DMZ experience

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April 29th 2009

Published: April 29th 2009

On April 11th of this year I boarded a coach bus mixed with Americans, Canadians and Koreans and headed North only about 65 miles to reach.....the DMZ! Interesting and fun mixed with a definite fear and adventure. Here are the pictures (some not..so..ah...) you figure it out. For those of you who don't know, the DMZ is the DeMilitarized Zone between the two Koreas. Basically No Mans Land. I never ... Read Full Entry

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Inside the station.

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Apparently Pres. Bush came here on some important day...I think it was maybe for the opening

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Right, so I went in to use the washroom (soooo nice and clean) and then when I came out, to my right were standing 2 guards! Quite the shock!

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2 of the tallest and most muscle built Koreans I have ever seen!

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Their job = stand and look scary.

Future World Train Line

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That....is North Korea

I tried to get a closer shot, and did, but then a guard came and yelled at me to not take pictures for the edge and immediately made and watched me erase the photo that I had just taken. little scary!

See, where Sarah is pointing!

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On the other side of that wall....North Korea!

Little red triangel sign

it says be careful...live land mines! very scary!

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tunnel 4

Invasion tunnels built by the North Koreans

tunnel 3

We went down this tunnel

tunnel 2

tunnel 1

placement of the 4 tunnels

only a picture

this is a pic. of the actual border between the 2 countries. North soldiers on one side and South soldiers on the other. VERY scary! We didn't go here.

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