Today we made a visit to the border of South and North Korea. It’s one of the most guarded borders of the world and actually I had no idea how many security systems they have even in Seoul in case of a North Korean attack. Well the border was basically full of American and Koran soldiers and they had observatory stations there. We could actually visit North Korea’s side, but only for like 3meters and the soldiers keeping an eye on us. While you were moving you weren’t allowed to stop for any reason and it was strictly prohibited to try to contact the North Korean soldiers by any sign language like waving or pointing. We could chat with the American soldiers and ask questions but mostly we had to listen to the soldiers’ dry jokes that only he was laughing to. We could use binoculars to check out the North Korean villages and Kim Il Sung’s golden statue. They also had a 160m high North Korean flag there, but no binoculars were needed to see that. Unfortunately I only saw 2 North Korean soldiers, but I took some pictures with the southern ones like you can see...In this other picture you can see North Korea in the background.
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