The DMZ

This past weekend was BUSY! The weekend kicked off with a little birthday celebration for Daniel. The big 28! He got a new skateboard... i guess boys will be boys! Bright and early Saturday morning we woke up and headed to Seoul to meet up with the Adventure Korea group. From there we traveled about 2 1/2 hours to the 2nd Infiltration Tunnel of the DMZ, which is northeast of Seoul. We toured the tunnel, Communist Labor Party Building, bombed train station, and a few other small things.

The 2nd Tunnel was made by the North Koreans to invade South Korea, but was discoved on March 19th, 1975. The tunnel is 3.5 km long and is 50-160 meters below the ground. It can accommodate up to thirty thousand people and is large enough for tanks to pass through.

That night, AK held a bonfire in front of our hotel and we roasted marshmallows. Marshmallows are hard to come by here...so little treats like that make me miss home a bit :) On Sunday, we toured the White Horse Battle Field and then did a rice planting event. Later we had free time to explore the Odaemi Village area on double seater bikes, a small town of rice planters. It was a very fun trip overall, although I did get a killer sunburn that I'm just now starting to lose. This weekend we're headed to the beach at Busan!