Today I will be sharing our Day 3 in Korea. First is DMZ
tour we availed at Klook. The DMZ or the Korean Demilitarized Zone is one place
in the world that you either would very much love or not to go. It is a no
surprise for people to feel fear since it is only just the most heavily militarized
border in the world and people (civilians and military) actually died in some
incidents here. Korea is the only divided country in the world. South and
North Korea haven’t been the best of mates since a peace armistice was
signed at the end of the Korean War. Whew! History.
At the DMZ tour, at first, you’ll visit Mjingak Park was a
symbol of division of nations and the cold war. But now, it changes name to Imjingak Pyeonghwa-Nuri peace Park
and many culture events such as movies, exhibitions and concerts holding here. At around 9AM we arrived at our first stop, the Imjingak
Park. This is where the tour agency will register the tourists. While the agency
registers your names, you will be given time to explore the park and take
pictures. You can go to the Peace Bell, Freedom bridge and a steam train called
‘Iron horse wants to run’.
Next stop is at Dorasan observatory, you’ll
observe the strangely empty North Korean propaganda city of Ki
Jung Dong from afar through binoculars. However, we didn’t see any since
its super foggy. We also went to DMZ Theater to
watch a short video around 8 minutes about Korean War.
We
visited Korean Ginseng Center too. Actually cameras are not allowed inside.
After KGC, we went to The War or Memorial Korea museum.
This is our free lunch. This is one of the best Korean food I've tasted during my stay.
After
our DMZ half day tour, we went to Gyeongbokgung palace to meet June’s friend,
Sakyoo. Gyeongbokgung Palace is the main and largest royal palace of the Joseon
Dynasty. It's located in the heart of Seoul and you can go there by riding the
train going to Gyeongbokgung Station subway line 3, exit 5. There were several
tourists there wearing hanbok even though its super cold that time.The palace
is really huge and there are also beautiful gardens inside. We spent a few good
hours roaming around and capture some beautiful sceneries. This is one of my favorite
tourist spots in SoKor. You should definitely visit this place when you go to
South Korea.
Our last stop is N Seoul Tower, or Namsan Tower, rises to a
height of 236 meters on top of Namsan Mountain. The attraction is open from 10:00AM
up to 11:00PM, except for Saturdays when it’s open up until 12 midnight. The
observatory ticket is available at KRW10,000. The N Seoul Tower experience
starts from the short elevator ride where the ceiling of the elevator playing a
cool video. The observatory deck provides a 360-degree view of Seoul with the
glass windows marked with major cities/countries and their distance from the
tower. There are also binoculars available for a minimal fee. Sobrang lamig nung gabing ito. 
So that's all for Day 3!
