Bungee jumping, rafting, Mud Fest and Charles

Ok, Im going to give a brief update of things before I head to Cambodia next week.

I went rafting and bungee jumping with Amanda 3 weekends ago. The rafting was ok, not a lot of water so it wasnt very swift, but the weather was beautiful and the little water that was there was refreshing. We went through a tour group called Adventure Korea that specializes in showing Korea to foreigners. If youre ever in the area, I would definitely recommend going on any of their adventures, everything was well organized and we met a few cool people. After rafting, they had a lunch set up for us and we all relaxed before heading to the bungee jump site. Jumping was optional but I had planned on doing it since I had read about it on the website. After about an hour of waiting, I was strapped into an ankle harness and jumped from a platform located 50 meters above a river. Jumping was an awesome rush and a lot different than I remembered, probably because I was 12 the last time. If you are interested, I think a video and pictures are up on my Facebook page.

The next weekend I went with a group of coworkers, Amanda, and some Korean friends to a beach town about 2hrs south of Seoul. This town hosts a "Mud Festival" every year that has become very popular with the foreign community and is supposed to be a must do if you live here. Honestly, I expected more, it was pretty much just an excuse to party with a ton of people on the beach. There was a lot of mud (supposedly rich in minerals and trucked in from nearby) for people to jump and play in as well as paint their bodies with. It rained on Saturday afternoon so that kind of killed the mood, but it was a nice excuse to get out of the city and go to the beach. Sadly, there are no pictures of this since everyone was hesitant to bring their cameras out into the mud.

Last weekend, my good friend, Charles, arrived in Seoul. I have known him since freshman year at CofC and am really glad he decided to make the 14hr flight here. I spent the week splitting time between work and showing him around Seoul. We are leaving tomorrow with my coworker, Kyle, to go to Cambodia for my summer vacation and my bit of traveling l before I come home.

Finally, Im sure you are all happy to hear that my plane ticket has been bought and I will be home August 19th, get ready.