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[jax79]

Hey, I live in Ulsan, and I'm kind of late on trying to get this together.. but I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to do this on their own and if so could they give me some pointers? I know a lot of people do this mudfest, and in organized groups and such, but I can't find an open spot here in Ulsan.

I want to try and use the public bus, so I was thinking of taking a bus from Ulsan to Daejeon on the friday night, arriving late and just trying to find a motel, far enough from the beach that there may be vacancies (even though way over priced) and then just heading to the beach on the Saturday morning.

From previous experience, can this be done?

I'm not sure on the geography and layout of Daejeon and Boryeong and the beach, I've never been there. So any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

[SeoulNate]

Getting there is super easy and you wont have trouble with that.

However, book your accommodations now. I would be really surprised if you find anything when you get there that wont cost you 200,000 won a night or more.

We did this three years ago and couldnt find any sort of place to stay at all, no matter the price we wanted to pay. Ended up sleeping on the beach.

Book something now.

[jax79]

that doesn't sound too good.
any recommendations for places to stay?

[Bibbitybop]

Adventure Korea used to have organized tours. They take care of all the reservations. CT English Cafe has a group going. Other independent people an companies have organized it on Facebook, too. I remember one year, a girl organized it on Facebook and screwed everything up by not having enough motel rooms, so try to stick with experienced companies.

[Koreadays]

all depends what day you going ..if you attend mid week.. you will find a place to stay,,. the weekends maybe not...

[busanliving]

First off, you need to get to Daecheon, NOT Daejeon for the festival. You can get a bus to Daejeon but then that is about 2 hours bus journey from the beach, from Daejeon you need to take a second bus to Daecheon which is about 20 min bus journey from the beach. Or you can take the KTX to Cheonan asan station, change trains there to Daecheon (you have to transfer to Asan station but it is simply a matter of going down to sets of esculators). This is probably the quicker way of the two, but more expensive.

Is it just for yourself you are looking? There were busses going up from Ulsan. I dont know if they are full or not now.

[sallymonster]

Getting accommodation is tricky. I secured accommodation for my group, Lost in Seoul, way back in April. There were places that were full even then. There are a lot of groups and tour businesses that book out most accommodation near the action. Also, you won't find a single pension in the Daecheon Beach area that has an English-speaking website, a website you can find on Google (use a Korean search engine like naver), or English-speaking owners. If you don't speak Korean, you'll need the help of someone who does.

At the last minute, you might be able to find a place to stay in the Boryeong city center. But you'd be at least 20 minutes away from the mudfest area, and the city center is kind of a dumpy area.

You could also get yourself a tent and go camping.

[jax79]

yeah my new plan involved going to daejeon on friday night and finding a motel, then saturday morning taking the bus (or now maybe train) to daecheon and to the festival.. then leaving later on in the day back to either daejeon or just seoul for saturday night.

thanks for everyone's help, i'm absolutely clueless on how to get there.

[jax79]

anybody have any info on getting from Daejeon to Daecheon?
buses? how often? how long it takes? how muchie?

[chungbukdo]

Double post

[chungbukdo]

[Sam Lowry]

[HapKi]

I went last year and had no trouble finding hotel rooms. I think the main difference is we went during the week, and had a car to drive around to a couple places closest to the main gate to compare prices. I'm sure on the weekend it's a lot more competitive.

[sallymonster]

[sojusucks]

If this is your first time taking the bus then you may want to ride it locally a few times to get used to everything. The major concern is knowing when to exchange buses (if you have to) as sometimes this is done in really small towns.