A Brief Glance at Korea
Admittedly when myself and my colleague came up with the idea of a Japan-Korea trip, given that we had each lived in one of the respective countries, it seemed like a great plan. While it turned out well there was a significant amount of leg-work to get done before we even left and for anybody thinking of taking students to two countries it definitely bumped the trip price. We spent most of our time in Japan, but managed to slide in about three days in Korea, where we were based out of Seoul.
Seoul is a like any other mega-city with millions of people – vast and sprawling; it also happens to contain some interesting albeit rebuilt palaces. For good measure it is also shockingly close to the Demilitarized zone and as our guide there pointed out all of the North’s artillery was aimed straight at Seoul. While it’s a titch onerous to do I’d highly recommended a trip to the DMZ if you ever get the chance, the tunnels are interesting (small) and the forward base camp and buildings where the armistice where signed are kind of one-of-a-kind experience; the whole tour’s also an amazing example of propaganda and opinions.
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