Hanging out in Korea

[Drac]

Got back Sunday morning and have finally started to recover.  Very serious lack of sleep.

Here are a few more pics that include some non-food stuff.

The hill that we had to climb several times a day to get to our barracks.  Than we were on the 2nd floor.  Will not miss that hill-



We missed peak cherry blossom season by about a week or two.  The largest festival in South Korea was to be two weeks after we left -





Got a chance to do a DMZ tour while I was there.  Here is me spying on the North -



Various shots around the tour including the meeting rooms -











The 3rd Tunnel -



The irony of a Buddhist Temple at the DMZ -





As part of my flag project I brought it with me to the DMZ.  Since there are no US flag poles I was able to at least get a shot of it there.  Here it is with North Korea's Propaganda Village -



Jim

[TedEbear]

The cooked pork  -

Since that's in Korea I'd be leery if that was pork or what's left of someone's pet.   ;D

[Habanero Smoker]

Nice pictures. Are they still blasting the propaganda over the loud speakers.

Wow! That brings back memories. The area I was in, there were no trees. We were rotated in and out of the last U.S. GP in the DMZ. Most people don't know that the U.S. only guards about 18 miles of the border, but it is the area that the N. Koreans will launch their invasion.

[Drac]

Nice pictures. Are they still blasting the propaganda over the loud speakers.

Wow! That brings back memories. The area I was in, there were no trees. We were rotated in and out of the last U.S. GP in the DMZ. Most people don't know that the U.S. only guards about 18 miles of the border, but it is the area that the N. Koreans will launch their invasion.

Nope, they stopped around '97 The mountains in the picture supposedly are filled with artillery that can reach Seoul.  Since 60%+ of South Korea lives there the North can probably kill about a quarter to half of the South's population in a matter of hours if not minutes.

Jim

[car54]

Thanks for the great pictures.

[Habanero Smoker]

Nice pictures. Are they still blasting the propaganda over the loud speakers.

Wow! That brings back memories. The area I was in, there were no trees. We were rotated in and out of the last U.S. GP in the DMZ. Most people don't know that the U.S. only guards about 18 miles of the border, but it is the area that the N. Koreans will launch their invasion.

Nope, they stopped around '97 The mountains in the picture supposedly are filled with artillery that can reach Seoul.  Since 60%+ of South Korea lives there the North can probably kill about a quarter to half of the South's population in a matter of hours if not minutes.

Jim

Thanks for the update. Looking back made me feel young for a moment. When I was there we were told the same. We would only have a few hours to survive.

Thanks again for the pictures. They are beautiful.

[Keymaster]

Thanks for more Pictures Drac, What was the purpose of your work there? 

[squirtthecat]

Great pictures!

[classicrockgriller]

Know you had a good time, but I bet it's good to be home.

Thanks for sharing.

[Drac]

Thanks for more Pictures Drac, What was the purpose of your work there? 

The DMZ was a tour.  I was in Korea for my "two weeks a year" reserve duty.  Can't go much more into it than that, OPSEC, sorry. 

Thanks again for the pictures. They are beautiful.

I tried to concentrate on the loveliness of Korea when I took pictures.  They have such a bad rep from things like Mash and such that people don't realize how lovely the country can be.  Also they are a tough country.  Their history is a rough one with the last 100 years being truly oppressing.  Granted it helped I was there at probably the best time, missing the freezing cold of winter and the blistering heat of summer :D

Jim

[OU812]

Enjoyed the pictures,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thanks for sharin