Stop Visiting the Blue Huts at the DMZ North/South Korean Border (visit these places instead)
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Visiting the Joint Security Area (Panmunjom) where you'll find the famous blue huts is often synonymous with visiting the DMZ. Actually, the line separating North and South Korea is 250km long, and there are lots of places (often more interesting) that you can visit along the way.
And definitely more off the beaten path!
I break them all down for you below!
[Part 1 of this at Yeongpyeondo here - • Yeonpyeong Island, Loo... ]
✈️ I joined this trip as part of the 'North Korea from a Distance' tour by Koryo Tours*.
This trip takes you north of the 38th Parallel as you explore some of Korea's hidden gems and iconic spots along the North-South Korean border. This tour is ideal for those curious about North Korea and the issues on the Korean Peninsula, as well as adventure-loving travellers! It is also perfect for those wanting to visit North Korea now but aren't able to.
You'll visit islands closer to North Korea than South, explore various border points for a closer look into North Korea, and dine with experts you often hear about or see in the media.
See the trip & the itinerary for 2024 here;
koryogroup.com/tours/greg-vac...
🎟 Quote 'ZoeDmz' when booking for a $150 discount for the first 2 bookings, and a $100 discount for further bookings!
*not a sponsored trip, but I do work for Koryo which is why I get to give you all a discount code 🙌 .
🗺 Visiting; You can also visit all of these places yourself, but you will need a car, to do quite a bit of research and plan beforehand due to the multiple checkpoints and security-related issues, and pretty decent Korean as there can a lot of paperwork for some of the places and rarely is it available in English!
1. Sokcho
2. Kim Il Sung Summer House
3. Goseong Unification Observation Tower
4.Gyodong Manghyangdae Observatory
5. Soisan Observatory
6. White Horse Memorial
7. Key Observatory
8. Taepong (Typhoon) Observatory
9. 3rd Invasion Tunnel
10. Imjingak Pyeonghwa Nuri Park
11. Dora Observatory
12. Odusan Unification Observation Deck
13. Aegibong Peace Eco Park
15. Ganghwa Peace Observatory
#dmz #southkorea #northkorea
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One day, I will visit the "DMZ" from the North Korean side, because it's been my dream for over a decade! I do hope they re-open to tourism eventually.
@worldofastrid-ma
25 күн бұрын
me, too ..
I’m so glad you are back!! 🥰
Wow... this reminds me so much of your pre-pandemic content. Such a great video Zo
@ZoeDiscovers
23 күн бұрын
Glad you think so!
great content 👏🏻 so well explained .. greetings from 🇮🇩 Indonesia … and have a bLessed day ..
@ZoeDiscovers
23 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
As a question or suggestion: how accessible are any of these for those with limited mobility ? Many of the scenes look like a person in a wheelchair would be able to see little or nothing of the DORK because of the height of the wall barriers.
@ZoeDiscovers
23 күн бұрын
Yes, completely true. I think in some of the more touristy places, there is wheelchair access but in general certainly not an easy place to travel around and get the most of.
@charlesk1089
22 күн бұрын
@@ZoeDiscovers if you think of it, when there are trips that are handicapped accessible, that would be welcome information. When one travels with disabled travel companions, it is worth knowing whether and which trips would actually be feasible for the disabled. Especially in a quite prosperous nation like ROK, there seem to still be many barriers to access for disabled travelers.
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I patrolled the DMZ between South and North Korea back in '86. I'll bet nobody has heard of the terms "dolphin head" and "inflation alley."
@worldofastrid-ma
25 күн бұрын
.. wow ..
@CooTooF
25 күн бұрын
Inflation alley? You freaky
@CooTooF
25 күн бұрын
How much is a ticket to this alley? I need a weekend to get my freak on
Kaesong is in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea because the DPRK won the Fatherland Liberation War 🇰🇵