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Riding the Rails to Dandong
... van driver (van from the boardwalk to where we had the boat ride which was at least half an hour out of the city) then took us to a small restaurant where we had carp that we picked out of a live tank and a few other dishes that Christa picked out. On the way back to Dandong, we stopped at a portion of the Great Wall just to take pictures. We also went to the Korean War Museum - where we saw "the other side of the story"! I don't know a lot about the Korean War, but ...
The Great Wall at last
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The most wondrous part of visiting the wall at Dandong was the sheer lack of tourists. There were never more than twenty people along the entire stretch of the wall at a time. There were pockets of time when My student's grandmother and I were the only people in sight.
This stretch of walls is definetly not for the infirm. Whoevere built it really had no sense of ...
Dandong... or a tale of Borders and Walls
... line-height: 21px; ">It became more of a reality for me when I noticed a sign and a serious looking guard in a little glass box. I read the sign and just as I took a picture of it I noticed the part where it said not take any pictures of the military installment. I turned to take a picture of the guard right as he stepped out of his booth to wave me a way. I tried to wave in a friendly fashion, but he did not wave back. I walked a little ways off and then took a quick picture of ...
Borderline
... The bridge is completely illuminated, alternating between red, green, and blue. But as soon as it reaches North Korea: blackness. It is such a stark contrast, the bright, lively atmosphere on one side of the river and what seems like a space void of any living creature on the other. It exponentially increased the sense of mystery already surrounding the country. I walked back to the hotel and went to bed a little earlier to accommodate for the early wake up in the ...
I looked at North Korea!
... we 'conquered' it!
and North Koreans who accept bribes from tourists are not killed, but 'cleared'.
Our first stop on the trip, both on Friday night and Monday morning was at a bridge. Well, half a bridge. This was a bridge destroyed during the war.You can walk to the end of it and look at the opposite river bank to see North Korean soldiers walking around with guns and fishermen walking along the shore. There is also a view of a ferris wheel and ...
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