South Korea Winter Trip. Day 6: DMZ

My friends made fun of me when I told them that we visited DMZ. Yup... the buffer zone bordering North and South Korea, hence the demilitarized zone stands for. As if I was there with camouflage or some sort of things.. :P

It is not a shooting ground, neither to display one's military power to the other. Ironically, it is a place set up to foster peace between both sides and avoid military confrontation.

The Seoul City Tour personnel met us at the hotel lobby before proceed to Imjingak Park, located at 50 km northwest of Seoul. It was built for 5 million people who lost home during World War II. But now turns into tourist place filled with restaurants and a small amusement park.

We walked through history as we crossing the Bridge of Freedom (picture to the right), erected in 1953 and used to liberate 12,773 prisoners.

Then, we headed to the Dorasan station, which used to connect North Korea and South Korea. We had the chances to view the North Korea territory from the Dorasan Observatory through the provided static binoculars.

The Imjingak Park

On the bridge

The view of North Korea from far

Colored ribbons, written with prayers and hopes for unification and peace

A Piece Altar

A bit shaky picture because I was really terrified having inside this zone :P

After more than one hour at this zone, we proceed to the amethyst center. Luckily, we didn't been forced to buy anything from the center, as opposed to the reviews I read on the net. Afterwards, we had lunch in one of the nearby shopping center.

Variety sizes of amethyst

It may cost couple of thousands, if not thousand

We requested halal meal

Moving on to the street shopping

View of the city from the Hyundai Residence

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