This is the beginning of a adventure I will never forget...let's just say we got lost & I was forcefully ejected onto the ground...I'll give details later.
DMZ - Demilitarized Zone
The neutral area between North and South Korea
This is the South Korean and the United Nation's soldiers facing the North Koreans. We were on the South Korean side at this point. In that blue building with the door open is where the line is between the two countries. And since North and South Korea are technically still in a state of War (they have called for a cease fire for about 60 years) but we still couldn't wear anything that had a message or could be used as propaganda because the North Koreans were watching us the whole time in the building that is pictured below.
This was our tour guide/ U.S. army soldier (they do the tours). He was pretty cool.
In the picture below he is showing us that my side of the table is technically in North Korea. It was pretty awesome!
Me and Abby with a UN soldier on the North Korea side!
This is the North Korean flag in one of there towns we could see from on a UN checkpoint. It is one of the biggest flags in the world. It was rainy so it was kinda hard to see.
It was a super fun. And I have sooo many stories to tell when I get back! It's been such a cultural experience from getting lost, to one of us almost accidentally getting married, to being late to everything and of course the language barrier. But I have learned so much and am sad it is coming to an end.
Oh and we also got to help out in an orphanage yesterday but I didn't have my camera, but the babies were so precious and I ended up taking a crash course in sewing and helped sew some baby clothes.
Missing western food but not wanting to go home yet, I got about 3 dayssss.
Awesome post :}
ReplyDelete