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bgreenster · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Location: too far from the beach

Hey~ this is my first year over here, so I'm hoping to get some info on the mud festival in July. I'm looking over the website, but was hoping to get some insight from people who have done it/know about it. I am definitely planning on going, although I clearly won't be able to get the week off Sad

Anyway, I'm assuming that I should start booking things now, since I heard that it was extremely popular. Any thoughts on places to stay/best day(s) to go/anything along those lines would be awesome. Thanks so much, and if anyone is trying to get a group of fun people together to go check out the scene, please drop me a line!

Kongbae~

princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

Call me a snob, but do you really want mud that's been all over everyone else to be on you, too? It seems quite nasty and germy to me.

seoulsucker · Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject:

Pissed rain all week last summer, which kind of sucked, but it was still a good time. I'll probably go back again.

Get your train tickets well in advance, get there as early as possible on the day you're going, and you shouldn't have trouble finding a decent A/C 민박 (min-bak) that can sleep up to 10 people. Nothing luxurious, but is a cheap place to crash.

Shop around on the beach and you'll be good to go. I've only had problems when I booked in advance and found that the place was a fleabag roach motel, despite the awesome pics on their website.

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 11:46 pm Post subject:

Masta_Don · Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Location: Hyehwa-dong, Seoul

Haven't been myself, but I hear it's very touristy. I saw a video on the site and 70% of it was of foreigners and the rest were Korean performers. That said, I'm going to try and go this year. Especially since I won't get my touristy fix becuz I'm skipping Pentaport this year.

bgreenster · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Location: too far from the beach

1) i think i'll be ok with the touristy thing... i haven't really done anything touristy over here, and i could maybe go for being around a ton of foreigners. maybe i'll regret that thought, but personally, i have no problem with debauchery and drunken waeguks playing in mud.

2) there are very few things more fun than mud, especially combined with booze. back home, we used to go mudsliding whenever there was a heavy rain/hurricane. how is it more germy than walking where other people walk/breathing polluted air?

seoulsucker- thanks for the tip... just to clarify, i should be ok then as long as i can book a train down there? and how long do most people stay? just for a day/couple of days? i'm so clueless, its sad... and unfortunately, the people i work with aren't really the mud festival sorts so i can't get much info from them...

thanks, guys, for the replies-

princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

seoulsucker · Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 1:35 am Post subject:

VERY touristy. More like 80% foreigners, and drunk ones at that.

If I see another group of Canidiots chanting "Dae-han-min-guk!" inside the Mud Jail this year, I'm going to boycott the festival forever.

Best part?

조개구이 (shellfish on the grill) and pig on a spit in the tents. F'n awesome. Don't miss out on that.

Masta_Don · Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Location: Hyehwa-dong, Seoul

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf