Propaganda

So Korea was cool but without a doubt
The DMZ tour was ... well ...

The DMZ tour is a US military led trip to the border between south and north
To say this was insane and bizzare and unnerving and insane
Is to completely underestimate the bizzareness of the situation

We went into a meeting room where there's a table
With a line down the middle
Half of it is in regular old democratic normal South Korea
The other half is in ... well ... North Korea

So we wander around this room
This guy is standing in front of the door into North Korea

He's there to stop people defecting
And also to stop the North Korean guards pulling you out and ... doing unpleasant communist things to you
It happened!


This big grey concrete building is in North Korea and you can see the North Korean guy with his binoculours trying to freak us out.
It kinda worked


And this guy is one of the goodies
And while it might looks like he's looking at the wall
He's watching North Korea and minimizing the amount of his body they might be able to shoot

While we were there we were told again and again and again and again
Not to smile or point or try to communicate in anyway with the North Koreans
Or we could end up on a 'Look North Korea's so cool, this Irish girl wants to come join us' advertisement.

We also went to the 3rd tunnel
At one point, and maybe even now
North Korea decided to dig some tunnels into South Korea
Now beside the fact that it took the US and South Korea disturbingly long to find them
They're insane

Some of them are wide enough to drive vehicles through
And they painted the walls black so that if they were found
They could tell everyone that they were old coal mines
And presumed that no one would check beneath the paint

And when that didn't work
They just said South Korea dug it not them

So yeah
It was crazy

Swayze

So seems like a while ago now...
Already pretty deep into post-holiday blues ...
And already have my eyes on a little date in July ...

But at one point we did go to Korea
And here's the tome!

So for the first couple of days did Korean stuff
Saw Korean Palaces
Had Korean Fights
Ate yummy Korean food
Saw Korean Temples
Korean Museums


Then we did the DMZ tour
Then we did the DMZ tour
(so cool I named it twice)
(and gave it it's own post)

After that we headed to Gyeongju
About 4 hours from Seoul
Known for it grassy mounds
Which are actually super old graves
But the whole town is just built around them
So you turn a corner and BAM theres a large grassy tomb



So when we were there we did hiking
and Pizza Hut eating
and Long Island Ice Tea drinking
and Spiderman 3 watching
and some hiking

Then we head back to Seoul
And ate some Burger King
And sat in a park
And watched bad American TV

And then came home

Korea was fun
It was Korean
And best of all
It wasn't Japan

More photos?
Of course Joanne, we always look at your photos

Netless

Well I have finally got my comeuppance!
After 13 months of pirated internet
The inconsiderate so and so has cut me off!!

So I am now sadly netless
And it takes 6 weeks to set up a connection
So I will be staying that way until we leave

So things will be a little quieter from now on
Well ... at least I'll have an excuse for being lazy now!!

But I do have access to email on my phone
And I will be spending a lot more time at Daves
Who has non-illegal internet
So I'll be around

Japanese

In Korea
Eating Korean Food
Looking at Korean Palaces
Drinking Korean Beer
Walking into North Korea
All good Fun