DMZ

I took a tour to the DMZ (demilitarized zone) between North and South Korea today. I initially wanted to take the tour with the USO (US military) but their next tour is only on Friday. (That tour would have gone to Panmunjeom, the negotiation village in the middle of the DMZ where you can see actual North Korean soldiers.) So I took this tour with a Korean company. We didn't go into the actual DMZ, but went to the Dora lookout, the Gyeongui train station where trains to North Korea are going through soon, and the 3rd infiltration tunnel.
The train station was brand new and deserted apart from us tourists. But they had a sign there for trains to Pyeongyang and you could get commemorative stamps into your passport. The Dora lookout was nice, but you weren't allowed to take pictures behind a certain line. You couldn't see too far as the weather was rainy but we were able to see the world's tallest flagpost that flies the North Korean flag. There is also a 40 meter high statue of Kim Il-sung that we were unfortunately not able to see...
Our last stop was the 3rd infiltration tunnel that North Korea dug in order to invade South Korea. There are 4 tunnels that were discovered so far and this one is the closest to Seoul, only 50 km.