Marvin and his US friend, Abdul, booked a spot on the river bank early in the morning. According to the map we have, we should be able to see the fireworks very clearly from there...but it turned out to be one of the worst. The fireworks was 90% blocked by trees and leaves. We could barely see the fireworks, and not to mention taking photographs.
The place was so crowded that Marvin could not make it back after fetching Wena and Mich from the train station. So in the end, the attendees of this trip were only...Wit and Me. But luckily it was just only the 2 of us, because from the plot of land that we booked since early in the morning, there was only a pathetic space of around 30 sq cm that we could set up our tripods and took some decent shots. Yes, 2 tripods in such a limited space would mean that Wit's camera had to be kind of like stacked on top of mine.
I posted this shot just to show how obstructed we were. This was the best angle that we could get.
Disappointed but well...it was a learning experience. Now I know where is the best spot for Sumidagawa Hanabi and I will try it again next year.
