Trip to Korea: Day 2

Day 2. An early morning trip to the DMZ, the no-man's land between the two Koreas. One can not take pictures at the zone, the recently discovered 3rd tunnel, but the degree of disneyfication of that place is stupefying. There are gift shops everywhere, even the binoculars to look at the North Korea have coin slots in them. I am sure that Kim Jong Il is very unhappy that the South Koreans are charging hard currency to show the tunnel that he dug.








A phantom railroad station built on public money, the one that has full customs and cargo inspection facilities that no one uses (yet! as the claim goes) - It is not the last station from South Korea, it is the first station on the way to the North Korea!



Korean Ginseng - The Best Ginseng in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD, or so I kept hearing from our guide :)



The first great, simple great dinner in Korea: no spices, variety and the green drink soju 25 degrees proof, not to be confused with sake (or you will hurt Korean national pride, as we learned the hard way).