Saturday, April 29, 2006

Here's Jackie and Ralph with a man who is surely one of the biggest tourist attractions of the DMZ. This guy stands straight-armed and clenched-fisted directly over the border. He's the one who will take you down if you walk between him and the table. Jackie's in South Korea, Ralph is in North Korea.

Here's Jessie and I at the DMZ. No big story, I just like this picture. This is at an outpost, which are all in sight of eachother. There was a tree that blocked the view from here to another outpost, and once when soldiers tried to cut it down, North Koreans charged the border and a number of soldiers were killed.

This is a South Korean soldier standing guard, facing the border. They used to stand beside the building, facing within their own borders. Then they stood facing eachother in full sight. Now, they stand with half of their body obscured by the building. I imagine it's safer if gun fire broke out, but if someone threw something at them, it would be impossible to catch, because they would not know how far away it was.

Here;s me standing on the guard's left. I'm in North Korea.

Here's me to the guard's right. That means I'm in South Korea.

Here's Jessie back at the outpost where the other photo was taken. Just over her left shoulder is an old sign that used to be used to mark the DMZ area.

Here are Jessie and her parents at the outpost. In the background, there is the North Korean propoganda town.

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