We left at 7am on Saturday morning, to meet the tour group in Yangje. We arrived in Yangje at 8:30 and were off on the big tour bus by 9am. The ride to Boryeong was 3 hours. When we arrived, It was pouring down rain and the pension/hotel wouldn't let us check-in until 2pm. We had to walk around the festival with all our bags in the rain. Once we got into the room, we changed and get ready to get dirty in the mud! The moment we walked out of the pension, the sky became clear and it was beautiful for the rest of the weekend.
The festival was held right on the beach and it was only a 5 minute walk from our pension. We got to the festival and immediately lathered ourselves in mud. The actual mud is in a field about 5 miles down from the festival site. So, they have big trucks that ship the mud in and dump it into tubs for people to put on themselves. Or if you were in our group, have mud fights and splash each other. There were slides and obstacle courses for people to go on, but the lines were so long that it wasn't worth it. You could also mud wrestle in either a pool of mud or a pool of water to clean off. We opted for the beach and the sea instead. This beach was so clean and the water was a perfect temperature. For some reason, the water makes me feel like a kid again and I love splashing around and doing flips in the water!
After our fill of getting muddy, we went back to the pension and got ready for dinner. We had pizza and chicken at a restaurant and then went out to explore the city at night. Boryeong is a small beach city, that is definitely not prepared for as many people that showed up for the weekend. Everything was packed or sold out. The people I went with wanted to go out to the clubs/bars, but I went home and rested. It was tiring getting muddy and playing in the water!
The next morning, everyone was passed out from a fun night, but I woke up at 8am. So, I went on an adventure to the beach and took pictures of the festival before it got busy again. It was very hot and sunny before 10am, so it was time to go swimming! I ended up getting muddy one last time, which led to a paparazzi moment. I was with my friend's girlfriend who is Korean and we started a mud fight. Immediately, we had six photographers from the festival take multiple pictures of us. I was really skeptical, but they said that they want pictures of Koreans and foreigners interacting and bonding at the mudfest. Maybe next year our picture will be on the brouchure!!
At 3pm, it was time to clean off the mud and get back on the bus. I arrived at my apartment at 8:30pm and realized how exhausted I was from the fun weekend. Mudfest was great and I recommend it to anyone who will be in Korea next year. It is definitely something to experience!
Other than the dirty weekend, school is going great. We are preparing ourselves for vacation starting next week. That means we have to get everything done before Wednesday and then Thursday I will be on a plane to Jeju Island! I am so excited to get back on the beach! Six weeks from tomorrow will be my last day at ECC. I can't believe how fast this is going and how much more I have left to do!
The Rommie and I after our first mudding
Playing in the mud water
Hanging with the gals
