Photo: Boryeong Mud Festival, Daecheon Beach

In July 2007, my friend Rob and I spent an absurd weekend at the annual Boryeong Mud Festival, held on Daecheon Beach in South Korea. The entire stretch of Daecheon Beach was packed with tourists, and there were probably more foreign tourists than Koreans. Nearly everyone was both entirely covered in mud and thoroughly intoxicated. We had expected something along the lines of mud baths... imagine our surprise when we found buckets of mud and accompanying paintbrushes!