On the fourth, and final full-day of our Seoul trip, we went to DMZ -- the border between North and South Korea. It was an unreal experience unlike anything I have ever experienced before. The fact that North and South Korea are technically still at war is not prevelant until you go to the border.
It's eerie, it's a little too quite, and it's a little too close for comfort.
"brand new" toys from noth korean children's collections.
these were actually made 1985-1990ish
a typical north korean house.
these can have anywhere between 3 and 7 people living in them,
a north korean schoolhouse replica.
notice how there are photos of Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il above the blackboard?
it's like this everywhere, it is illegal to not have both the portraits in at least one room in a building.
it was so foggy! :-(
but if you look closely, you can see the land mass (picture one)
and the same land, zoomed up on (picture two)
THATS NORTH KOREA !
wow..
1 year ago, i never would have imagined seeing it in person.
and there i was.
it's just a little too close for comfort.
traditional music festival!
below -- getting a beauty treatment with acupuncture !
scary, right? -_-
crazy icecream for one dollar!
this was a traditional chicken soup that started in seoul.
we had to wait for 2 hours to get a seat, but it was SO worth it!
