Thursday, January 12, 2006

The view from North Korea

Hi all,

We went to Padmunjom today, which is the Joint Security Area where South Korean officials and North Korean officials meet. Its a very interesting and intimidating place. We had a military escort for the trip and had some strict rules about what we can and can't do while in the area.

A couple of photos:
I'm standing in North Korea when I'm taking this photo. See those microphones on the table? That's the border. Tanti is back in the relative safety of South Korea at this point.

This guy is a South Korean army guy. It's his job to stand there and look menacing. He does a very good job. :-)

Sigh! We are back in Melbourne soon. Will try to post more photos before we leave of stuff... Not sure what we have planned for our last 2 days...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The hat doesn't help with the menacing.