Nic Trips

Korea is home to a plethora of unique and exciting festivals that I didn't learn about until coming here. One of which, we traveled nearly 5 hours in a bus to the other side of the country to experience on Saturday: the Jindo Sea Parting Festival. Jindo is an island in the southwest corner of Korea, connected to the mainland by some bridges. It is surrounded by many other smaller islands, one of which famously forms a "land bridge" each day, just as the tide changes to it lowest point. Although this formation happens twice a day, all year long, the local residents host a festival once a year to celebrate the natural phenomenon and the ancient story that accompanies it. In order to experience this festival we had heard many good things about, we booked a tour/trip through EnjoyKorea. This 2-day trip also included lodging and transportation to a festival in Busan that was happening the following day. My friends and I had done a ski trip through this company in December...