A Dirty Weekend
 
       
 

The next few hours became a blur as we joined a traditional Korean drumming troupe, mud-wrestled with Koreans, painted ourselves with mud, made our own mud soap, swam in the sea, went for a motor boat ride, rode a mudslide through the gapping jaws of a shark and wandered among the

 

 
 

crowds.Plenty to do even on a Tuesday. Don't be fooled into thinking all the good things happen on the weekend.
On the wall there was a prescribed method to the madness of mud bathing, an oxymoron itself. Shower, mud, sauna, shower, salt bath, hot bath, cold bath, rinse and repeat. I followed the steps to the letter and it was the most relaxing part of the day, excluding the little girl who got mud soap in her eyes and used her powerful lungs at full capacity.

 
     
   
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Press Release


- Boryeong Mud Festival Gets Grubby - ABC New
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South Korean mud festival attracts messy behavior - Wed Jul 16, 2008/ REUTERS
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Korean Mud Festival may Ban US Troops - July 16, 2008/ Headlines
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South Korea mud festival considers banning U.S. troops - July 17, 2008/ stripes
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South Korean mud festival attracts messy behavior - 2008.07.17/ NEWS
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Mud Festival in South Korea - June 19, 2008/ The Coast
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People play during 11th Boryeong Mud Festival - 2008.07.13/ CHINA DAILY
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South Korean mud festival attracts messy behavior - July 17, 2008/ People's Daily Online
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Big Breaks - Sunday Herald
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Muddy Fun in the Sun in S. Korea's Daecheon - July 20, 2008/ The Seoul Times
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Get Away From It All - 07.15.2008/ The Seoul Times
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Good Clean Fun - Jun. 19, 2006/ Time
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Mud Festival' in South Korea - BEIJINGREVIEW.COM
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Getting Down ‘n Dirty at Daecheon Beach - 07.17.2007/ The Seoul Times
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Boryeong Mud Festival Gets Grubby - 07.17.2007 / The Korea Times