The 18th Boryeong Mud Fest 2015

Let's get dirty.

Well this weekend started with a bang, literally!!! 9am we climbed on the bus and somebody didn't check the volume of the speakers and the first song that came up started with a big drop. Heart attack! But after that things just escalated with awesome club music and surprisingly, South African music. Strobe lights and coloured lights lighting up the bus in the tunnels. It's definitely going to be some weekend to remember.

And that it was. I had a splendid time. The group we went with was amazing. We arrived at the pension around noon. It wasn't long before we left the pension on our way to the Mudfest. We quickly grabbed something to eat, got our entry tickets And off we went. 

There was great music and so many things we could do. First we went to stand in line for an obstacle course where you start off by getting thrown with mud. And as you go through this course they also dump mud on you so by the end EVERYTHING was full of mud. There was mud in my mouth, eyes and ears. 

Thereafter we went to a mud pool where we had to dance in a circle singing a song. When the woman scream a number we had to make groups and if you're not in a group or if your group is outnumbered you get splashed with mud by everyone else. So once again mud EVERYWHERE. Next, we went to a giant slide where you had to race up with your partner. They splashed you with water at the top and as soon as you get to the bottom you were once again covered in mud. I definitely felt like a kid again. 

It reminded me of how I used to smear myself with mud as a kid at Robertson where we used to camp. It was great fun back then and awesome to relive it in a way. 

We took a mudbath and went directly to the ocean to wash all the mud off and semi clean ourselves. Splashing in the water was great fun. But with all the salt on our bodies a good shower was necessary. Knowing our pension didn't have a bath or shower a public fountain on the way home made up for that. It was quite refreshing. 

We had dinner at the pension and then headed out to find a noribong (kareoke bar). We had a blast singing all the legendary songs we have known all our life. But after being there for an hour it was time to move to the next thing. There was a big fireworks show on the beach so we headed off to the beach. It was truly amazing and really romantic. 

We played some frisbee and did some sand drawings before heading to town. 

Strolling around in town we came across a fun park with a Tornado ride and we just had to ride it. And so we did. I tried to surf this ride but that G-force pushed me right back into my seat and at one point me and King (friend) both tumbled over each other to the middle of this thing. It was great fun. 

There after most of the group went back to the pension but King and myself didn't have enough. There was a SSUM club waiting to be explored. We danced so much and had such a fun time at the club. But round 4:00am this morning it was time to head back to go to bed. We still had quite a walk ahead of us or at least at that time of night it seemed really far back home not to mention that we got lost in a parking lot. 

Thank you Leigh, Ashleigh, Mashadi,Tubs and King for making this one weekend to remember.