Sorry Dads! I hope you had a nice Father's Day yesterday! Sorry we couldn't make it out, but you know, we're in Asia. It would most certainly be a long drive!
This weekend we went on another adventure. This time we went to Jebudo (Jebu Island) to go swimming. It has been 30+ for about 2 weeks now so we really wanted to get to a beach. On Sunday we decided to go to the Tourist Bureau at Suwon Station. Upon asked if there was a beach we could go to somewhere in Korea, the employees answered "No". Then they told us that there was actually a beach about an hour's drive away, but that it was "muddy". Well, we took our chances and went regardless.
Once we made it there, it was in fact, quite muddy and polluted. We decided to have some beer and boil in the sun when we realized that the tide was coming in. After a few hours, the beach seemed more inviting as the muddiness was replaced by water. We were eventually able to swim and rested on the beach for another few hours. The area turned out to be really scenic so we had a really relaxing and enjoyable day with friends.
Strangely enough, none of the Koreans had bathing suits and most of them relaxed in tents on the beach for the afternoon. Going to the beach, better bring your tent! 
There were only a few locals splashing about in the water, but they were fully dressed and wearing flotation devices in knee-deep water. Apparently there are very few swimming beaches in the Yellow Sea (the sea between China and Korea) because the beaches aren't as nice and presumably, because the water is dirty.
We had the priviledge of seeing a beautiful sunset over some smoke stacks in the distance.
I just realized today that the "rainy" season is starting this week. By rainy, that means it rains all day, every day for a month. I was surprised because I wasn't expecting it until August and I wanted to do more outside activities. We still want to do to the DMZ tour (Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea) and go to Busan (Southern seaside city). But I guess we'll have to see how that works out. On the plus-side, our adventure to Jeju Island "the Hawaii of Korea" in August will be in the post-rainy season.
Keep checking for our next post about our school slowly splitting in half!
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