As a child, I imagined flying freely in a big balloon like a heroine in a fairy tale. The desire to fly in the sky as an adult remains the same. It's exciting to imagine that you're flying in the wind with a hot air balloon instead of an airplane. The place to make that dream come true is Seokyung-ri village in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do. From this place, it floats up to the sky and flies around the Icheon plain, where the autumn light has fallen.

A balloon flying in the air with a basket in a large balloon-shaped pocket. There are three major organizations we know. There is a hot air balloon that heats the air with fire and rises to the sky, a gas balloon that fills a balloon with hydrogen or helium, and a rosiere method that is a mixture of a hot air balloon and a gas balloon. It is often the gas balloon that comes only 20-30 meters into the sky after the balloon is tied down at the event or tourist spot.

The equipment you can experience in Icheon Seogyeong-ri is a hot air balloon that warms air with fire and floats in the sky, allowing you to fly freely in the direction of the wind. It's not just an experience, but a 'flying' flying over the Icheon Plains in a hot air balloon. Rest assured that pilots who are certified by the Korea Organization Association will read and control the wind flow.

Hot air balloons move along the wind. So they fly between two to three hours after the most stable sun rises. Because of the early morning flight, the Korea Association of Associations operates a one-night and two-day program. In the afternoon of the day before the flight, stay in the village of Seogyeongsul, and prepare to take off after seeing the weather condition around 7 o'clock around dawn.

Head to the park next to Seogyeong Reservoir, a dusky dawn take-off. Envelopes, big balloons that let you fly into the sky, are placed on the floor and filled with blown air with a large fan. It's so big that I want to swell it in a circle, but in 15 minutes it's a balloon. When the goofy is filled to some extent, it burns the air with a burner to heat the air. It floats like a balloon in an instant.

The principle of a hot air balloon is very simple. Heating the air in the airbag lowers the density of the air in the bag and rises to the sky.

It's just a blue sky when you look up, and the wind flows differently depending on the altitude. The pilot checks the direction of the wind along the altitude, fires and stops, and changes the altitude to adjust the balloon.

Ride on a basket-like gondola with a snack to eat and water. Goofy shakes softly in the wind, so the gondola shakes. When the pilot fires the fire for a long time, the instrument quickly comes to mind. It is more stable than when it comes to land. In a moment, the Seogyeong Reservoir is placed under your feet and the ground crew unwinds the ropes that hold the balloon and the flight begins.

Having experienced paragliding and bungee jumping, even those who are looking at the scenery from the sky will experience a different experience when they ride a hot air balloon. The feeling of flying in the air without wearing equipment on the body can not be expressed in words. It feels like you're walking in the sky because you can float and walk around in a basket.

I was worried that it would be cold in the early morning sky, but it wasn't cold because the fire pillars rose above my head and the Onggi boiled in the basket. The village under the feet is busy starting the day, and the hot air balloon slowly swims over other worlds. Icheon is surrounded by mountains around Bing, so the wind is stable and it is the only plain in Gyeonggi-do.

The wide plains, rural villages, and wild mountains make the city look so dense when viewed from the sky. Looking down from the sky, the compartments are divided and the yellow fields are like pie slices and the house is like a toy block. I wonder what the white snowy plains are like.

As you fly early in the morning, you can see how the fog slowly settles far below the horizon. On clear days, you can see the sun rising from the horizon. It is only possible to travel on a hot air balloon while swimming in the sky in the autumn hot air balloon, and when Kim residents gather for Kim Jang-chul, they can sit down and get one Kimchi Kimchi.

Hot air ballooning flies around two thousand for an hour. Every day, depending on the wind, they fly on an average of 20km to land on the Namhan River, the Anseong River basin, or land on harvested rice fields. Most of them land on rice fields, so free flight is only possible from October to March after the harvest is over. When he flew the farthest, he even went to Chungju. As hot air balloons fly freely, ground agents will follow you from below, so don't worry about going home.

In addition to free flight flying by wind, you can experience mooring flight by connecting the land and hot air balloon, and climbing up to 10 ~ 20m above the ground. The mooring flight is mainly made up of student groups who come to Seogyeongdeul Village for experiential learning. It is the most exciting and exciting moment for children. Children's laughter, like colorful leaves, floats in the autumn sky with a hot air balloon.

Seo Kyung-ri, a take-off place for hot air balloons, is a village where you can experience various farming experiences, such as making hand tofu, soaking intestines, and catching loach. It is a good opportunity to make a deep memory with hot air balloon experience.

Let's leave to enjoy the season that is getting shorter in the middle of autumn when the colorful peak is the peak of autumn.

Seogyeongdeul Village
-Address: 75, Jinsangmi-ro 1163beon-gil, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
Contact: 031-634-1089

www.seogyeong.kr

Korea Organization Association
Inquiries: 02-711-8439
www.koreaballoon.org

Restaurants near
-Gomijeong: Icheon Rice Rice Meal / 140, Wonjeok-ro 89beon-gil, Sindun-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea / 031-634-4813
-Willow House: Saeng sirloin, Bongalbi / 2178, Gyeongchung-daero, Bubal-eup, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do / 031-631-5757
-Seogyeongdeul Tofu: Tofu cuisine / 17, Jinsangmi-ro 1178beon-gil, Moga-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do / 031-633-1701

Rooms
-West Gyeongdle: 1163 Jinsangmi-ro, Moga-myeon, Icheon, Gyeonggi-do / 031-631-1870
-Termeden: Moro-myeon, Moga-myeon, Icheon, Gyeonggi-do 988 / 031-645-2000

http://www.termeden.com/
-Icheon Boutique XYM: 1, Gyeongchung-daero 2529beon-gil, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do / 031-637-3100

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