Touring the DMZ

Want to know less? This is a full breakdown of my holiday - day-by-day. If you want to just see the highlights, I will post a round-up at the end of this series. Previously # In part 1 we had arrived in Korea after a sleepless flight (for me at least) and had spent our second day mooching around the city, getting familiar with things like the Seoul Subway, and 7-Elevens. Now it was time to get stuck into some serious sightseeing. 9th May: Touring the DMZ # What better way to start a fun, relaxing holiday, than to sign up for a tour of the Korean DMZ (Demilitarized Zone). If you are not familiar with Korean history — and I was not — and feel like the Wikipedia page is not tangible enough, then I thoroughly recommend signing up for a tour of it in person. I am going to be very honest up front that I was not bought into this tour before going, but I am very glad I went. From the mental pictures I had of the DMZ , and it’s description, I had made the assumption it was this barren World…