Mudfest

Well folks, sorry for the late post. I am sitting here a couple days after mudfest, and after a full recovery. I did not take my camera out for fear of the poor thing, but a friend of mine was there and took a few pictures, and one with me in it (for proof.) That I'll put up.


The first part of the trip we went to a mud training course where we all put on army duds and did mud wrestling, chicken fighting (its a korean thing) and other mud related shenanigans. The losers had to pay the price.

Thanks to my natural athleticism (and dangerous charm), I rarely had to take a punishment, though our team did lose our first round of chicken fighting and had to do a few pushups in the mud. It only served to put war into our minds. 

Some guy actually broke his leg at the training course (kind of puts a damper on the celebration) I didn't see it happen but some scottish gents (and good ole boys as well) that we ended up hanging out with a bit were with him at the time. Considering the things they were having us do, I'd be surprised to hear thats not a common occurrence. They had a giant blow up ring set up in the middle of these acres (upon acres) of mud that we had to throw people out of royal rumble wrastlin' style. I bruised up my wrist pretty bad, but I'm surviving well. 

After that we headed to the beach, had a few beers and a few hours relaxing on the beach and swimming. There were mud slides and and colored mud painting. Some people got really into the mud paint with their countries flag painted on them or other designs. No pictures of that but heres a few of the mud. 

At night there was a lot of drinking, and way too much soju for any of us. I got a little....well I had a bit of a good time followed by a much worse one. They had a concert where Korean pop group Super Junior played (I know it's hard to believe, but those are all guys.) But I don't really remember much of the concert. I got separated from the group and couldn't find the hotel, and ended up sleeping in some conference room of a different hotel I had made my way too. When I woke up the next day I had no idea where I was, and it turns out I was about a forty minute walk away from the beach where we were staying. Laying off the Soju for a little while, I think. Once I found the rest of the group we packed our stuff, laid on the beach for a bit more, and then went home. 

And thats about it for now. A week from today I will be on a plane to Cambodia, expect a big post afterwards. Ankgor Wat may possibly be the coolest looking place on Earth. I've only circumstantial evidence of that so far, but I'll be back with something more than conjecture soon enough. I may or may not post this upcoming weekend, so hold off, (if you can) for there's surely more to come. 

 

Cheers.