Saturday, March 10, 2007

Our First Blog....

This is the start of our "Blogging" experiment!

The fun of Chinese New Year - 10 million people shooting off fireworks at once!  This went on practically all night for days.  This video is of midnight, on the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Click the video to start playback...

 

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7 comments:

Andie Mitchell said...

WOW!!!! That was amazing! Weren't you just a little scared or perhaps uncomfortable that something might hit you?... I would be pretty nervous. Thanks so much for sharing! I LOVE the video idea!! ...
WOW!!!! That was amazing! Weren't you just a little scared or perhaps uncomfortable that something might hit you?... I would be pretty nervous. Thanks so much for sharing! I LOVE the video idea!!!!

Nikki said...

Wow! The video is awesome. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near street level during Chinese New Year. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! The video is awesome. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near street level during Chinese New Year. Thanks for sharing.

Pat Gottschalk said...

Hey Guys, Thanks for the first hand show!! Book me at bed for 2008! I know the place fills up quick and fireworks are my favorite thing!

BobGottschalk said...

The kids are always cute and interesting how they enjoy other kids and their reactions. We used to go down to the West View park every 4th of July and they had a fireworks show and patriotic music with them and sometimes a classical piece. It was fun and free.

Pics are great.

Dave said...

Talk about a never ending finale! That is AWSOME! Are fireworks much cheaper in [asia]?

RoaringLambs said...

Ha ha... Fireworks are much easier to get - and much cheeper too!

Dale Thurston said...

June 13, 2009 Fireworks may have been in Chinese life 1000 years. The blog displays chaos and the coments above are mild (IMO). Would like an acrostic which is almost correct: Christ Has All Our Solutions. Problem is "Has" must be "Is". Feel free to moderate my comments. I was pleased with the other one.

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