Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach, South Korea
Another mud day, another continent.
Tourists at Daecheon Beach, about 118 miles southwest of Seoul, spattered their way through the opening day of the 15th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival on July 14. Up to 3 million domestic and international tourists will visit the beach during the festival believing the rich mineral content from the mud flats near Boryeong will benefit their skin.
- Tourists play in mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 14, 2012. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
- Festival goers wrestle in the mud during the 15th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 14, 2012 in Boryeong, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
- Tourists play in mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 14, 2012. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
- Festival goers wrestle in the mud during the 15th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 14, 2012 in Boryeong, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
- Tourists play in mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 14, 2012. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
- The pigtail of a tourist is pictured after she played in mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 14, 2012. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
- Festival goers wrestle in the mud during the 15th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 14, 2012 in Boryeong, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
- A tourist plays with mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 14, 2012. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
- A tourist reacts as he plays in mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 14, 2012. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
- Festival goers wrestle in the mud during the 15th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 14, 2012 in Boryeong, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
- Tourists play in mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 14, 2012. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
- Festival goers wrestle in the mud during the 15th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 14, 2012 in Boryeong, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
- Tourists play in mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 14, 2012. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
- Festival goers wrestle in the mud during the 15th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 14, 2012 in Boryeong, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
- Tourists play in mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 14, 2012. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
- A tourist reacts as he plays in mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 14, 2012. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
- Festival goers wrestle in the mud during the 15th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 14, 2012 in Boryeong, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)


















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