There is something special and spirit lifting about covering yourself in mud. Diving face first into a big puddle of watery gray matter, only to come up with a huge grin on your face. That was what the Mud Festival at Daechon beach was like. I don't think I have looked forward to being so dirty in my whole life, or have I ever been so dirty in my whole life, maybe in a rainy soccer game, or rubbing dead sea mud on my arms, but even then I did not have mud all over my head and face like I did this weekend. The Mud Festival is one of the biggest events in all of South Korea, and seems to be a mecca for "white folks". I use that term loosely here, because there seemed ... read more

Where to begin, My last blog I talked about the waterpark, and then left a cliff hanger for what happened on the weekend. Well I'm going to try and clear all that up, and anything that I left out that happened even before the waterpark. So hopefully this doesn't come to jumbled.... Our school that we work for is having a hard time opening the doors, they seem to be waiting on government certificates about the building they built, and need to do the finishing work on the inside, right now it looks like the school is about 3/4's done. We were supposed to start teaching July 14th, or at least get some of the kids in and do introductions. We had a meeting with the owners two days ago and they told us that the ... read more

Well We made it last night, The total travel time was only 21 hours!, but was not so bad for the fact that Justin and I were bumped up to business class 1 hour into the flight which was awesome , (the free drinks helped the situation too). When we arrived we were greeted by a member of the school and drove us about an hour and half to the school where the owners, 3 Korean teachers and the supervisor were all waiting for us. It was such a warm welcome and I immediately felt comfortable. After Justin and I settled into our apartments we went to a restaurant that is just down the street from my place, and had a huge spread of bulgogi beef, kimchi, rice and about 12 different side dishes. Needless to ... read more