This is from one of Jason's emails (that some of you got a few months ago...oops! I'm still behind in my updates) describing his experience at the DMZ:
The DMZ was a lot of fun…not what you would expect though. It's very commercialized on the south’s side and you can even take a tour to a city in the north. Though not recommended. It has the whole barbed wire/guard tower ominous feel in certain areas. But a lot of places you would never know that you were at the DMZ. And the DMZ itself is actually quite open. The southern limit line and the northern limit line are separated by two miles or more of open area and have not had any human contact in fifty some years. So there is actually a lot of wildlife there and is considered a refuge. It is also the most heavily mined area in the world, or at least one of the most...not sure how those animals don’t blow themselves up. But it was a fun tour, and we had a pretty humorous South Korean as our guide who taught us a lot.
Here are some pictures from the DMZ:
This is Jason standing on the observation deck in South Korea
And the land beyond the binoculars is North Korea. 
This is the Globe 
And the Bridge of Freedom 
Part of the tour of the DMZ also included going down into one of the underground tunnels that North Korea dug in the 1970's and 80's to attack South Korea. The tunnel that Jason went in was large enough to allow 30,000 troops to pass through in an hour and ends about 30 miles away from Seoul. 
While they were in Seoul, Jason's group went to a Korean BBQ restaurant to enjoy the local food. He really enjoyed it. It is traditional to have food in the middle of the table for everyone to share and each individual also has a main dish. Jason had a spicy Kim chi soup. Kim Chi is a traditional Korean food and is basically pickled veggies with meat and while that doesn’t necessarily sound good, Jason assured me that it was very tasty. 
This is the entrance to the restaurant, where everyone leaves their shoes. 
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