This weekend my coworkers and I went to the DMZ, the demilitarized zone seperating North and South Korea.

We started the day at 8am by taking a train into Seoul. Our tour bus left from Itaewon (the foreign section of Seoul) so we explored a little before the tour started. The only Taco Bell in Korea is located in Itaewon, so I insisted on eating there at 10am. No one complained. There's nothing better than Taco Bell, any time of day.

Our tour bus towards North Korea took off at 11. Besides my coworkers, there were 5 old geisers that went with us. They were annoying. This one man was extremely awkward, from Finland, which may explain a thing or two.

The first thing we saw on the tour was a park made to honor the two Koreas. There are ribbons everywhere around the park, symbolizing hope for peace and unity between the two countries someday. It was a beautiful park.

After the park, we were taken to the Dorsan train station. It is not currently functioning. It serves as a peace offering of sorts from S Korea to N Korea, showing open lines of transportation if they ever open their border. South Korea is very adventurous with this train line, hoping that if North Korea ever opens its border, Korea can one day have a transeurasian train line, meaning trains from the south could travel through north, into China, through Russia and esentially into all of Europe, up to as far as Great Britain. Nice projection, but for the time being, it is desolate and eerie, just sitting there completely abandoned.

Last, we finished our tour by climbing through this small and narrow tunnel that North Korea built in an attempt to invade South Korea. This is of course only one of many different tunnels. North Korea coated the tunnel with coal in an attempt to disguise their real intentions and instead claiming to be "mining for coal". It was such a small space, I was surprised that almost 10,000 soldiers were in there at one time. Ever heard of clostrophobia??

The tour ended back in Itaewon, Seoul. We went shopping around the area for a bit and ended with a delicious Mexican meal. When I said there was nothing better than Taco Bell, that was my stomach talking at 10am. I retract my previous statement. There is nothing better than authentic Mexican food. That, I will never retract. I wish Cheonan had Mexican food. I think it's really only America that has a Mexican place on every other street. God bless America.