A Weekend in North, yes, NORTH Korea!

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June 15th 2008

Published: July 21st 2008

Hello everyone, This blog is about our recent weekend trip to North Korea! I'm sure most of you have all heard about the latest commotion over the recent tragic shooting of a S. Korean female tourist in North Korea? (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25634009/) Well, that is actually the same tour that we were on - about a month earlier. Now the tours are temporarily suspended until the North agre... Read Full Entry

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Laurence Buckley & Melanie Buckley

Laurence Melanie

Hello World, Our journey started on February 16, 2005, when we met in New York City. We became inseparable from the very first day we met, began dating, fell in love, and moved in together in SoHo, N.Y.C. Our lives, now intertwined, took a very adventurous turn as we moved to Japan. While living in Japan for a year I (Larry) taught English as a second language in Shin Uryasu-shi and Melanie was Ariel in a performance of 'The Little Mermaid' at Disney Sea in Tokyo. After Japan, we realized how much we enjoyed traveling and decided to move to South Korea. During our first year in Sout... full info

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North Korean military walking in formation.

An abandoned building

North Korean Worker

At a different hotel.

Kim Jung Il & Kim Il Sung

We needed to have a North Korean take this photo for us. It is considered illegal if we take the photo.

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North Korean soldier making sure we didn't take any photo's.

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Taking from the bus as we were heading back into South Korea.

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Some beautiful scenery along our 10 minute bus ride from the South to the North.

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North Korean military outpost!

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creativity
i love a country with a creativity most epecially south korea

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