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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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| I just went to Boryeong last weekend and here is the deal. You wont find much variety of food except for expensive seafood places. The pizza and good chicken places are gone. What is left is Lotteria and a couple of noodle places. If you get an umbrella at the beach, you will pay the foreigner price. I saw korean family pay 10,000 and when they got to me they asked 20. I gave them 10 and told them to piss off. Expect the dirtiest water on the year during mudfest and plenty of itching afterwards. But, if you wanna have fun, get drunk....it is a good place for it. |
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namerae
Joined: 10 Jun 2010
Location: Anyang, RoK
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Daecheon is nice in early June...good excuse to go to the beach (though I prefer Haeundae, but it's quite far). However, during Mudfest you might find it crowded, overpriced, and all that. I bring my own cooler/sandwiches and buy beer at the emart. Maybe I'm lame in that regard, but I like to do it old-style. Tent, towel, cooler, sammich, beer.
I'm going to 1 day of Mudfest but any more than that and I'd go crazy. It's too cramped/drunken/pathetic for me. |
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oppa637
Joined: 05 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Anyone want to go? |
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| The first Mud Festival was staged in 1998 and, by 2007, the festival attracted 2.2 million visitors to Boryeong |
2.2 MILLION? It sounds like many of you are going.
http://mudfestival.or.kr/english/festival/festival1.php
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It was proved by prominent research institutions such as Korean Research Institute of Standards and Science, Korean Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Taepyungyang Technology Institution, Dr. Kim, Jae-baek and the team workers in Wonkwang Univ. etc. that Boryeong Mud cosmetics have much far-infrared factors good for the human body and also have higher Germanium, Mineral and Bentonite contents compared to imported products.
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But does it taste good?  |
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sallymonster
Joined: 06 Feb 2010
Location: Seattle area
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:50 am Post subject: |
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I've been to the mud festival twice. One of those times, I organized the trip for myself and about 40 other people (I had help, of course). I'm not going this year because I'm leaving Korea.
I always tell people who ask, "Should I go to Mudfest?" to go at least once just to check it out. If you don't like it, you can always leave and never return.
But don't go by yourself; that's no fun.
And do not, I repeat, DO NOT go with Seoulite. I've heard several horror stories about them. In fact, you can save a lot of money by not using a tour company at all. But if you must, use Adventure Korea or Seoul Hiking Group. |
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Chimie
Joined: 05 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Nothing about mudfest sounds even remotely interesting.
Get dirty, get drunk with a bunch of assholes, and sit on a beach!
How about, I save my 200,000+ won, stay at home, and drink.
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Go to a different beach, have a few beers, and not have to deal with the jerks because they're all getting ripped off at Mudfest. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| It's just that at orientation they made it sound like everyone does it yet it sounds stupid. I mean, rolling around in mud? |
You have to understand about Korea and festivals. If you haven't already noticed, you may find that damn near every little county and city in this country has some kind of festival, for something. Ginseng festivals. Azelea festivals. Melon festivals. Whatever. Since, as I have noted many times before, all Korean cities of any size are exactly the same as every other Korean city of a similar size, festivals are one of the only things they can do to differentiate themselves, and potentially draw some tourists who otherwise would never come to their small, dull, identical-in-every-way town. However, because they are Koreans, the festivals are typically all the same anyway [e.g., a stage with K-Pop, shows with people dressed as large cutesy animals, tents full of adjummas selling the same crap they sell every other day, fireworks, a demonstration and competition of some kind of 'traditional' Korean thing--tug-of-war, or dancing, or those ridiculous drummers].
Even the big cities aren't immune. Busan has their film festival which they shill to the high heavens. But the other metro-sized cities keep inventing new festivals trying to get one to stick. Daejeon's gone through like half a dozen ideas and all of them basically fizzle.
