For our second night at the MVL Hotel we were told we would be staying on the 5th floor. I thought we were being downgraded to cheaper rooms from our first night on the 10th floor. However, it was to be the complete opposite! The 5th floor room was a Balcony Suite Room. First you enter a living room with a traditional floor dining table. There was a mini kitchenette and mini bar area. There was a large flat screen tv facing the long couch and lounge area. Next th...

Sunday morning officially our two day tour of the expo site had ended and we were going to tour the region around the coast. However, since I arrived a day late from Daegu on Friday nite I wanted to go back and spend Sunday exploring more of the Expo site. We had to hand in all our press passes since we had only reserved them for the two days previously. After some negotiation I was able to get one back for Sunday. I hadnt planned on going back to the Internation...

International Pavilion C Ground Floor continued the Arabic theme and housed The Sultanate of Oman, and Qatar. It was now almost 9pm and they were both closed. Oman ===== After a lot of attempts, Oman insisted I could not go in now but gave me a flag pin. Qatar ===== They were also closing the main doors. Again after insisting I only needed to take a couple of photos they reluctantly let me in There were several Sheikhs in traditional robes gathered by the exit wa...

A major highlight of the Yeosu Expo is the nightly Big-O show. This is a fanfare consisting of lights and water jets. They create a myriad of patterns. If you have a good view I believe images are also projected into the centre of the Big-O As this is one of the most popular events its quite difficult to get a good view. People begin camping out at the good spots from before nightfall in anticipation of the 9pm daily show. I was quite a distance and it was still ...

International Pavilion D Ground Floor housed Peru, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, and China Thailand ======= Thailand had an interesting video screen outside which has periodical performances from a dancer. The walls are also decorated with traditional walls murals such as in the Bangkok Royal Palace and giant statues. To enter are giant gold painted doors with more detailed artwork. This leads you to a hall with a giant mermaid. As the movie plays the mermaid comes...