. No wonder...lots of people crammed into this area.  

Found one! 

These ones, too. Found the gems tucked into the bushes of the scattered gardens.

Little cute wooden hedgehog family!!!~.~ 

Back to lake jetty where people were about to board the lake bicycle. If only it were not over-priced, we'd take the challenge. ^^ 

Oh, well..at least we could see it from afar.^^ 

The Goyang-ers must be so proud of having a lake within its downtown. 

Goyang's celebration of its 600th year of what? ..gee I should have known.

(choices to select from: a) independence  b) being founded  c) foundation 

d) establishment e) setting up  d) ... you name it.