6:32 AM - Plans - Steve

Before we left for Korea we had hoped to be able to arrange a visit to the DMZ, a 4km wide buffer zone between the North and South of Korea - the two countries are still technically at war. Only foreigners are allowed into the DMZ and the US military runs tours on certain days, including to the UN building which straddles the fence and is used for peace talks. We thought it would be a interesting chance to learn a bit more about a conflict we don't know a great deal about. Sadly it was not to be. After many phone calls and being put on a waiting list, it finally transpired today that the tour tomorrow does not have space for us, which is a bit of a shame. So instead, we're going to China. If all goes well at 1pm tomorrow we'll be sailing off on a 24 hour ferry to Tianjin. We don't have tickets yet, but we have it on reasonably good authority that there are a few left. We have no idea what the internet situation is like in China (except that the bbc website is banned so the cricket will be harder to follow!) so watch this space.

 

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