Living in the Past, Present and Future

One of the places that I've wanted to visit since coming to Korea is the DMZ. I know, probably not the smartest place to go with the heightened tensions between North and South Korea right now.

And it was definitely not the most wise decision to go on July 25, the day that South Korea and the U.S. began joint military exercises to send a "strong and clear message" to North Korea.

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/US-South-Korea-Set-Joint-Military-Exercise-99020814.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

But I did.

Seriously, I had visions of tripping over the border (no doubt very dramatically) and being the next equivalent of Lisa Ling's sister needing Bill Clinton to skip Chelsea's wedding and get my my klutzy dumb ass out of a hard labor camp.

Thank god that did not come to be.

The photos of the trip pretty much speak for themselves. It's a bit surreal to realize that what you are seeing is actual history in the making - history that's been being written for 60 years.

There were many restrictions on what could and could not be photographed. Notice when you can take pictures into North Korea how far the photo line is from an actual view.

I guess if you're Magic Johnson or happen to travel with stilts or a pogo stick you'd have some great pics. Not so much for the rest of us average height folk.