Mud Festival
Quick,
what did you first picture when you read the title?
A huge
area full of people flinging sticky, gloopy, viscous muck at each other? Or
maybe you're a more conservative and rational thinking person, who pictured
some slides and a pool of mud with the consistency of your poop after a
particularly dodgy Ramly burger?
At least
that's what we had in mind. I think it's fair to say we were slightly
disappointed when we rocked up to this after a 3 hour bus ride.
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Less mud,
more diluted cemenht. Where were the pools of mud that people were desperately
trying to throw each other in? How come I couldn't grab some and fling it at
unsuspecting people?
Bit of a
let down, but to be fair, what we got instead wasn't all that bad. There were
still inflatable slides, obstacle courses, wrestling pits, etc and everyone
around seemed to be having fun. The whole atmosphere was infectious and we were
desperate to be a part of it, so we entered the mud zone and slapped on some of
it on our bodies in an attempt to blend in and look like we were having fun.
Wrestling
Pit
First up
was the wrestling pit. Ahead of us in the queue were three massive guys. We
intentionally left a large, awkward gap in between us and them because fuck
that, I didn't want to go home in a wheelchair.
When our
round started I slipped and fell on my back almost immediately, much to the
delight of the Korean dude who was commentating on the proceedings. Adilet made
sure I wasn't on my feet for long right after when he grabbed my ankle out from
underneath, ensuring I enjoyed an intimate moment with the floor.
Thankfully
I managed to salvage some of my rapidly diminishing dignity by flipping him
twice and taking Aminah down, but I left that pit less of a man than when I had
entered.
Slide
This was
basically a two storey inflatable slide with mud at the bottom. I held hands
with Aminah and jumped. She didn't. We ended up spinning our way down. It was
awesome.
Beach
Party
Probably
worth staying the night for this, unfortunately we only got to experience the
one during the day, which was pretty fun anyways. They play the usual party
music but there's foam and water being sprayed at you with beach balls and
floats flying everywhere. Can't really go wrong with that combination. But you
certainly can improve it with alcohol so that's what we did.
Beach
Cold. So
cold. Float rental made sure it was fun though. With the number of people there
though I'm pretty sure the pH level of the water was all pee and no H.
Showers
Remember
Korea and it's love for dongs? Yeah.
30 naked
men, some with their kids, cramped into a showering room with no cubicles
separating each shrivelled up flaccid penis from the next, washing themselves
and each other while unabashedly holding casual conversations.
"So
where are we headed for dinner later?"
"I
don't know, lets grab some hot dogs."
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