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Our friend Lee and Yoony are the founders of Flaming, the most popular fire performing team in South Korea. For over 6 years they perform in many events such as TV shows, theme parks, cultural gathering … Their performances use many fire effects; injections, dragon breath and fireworks. He invited us to be part of his team for a month or two after eclipse festival.<\/span><\/p>\n Lee shared with me about Korea, and told me not to have big expectation about his country and his people, we are\u00a0mainly\u00a0there to perform.<\/span><\/p>\n After 2 weeks in Indonesia, landing in Seoul early morning of march 17th is much of a thermal shock.<\/span><\/p>\n Though\u00a0my first impression fitted\u00a0to his description, as Seoul is a big city and our way from the airport to his home looks like any other big city with little charm. But as the days passes and my understanding of Seoul, Korean culture and hospitality grew, i got to really much like this country.<\/span><\/p>\n First of all the food is amazing, in the past weeks we tried so many different kind of dishes. Frozen pickled raw crab, tofu soup, organ soup, Kimchi (pickled cabbage), bibimbap (rice and vegetable), topoki (rice cake in spicy sauce), Fish cake, kimbap (Korean maki), ChiBe (fried chicken and beer) and so many other i don\u2019t remember the name but the taste.<\/span><\/p>\n For drinking is much smoother than in China, there are two kinds of local alcohol that i know you can find anywhere in Korea: Makeli, a traditional fermented rice wine at 6 degrees, and Soju, an other rice wine at 17 degrees that is much like a smooth vodka to me. I must say I love getting drunk in Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n Korean are very hospitable and helpful. Lee and Yoony our host did a great job hosting us, showing us around and sharing with us their culture. treated\u00a0us to try local speciality and their favorite restaurant, shared family meals\u00a0 They are always trying to think for us in order to make us feel comfortable and home-like.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t