Seoul Winter Trip, Day 6 (Jan 21, 2014) - DMZ Tour
Had to wake up early today because we were having De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) Tour. I'm not good at describing history so basically DMZ is the border between North and South Korea. We were supposed to have this tour privately with Robert but his wife was sick so he had to take care of her and he assigned us to have the tour with his friend as the tour guide and some other people. I was very sleepy at the car but couldn't sleep.
I was actually scared at first but when I arrived, I didn't expect there were lots of tourists! We watched a movie about how the conflict between North and South Korea began. Then we were taken to museum and were told more stories were told. The most exciting part is when we went inside the tunnel. It's the third tunnel found which suspected to be a surprise attack from North Korea. The guests are not allowed to take any photos inside. It is such a long tunnel which made us very tired. Going inside was a lot easier than going back because the path is going up so we were struggling.
Then we were taken to Dora Observatory. Again, we watched a movie. Here, we could look a glimpse of North Korea.
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| With one of the soldiers. Yes, you can actually take pictures with them and they were friendly. |
See the yellow line? It's the limit line where you can use your camera. After passing that line, better put your camera inside your bag and if you're still trying to take any picture, all photos in your camera will have a chance to be deleted.
At Dorasan station, you can have stamp, but it must not be stamped on real passport and money. So I got one on my passport copy.
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| 'Not the last station from the South, but the first station toward the North.' |
IMPORTANT: Don't forget to bring your passport when you have DMZ Tour.
After that, we went to Dongdaemun. We were looking around at doota fashion mall. Most of the clothes are expensive, but there is this nice stationery store that sells some interesting stuff with affordable price. We moved to Dongdaemun fashion market but it was a bit disappointing. We only found tailors everywhere who make custom-made Hanbok. The designs are so pretty, though. I love the ones with pastel colors. I just can't afford it. I still wanted to explore Dongdaemun more but it was late already. The Dongdaemun Design Plaza also had not opened yet at that time :(.
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| Lunch at dote food court. This pork bibimbap taste so good but too spicy for me. |
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