Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Where is Wando?

Wando is a very small town located in Jeollanam-do providence, right on the coast of the ocean. I've been to this island (connected by a new bridge) three times now, and each time seems to get better than the last. Camping on the beach with a bunch of friends never gets old!



I received the Facebook invite a few weeks ago, and even though 293 some-odd people RSVP'd yes, I don't think there were more than 100. The beach is quite large, and our group camped away from the main party area (as we'd arrived late Friday night, and didn't see anyone else around). However, we were just a short 3 minute walk away from the main hangout area. We had the best of both worlds- right next to the clean bathrooms, and had a quiet sleeping area!



I came down with Michael, Matt, and Kenny after their band practice. Their music academy owner and his girlfriend were gracious enough to give us a lift in their van. It was a tight squeeze with all our tents, foods, backpacks, and of course, guitars.

The Deserts had won a competition and a local bank, NongHyup, gave them 300,000 won as their prize. We used those gift cards to feed our group of about 10 for the whole weekend, what a deal! We spend over 70,000 on meat alone, and really stocked up on beer (don't worry, we drank it all!).



Saturday and Sunday we spent doing normal beach activities- looking for shells, making campfires, cooking hobo dinners, and playing beer pong, volleyball, and Frisbee. Even though the weather was cloudy all day Saturday, almost everyone came home more red than they left! And of course, when we had to leave Sunday, it was perfect weather. Here's some pictures to ooh and ahh over!




No starfish this time, but still lots of colorful shells.


We both got color!

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