A few small places hit the jackpot in terms of the festival for whatever reason. Boryong is probably the main example of this. God knows where they got the idea, but it just works to draw people. So of course every Korean is going to flog it endlessly, whether it's worthy or not. 'It's very famous Korean festival! Only one in whole world! Many foreigners go! You must go! Very fun!' etc etc. They grasp on to anything they can. They're Koreans. |
Boryeong has basically turned into a foreigner event, so this doesn't really make sense. |
almost everything that guy ever says makes no sense.
that said, paying money to go get hepatitis with a bunch of drunk foreigners? uh... no thanks. |
Hepatitis? Got my Twinrix shots before coming over. No Hep A or B for me. Yahoo!!!! Bring on the food and drink sharing..... |
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, have fun at the Mud Festival. Try not to get arrested or get any STDs. |
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JustinC
Joined: 10 Mar 2012
Location: We Are The World!
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Chimie wrote: |
Nothing about mudfest sounds even remotely interesting.
Get dirty, get drunk with a bunch of assholes, and sit on a beach!
How about, I save my 200,000+ won, stay at home, and drink.
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Go to a different beach, have a few beers, and not have to deal with the jerks because they're all getting ripped off at Mudfest. |
I'm hoping, with so many people there and by the law of averages, there'll be thousands of non-assholes, non-idiots and non-losers in the crowds. By all means save your cash and drink at home but I'm going to spend too much money and get drunk in a different setting, for a change. It's a bit like a music festival except without watching tiny, tiny pop stars from a mile away. |
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Gorf
Joined: 25 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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I suffer waygooks and military enough in daily life. Why would I want to spend hours in the cold rain rolling around in mud with a bunch of fat, dumpy white girls while skeezy Korean photographers take photos of them in bikinis, while having to listen to the "I mentally never left freshman year of college" guys talk about their ESL jobs?
Oh yeah, and mosquitoes. |
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Daegoose
Joined: 07 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:56 am Post subject: |
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| Gorf wrote: |
I suffer waygooks and military enough in daily life. Why would I want to spend hours in the cold rain rolling around in mud with a bunch of fat, dumpy white girls while skeezy Korean photographers take photos of them in bikinis, while having to listen to the "I mentally never left freshman year of college" guys talk about their ESL jobs?
Oh yeah, and mosquitoes. |
Wow, you must be the life and soul of any party  |
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Dodge7
Joined: 21 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:07 am Post subject: |
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| Daegoose wrote: |
| Gorf wrote: |
I suffer waygooks and military enough in daily life. Why would I want to spend hours in the cold rain rolling around in mud with a bunch of fat, dumpy white girls while skeezy Korean photographers take photos of them in bikinis, while having to listen to the "I mentally never left freshman year of college" guys talk about their ESL jobs?
Oh yeah, and mosquitoes. |
Wow, you must be the life and soul of any party |
No he doesn't. He's dead on. Nailed it. You must be one of "those" people he's talking about. |
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cronolegs
Joined: 01 Feb 2012
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Nothing wrong with people with who like a party, and nothing wrong with people who don't.
A festival of this nature sounds like a drinking festival. I don't think you can criticize people for enjoying getting drunk and acting like idiots on an occasion like this.
For me I am hoping for a playground of bouncy castle slides in the mud.
Simple as that....
If not then I will embrace the drinking competitions for a weekend  |
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sirius black
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:22 pm Post subject: Re: A question about the Mud Festival |
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| I just want to ask about the Mud Festival. It seems like almost a mandatory event. Is it worth going? Is it like a spring break kind of event? TIA |
I know you asked people for an opinion on whether to go or not but really its really about what YOU want.
Basically, it has a spring break type of vibe to it. Lots of drinking, 'fun' (depending on what you deem fun). Knowing that, YOU decide if its something you want to do. For some people its a must for some they avoid it like the plague. Its not bad or good, it is what it is and everyone can decide its for them. |
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DejaVu
Joined: 27 Jan 2011
Location: Your dreams
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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HAHA! I just looked at the posters on that website. The first year it was three Korean women gently massaging each others faces with mud.
It slowly evolved into foreigners screaming and jumping on each other.
Looks like it could be fun (except for everything being overpriced) |
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