Sandcastles in the sky!

Another weekend and another random festival in South Korea. This weekend it was the turn of Busan Sand Castle at Haeundae Beach. I love beaches and love sandcastles so really there was no option! The crew for this expedition was to be Garry, Matt, Corey, Paul and, of course, me. We had a quiet old Friday night with some ten pin bowling and BBQ chicken and Matt had a night with his favourite sheep, Shaun.

We got a really early (for me anyway) bus at 8am and arrived at Haeundae Beach about 11am after bus and underground travel. However, I think we were a bit eager and too early – it was pretty quiet! There was a massive hill made out of sand that people were surfing down, a beach volleyball tournament in progress and sandcastles being built. We decided to get some tasty Mexican food at Senora’s (Matt was a very happy boy and got a second burrito for munching later), got some beers and headed back to the beach. By this time it was much busier and some of the bigger sandcastles had been completed and were AMAZING! There was an Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Statue of Liberty, Jesus and a massive dragon/cat race car thing. I don’t understand the patience these people must have but wow, it must take a lot of time. There was also a stage set up with your usual K-Pop dancers but we decided to head further along the beach and get a nice spot by the water.

Me and some sand.

Making the Eiffel Tower.

The Statue of Liberty

Crazy Car sandcastle.

But you just can’t keep Matt down so we volleyball action it was!

Paul.

Me and Corey fighting it out!

Matt going for it.

Corey the ballet dancer.

Paul hitting it up.

Mon, not sure what to do with it. I am Scottish after all and a girl.

Love this pic, well done Mr Burns.

Clearly Paul is more photogenic than the rest of us.

Check out the action.

Before heading home we got some tasty burgers at a gourmet burger place and then got the last bus to Pohang arriving around 1am.

Tired and sleepy, off to bed for me………