Annyong Ha-se-yo...from Korea (20th Apr 2008)

Today we had to wake up early coz we're going to DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)!!!!! I'm so lookin forward to this one! It's the sempadan between North & South Korea. Obviously, it's a very restricted area...kawasan military. Kmi msti bwa passport jua sal kana check dsana. Tkut kmi lari k North Korea kli! heheh N since it's a very restricted area...so nda dpt byk menggambar :) Dsana ada observatory tower...dpt menerupung k North Korea. Curious jua kn mliat apa usul org North Korea ani...tp nda jua ku nmpak! Obviously, sama plg jua jnis jelama nya tu mcm org South Korea jua! N then kmi naik mcm this roller-coaster type of transport msuk k dlm tunnel yg North Korea pernah dig when they planned to attack South Korea lah ah. I find it amusing that they found 4 tunnels in total. Between 1970s-1990s. The latest one was dug in 1990s. Yg open to public is Tunnel No.3 sja. Tunnels yg lain were either too close to the boundary line or alum abis be-check bnar2. DMZ is located 2km from the boundary line. Then udh smpai k ujung track transport atu, jln kaki lg d dlm tunnel ah...Klu org claustraphobic, nda plg sngup kli tu...sal the tunnel was very narrow. But it felt safe coz ia kira tmpat tourists udh kan..so rmai lah org d bwah atu. The tunnel is about 1.7km long, 2m high (so org tinggi pksa tunduk ni bjln) and 2m wide. It runs through bedrock at a depth of about 73m below ground...very deep ah??? Sepatut nya panas plg ni...but I think kna bgi aircond udh dbwah ah. N then udh smpai ujung tunnel atu pun actually alum lg ujung bnar tu! Kna pagar udh...pagar basi with all these barb wires...kira nda safe lgi lah. Salnya dekat2 the boundary line atu msh ada lgi land mines kna tanam yg bepuluh2 tahun dulu yg alum kejumpahan. So tats why the DMZ atu located 4km from the boundary. Yg kwasan the boundary atu is the so-called No Man's land. Drg ceta even the animals were victims of the hidden land mines. Scary...yet interesting!

Effect from the Korean war dulu atu, many families te-separate lah antara North & South Korea. So 1 reason DMZ was built is so that these families can meet. Ada masa2 tertentu plg ni bila drg gather together ani...ada kna liat2kan skit some videos...ksian usulnya coz drg mcm long lost family members kan. And another interesting thing is ada jua train station dri South Korea k North Korea! But of coz lah ah nda rmai passengers nya..duii sunyi hntap train station ah. It's called Dorasan Station. Train ani pun inda tiap2 hari ni...ada masa2 tertentu sja ia operational. Msa kmi melawat k Dorasan Station ani, kelurusan tah jua in operation train atu msa atu. Ada tah kmi nmpak org naik train atu k North Korea. Tp dpt d itung brapa org passenger nya ah...10 org kli gnya! hehehe Skli msa arh immigration nya, kmi kna sruh chop stamp Pyongyang (capital of North Korea) arh passport kmi. Ada tu be-chop arh passport ku heheh

Then mlm nya kmi kna bwa liat movie d hotel. "Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War" Not exactly mcm d cinema plg. Ia mainkan DVD skli pkai projector k screen hehehe N kna order kan pizza...so smua org mliat mcm d umah lah ah. Aku mliat plg udh ni movie ah...The 1st time ku mliat msa ku kKorea sma Hjh Marinah. Movie nya sal kisah Korean War dulu lah masa North & South Korea bekelaie. So the movie is more on sal peperangan but it's sal war between two brothers...sal family apa...nnti ku mbli dvd nya!