Parting of the Sea Festival in Jindo

Sounds pretty incredible, huh? And it was! The sea 'actually parted.' And we were able to walk through for like 1.8 km. But you have to make it back in time before the tide comes & the sea closes. A group of us headed to Jindo, the very southwestern tip of Korea on a weekend at the end of April. It was about 4 hours or so by bus. We took a midnight bus & arrived SUPER early the next day...in fact too early, about 4am. The bus that would take us in to Jindo wasn't for another 2.5 hours. We thought about trying to sleep at the bus station, but ended up taking a cab to where the festival was. We totally lucked out & found a hostel right smack dab in the middle of the festival. So the peeps that went were Rueben, Megan, Tara, Lee, Ashley & Bonnie & we ended up seeing people we knew so they stayed with us too. The hostel consists of one big empty room for the 9 of us...& we sleep on mats. Not too comfy, but grateful for a place to sleep!

So we were right on the coast, overlooking the water, beautiful view! The festival was a bunch of tents with all kinds of activities, foods, craft type things, etc.

The sea parted Sat & Sun, we went to it on Sunday. Basically there's this gap, where the water parts & you get to walk through. It was really crowded, but it was really cool. Everyone was in good spirits. You put on these really high rubber boots & start treking through.

Good times! I'm so glad spring is here, tons of trips & festivals to attend!!