Dog House W/ Patio

Muddy Scooty Early

I've had a very busy week, so this is going to be one hell of a post. You have been forewarned.

I started off the weekend with a smile on my face as I left my apartment at 1am Saturday morning to meet up with some other crazy folk who, like me, decided it was the best plan of action to stay up all night since the bus to the Boryeong Mud Festival left at 6:45 am. So we naturally stayed in and talked politics and had a jolly good time playing scrabble… yeah right. By the time we got to the bus we were happy to not have to drive, stay awake or use any part of our bodies (except bladders) for six hours. I managed to get off about three shots in the bus with my camera, but as soon as we pulled into the Mud Fest it died on me. Apparently the battery wasn't as charged as I thought it was. Oops. But never fear, lots of people brought their cameras and I have commandeered a few shots to share with you all.

The Mud Fest was hilarious. There were tons of people and most of them were foreign. It was sloppy, good, drunken fun. The first thing I did was jump into an obstacle course where I immediately slipped and landed on my right quad causing me to limp for the remainder of the weekend. Nevertheless, I powered through and had a great time with a great bunch of people. I expect to get more pictures as time goes by, so keep an eye out for other posts.

I returned to work on Monday (somehow) and afterwards met up with Charlie to get his belongings and his scooter (which will now be read as MY scooter). I don't have a shot of me riding it yet, but there will be plenty of those to come. A long evening of getting together and hiring out a taxi that would wait while we loaded up the trunk with everything. I finally got my scooter and took it in to the bike shop that all the foreigners go to (Ulsan Motorbike). Great group of guys there and they give us a good discount. I got it all checked up and ready to roll as well as a new helmet and a bike lock.

I started my summer schedule today, which requires me to be at work at 9am. This isn't too bad but it's much different than coming in at 2pm. I was exhausted but made it through and drove down to the downtown area to run some errands (including picking up the new Harry Potter book in English- a rare find here). It feels good to not spend ten thousand won ($10) to pick up a few items.

Okay, here are some pics:

This is Richard, my director's son. He was wearing this outfit and I had to get a picture of it, he chose the pose.

This was my pet spider in my apartment. He was a good pet, but then he disappeared…

Here's my scooter at the shop.

Here it is after my first solo drive today. Like the helmet?

One of the few pics I got from my camera on the way to mud fest.

Here's a shot of the beach we were on early on. It was packed, but not ungodly so.

A random shot of muddy folk.

Some of the Ulsanites within five minutes. This is while I was holding bags, so I have minimal mud on me.

Kevin, Heather, me, and Tamsyn after the obstacle course. Notice Dara giving me bunny ears. Damn Irish….

Posted by Schaffer at July 21, 2005 11:33 PM