2006_korea_trip11

This trip gave us the weekend free, so the four of us took the DMZ tour on Saturday.

The De-Militarized Zone was created at the armistice at the end of the Korean war. A line was drawn across the Korean peninsula (orange lights) and a 2 km buffer was created on either side of the line as a no-man's land. The South Koreans additionally created another buffer south of that called the Militarized zone. At this spot on the peninsula, it goes to the river.

Notice (for later) the parking-lot area south of the river and a (railroad) bridge. Then the (driving) bridge across the river. Notice the single light toward the middle right of the picture.