Muuido... Part 2 Arrival!!

So after a disastrous Friday night we woke up early and caught the bus out to the airport. We were meeting up with everyone at the McDonalds in the airport... We got there and lo and behold there were about 30 people travelling with us!! So after waiting around for an hour we start to head out. The first step is to find the correct bus to take us to the Muuido ferry. We must have looked pretty odd! We were a group of 30 foreigners following each other around up and down the escalators since we kept getting on the wrong floor. After about 15 minutes we finally find the right bus stop and wait for the bus. This is a picture of the group we went with. Tina and I are way in the back. I am the one with the sunglasses on.

So after awhile the bus came and we all piled in! It was standing room only!

The bus took us to the ferry and then that was our next method of transportation.

This is me on the ferry. It was such a beautiful day!!! This was also thanksgiving weekend

So after the 5 minute ferry ride (ya it was really short... if you didn't mind getting wet you could easily swim over) we had to wait for yet another bus to take us to the beach. The ride on this bus was crazy!! The driver went really fast on a winding road where people were walking. I thought for sure we were going to kill someone! The road was really bumpy as well. We make it to the beach and arrive safetly. Now part of the reason why I wanted to go on Friday was because of a catching fish with your bare hands competition that was happening in the morning.

Unfortunately as we arrived all the Koreans were packing up their fish and leaving. I was sad to miss it but it was hillarious watching people carrying huge bags of freshly caught fish.

The next step upon arrival was to rent out a little shack on the beach. Tina and I shared one with two other girls. It was 40 000 won for the shack so about 8 CAD each for the night. Not to shabby! The floors of the huts were heated which was totally necessary at night as it got quite cold. This is what the shacks looked like.

The tide was out so we walked through the muck. It felt soooo neat on your feet and there were little crabs everywhere burrowing into the mud. We all had some beers and decided to play volleyball with our makeshift net and soccer ball we found.

There was such a beautiful sunset that night!

We all got dinner on the beach. I was actually kind of disappointed with the seafood we had. It was okay but I have had better. The shrimp looked really cool while we were cooking them.

So that night we started several bonfires and this man kept telling us to put them out and eventually he called the police and they said we could have the fire but to not get anymore wood... but the really funny thing is the old man's reason for us to not have a fire... He was afraid that North Korea would find us because of our fire... a plane would fly over and bomb us because of the fire... now a barbecue was totally fine. The light from that would not attract the North Koreans because people were cooking over it.... and all the blaring lights set up on the beach... well that would not attract them either... the only thing that would attract them was a small campfire! Oh Koreans....

The next morning Tina and I went sea shell hunting. It was nice to walk in the muck again and we found some pretty cool shells. It was once again a beautiful day! It was soooo warm I could not believe it.

The only sad thing that we both felt was that we were missing thanksgiving with our families that day.

This is me squishing my toes in the muck. We left shortly after this and made the trek from bus to ferry to bus to airport bus to subway home! It was a long trek but definitely worth it and I plan to go back many times next summer!