Seoul Girl

Head down to Boryung, south of Seoul, a west coast town.

The higlight of the city is of course the beach and the mud house. The Mud House is a day spa specializing in mud treatment facials, body massage, and bathhouse. It’s located near the beach and Tourist Information Desk. You can’t miss it!! The bathhouse costs 10,000 won. The facial costs 20,000. The full body massage costs 30,000won. I highly recommend the full body. It’s worth every won. Please make it very clear that you are only interested in your choice. If you choose the facial or full body massage, do not approach the information desk. Instead go to the other counter selling the mud beauty products. A warning for squimish North Americans. you are required to be fully naked(birthday suit) for this treatment. First, you are placed in a heated casket like a tanning bed to relax your muscles. Then you are fully lathered and massaged with the local beauty mud. Afterwards, you lie in a sauna to allow the mud to harden. Then you rinse off and then placed in a jacuzzi spa. It completes in about 2 hours.

During the day at the beach, it feels relatively calm, but the town really comes alive during late at night. There are carnival rides away from the beach, but on the beach, you can expect to see small fireworks, horse drawn carriages, miniature motorbikes, bonfires, and other festivity madness. The only thing lacking is one those creepy clowns with a killer, evil smile and blurring ” Chi gul lay”=”I am gonna kill you”

Direction:

From Express Bus Terminal(same as subway Line 3 Orange), get a ticket to Daecheon The ride takes about 2 hours. At Daechon station, buy a ticket to Boryung. The last bus of the day arrives at 10pm. Stay on the local city bus for about 15 minutes and the bus will stop at the resort town. You’ll know once you arrive, it has a carnival festivity feel.

The main road leads right to the beach.

The city hosts the annual Boryung Mud Festival in July: for further info on the festival and accommodations, check the website below.

www.worknplay.co.kr/buryeongsites/boryeongsmotels1.html