I am back after a brief break, as we had family visiting us for the Nepali festival of ‘Dashain', but more on that later. I got to visit plenty of places in Seoul with them and this was our trip to Youido Park. Above is Building no. 63, which at 249 meters (817 ft) high is the 3rd tallest building in South Korea. It represents “Miracle on the Han River” symbolizing the nation's rapid economic achievement in the late 20th century. However, our destination that day was to the take the ferry ride on Han River in order to see the rainbow waterfalls at Banpo bridge.
This is three generations of the men in our family walking in the park, while we waited for the evening ferry ride. 
The Han River looked beautiful with flowers along the shore and I even saw some people rushing about on jet skis, which looked really exciting.
Far off in the horizon you can see Seoul Tower standing tall and majestic in the background.
I had a great time munching snacks and relaxing with my mom and my grandparents, while my dad went to buy tickets for the ferry ride.
Eventually, I got restless and decided to accompany my dad to the ticket counter.
As the evening drew closer, the colorful lights slowly started to come out like fireflies in the night.
Customary pose with my mom, though I was far more interested in the water.
This one is more like ‘my’ pose and I was getting impatient to go on the ferry ride.
As more lights started to appear…it was time for us to head to the ferry. We took one with a concert on the way to see the rainbow water show at Banpo bridge. 
Ferry lights was awesome. I had a fun time running down the sideway till more and more people started filling in. There were certainly more local tourists than foreigners.
The dazzling lights reflected on the dark water surface also made for a pretty picture. 
There were a lot of couples on the ferry who seemed enchanted by the romantic ambience. One guy even proposed to his girlfriend on the ferry.
As we approached the Banpo bridge, people started flocking to the front of the deck with the South Korean flag fluttering in the wind. I was excited wondering what was going to happen next…
and……. Tada! This was the spectacular event everyone was waiting for with bated breaths and oh so well worth the wait. The rainbow of water colors gushing down to the river and lighting it up in a myriad of colors was spectacularly beautiful.
Then the colors changed and everyone was spellbound and gushing with joy.
The other ferry got so close to the water rainbow that I am sure the passengers must have gotten soaked.
The show just went on and on with colors that kept changing from one spectrum to another and the waterfall that kept fluctuating from high to low and undulating like a giant sea serpent.
This gentleman was the one man concert on the ferry and the ladies enjoyed singing along with him and clapping to the beat. He was singing Korean love songs and ended with the popular Korean folk song ‘Arirang'. 
I highly recommend that you go watch this wonderful feast for sore eyes at least once if you are in Seoul. For more information on the ferry ride you can visit their official website - http://www.hcruise.co.kr/xe/home (but this website is not entirely in English, so check this other one as well for more - http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=266932). 
and once again this is your faithful blogger Kaibu signing off and I promise to keep you all posted in the future…
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