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July 25th 2009
Summer is in full swing and what better way to enjoy some sun than at the beach. Annually Boryeong, some two and a half hours by train South of Seoul, holds a mud fest. Yes, an excuse for just about every westerner in South Korea to hit the beach and get silly and dirty....it’s a recipe for fun! 7:40 am, excitement at an all time high and time to taxi to the train station. We got lucky that our seasoned mud festing mates organised us train tickets so that we weren’t subjected to a gruelling 6 hour bus ride! Getting to the station was proving to be a little challenging though cause Megum is a little quiet at that time of the morning, in fact we had to knock on the window of a snoozing ajoshie ... read more
July 20th 2009
Well this is the third year that we have gone to the "Boryeong - Mud Festival", last year I did not take any pictures because when we went a Typhoon hit the cost. This year it rained so hard the first weekend, it is monsoon season now, so we went on the last weekend, although it did not rain the entire day, it was very very windy. But it was still very fun seeing everybody covered in mud we also ate lunch at our favorite restaurant, it is a shell fish joint with a hole in the middle of your table were the put charcoal, a screen goes over it so you can cook your shell fish, we got mostly claims about eight scallops, this is an All-you-can-eat, we had four helpings, we brought our own ... read more
Boryeong Mud Festival: Living up to the Hype
Published: July 14th 2009Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do » Boryeong
July 14th 2009
Months ago, things started popping up on facebook like, “Korean Mudfestival 1 friend is a fan.” More recently I’ve had conversations like, “Do you know mud festival? Very famous in Korea.” Even more importantly, sandwiched between Turkey’s Camel Wrestling Festival and the UK’s Cheese Rolling Festival, the Boryeong Mud Festival ranks 3rd on a London newspaper’s list of the url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/festivalsandevents/5188191/The-worlds-weirdest-festivals.html?image=2 ‘World’s Weirdest Festivals.’ I’m also proud to mention that the Testy Fest in Montana made the same list at number fourteen; I know the ridiculousness of that place too well, so we can only imagine what kind of sillyness Korean has in store for their version of the world’s weirdest! The Boryeong Mud Festival is an annual bash that t... read more
June 18th 2009
Hi! Here are a couple pics from our hike a couple weeks ago. I thought I'd put them up while I was at it. I hope you enjoy! ... read more
June 17th 2009
Hello!! So I have been pretty lazy on the blog front. I feel as if I have more photos than stories. Perhaps the photos will jog a story or two. So check out my photos for details. Gym day was tons o’fun. No class and loads of fun things to watch. I attached a video of a dance the grade 3’s and 4’s put on. The teacher who choreographed the routine is a good friend. You can see her in the bottom left of the video directing the kids. There was a grade 6 race where they had to pick up a piece of paper and do what the paper says before they could cross the finish line. For example, take someone’s left shoe. So they would have to borrow some ones left shoe and then ... read more
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June 17th 2009
Hello again! So about a month ago Jonathan and I were taken to a national park on the coast of our province, Chungnam-do by Suk and Mi wa (Jonathan’s co teacher and old co- teacher, who we are now referring to as our Korean family). We had a jam packed day of fun stuff. We left at the ungodly hour of 6 am in order to beat the rush to this marine national park. The park was hosting a flower festival and it was all the rage. We got there at 8 and it was pretty busy. There were line ups to see flower exhibitions. I felt like we were at an amusement park. We quickly learned that all the cool flower displays were outside and as usual waiting in lines is for suckers. I think ... read more
June 15th 2009
Hello Hello. Well it looks like I better get cracking! It’s been a while since I last wrote and I seem to have accumulated so many photos over the past two months that I’m trying to establish the chronology of events….Ah yeh Nonsan Dalgi Chuktche. Easter weekend, it’s so weird being in a country that has absolutely no Easter. I mean how on earth can you celebrate Christmas and no Easter that’s just totally not right, anyhow that was the case here in the Republic, not a single acknowledgment of the event, in fact not even a retailers acknowledgment so not a single Easter egg was to be found and definitely no Good Friday or Easter Monday and no family time! Kinda weird to look back and think that a year ago I was lapping up ... read more
May 21st 2009
Over the long weekend in early May we decided to spend our time island hopping in Chungcheongnam-do province. We started our trek on Anmyeondo, the largest of the islands. One of my students had written a journal about a beautiful flower festival that was happening on the island so we decided to check it out. "Floritopia 2009" turned out to be a collection of different flower displays and a few showcases of flowers from around the world. All in all, Flowertopia was just like strolling through a public park back in Canada. Only with a few thousand of our closest friends. As evening approached we decided to head down onto the beach to scope out a potential camping site. I like to think I was a great sport about camping, but Jeff might tell a different ... read more
May 4th 2009
Shanny Surprise! So last week Jonathan and I headed to the airport to pick up Mommy Peters. We were waiting off to the side by the doors, and forgetting that she had to go through customs, we ended up waiting a fairly long time. I looked away for a second and turned back thinking that I was seeing things, delusional maybe from starring at the gates for so long. When it finally hit, that I was looking at my sister, I screamed and then I believe I yelled “what the F***!” as everyone in the airport looked at me. What a surprise! I cannot believe everyone was able to keep this a secret from me for so long. Best B-day present ever!! The Peters women were together again! We took the long bus back to Buyeo, ... read more
April 11th 2009
The weekend before mom and Shan came to Korea, Jonathan and I went to Songnisan National Park with his two co-teachers. We partook in a 6 hour hike. It was pretty serious. After 3 hours we finally managed to reach the top. There was an extra 200 meter hike to a higher outlook. I thought, hey, I made it this far and now we only have to go down, of course I should run up there. Glad I did; it was a lovely view. Although it was a perfectly clear day the visibility was a little poor. We were told that it was yellow dust. Sand blows off the Gobi desert and ends up in Korea. It's called yellow dust season here. We were for warned of the horror stories of yellow dust season. Other English ... read more
