Muuido (May 13&14, 2006)

One of the first trips that I took away from Seoul was to Muuido Beach. It’s a beach on an island near Incheon (north of Seoul). Mel had set up the trip with a few of the friends she’s met while in Korea. The trip took about four hours on a few different busses to get to the beach, and I don’t know if I could make it back there by myself. The beach was really nice, even though it was pretty cold outside.
There were about 15 foreign teachers there, and we all stayed in a few little one-room huts with no furniture, but they had heated floors. The one thing that makes this island famous, is that there is a house on it that is used in a Korean soap opera. Other than that there isn’t much except a few restaurants and a convenience store. The toilets were squatters and smelled like piss. Not to mention there was no soap around. The restaurant we ate at was really nice. We grilled fresh shellfish on table grills. It was all really fresh and delicious, although I couldn’t make myself swallow the large lams and conch.
Other than that there wasn’t much to do, so we made a bon fire, set off some fireworks and drank soju (cheap rice liquor). Overall it was a really great time, and I met a lot of nice people.