Trip to the DMZ (demilitarized zone)

The DMZ is the Demilitarized Zone. It is the area that seperates North Korea from South Korea (38th parallel). The actual boundary is called the line of demarkation. but enough of the history lesson. If you want to see exactly where i was on the border click the link for a decent map....
N. Korea
sorry there aren't that many pics, there's a lot of places on the tour you can't take pics for the "sake of national security," meaning they'll steal your camera a beat you with it.

Entrance into the Joint Security Alliance area This is the United Nations Freedom Center....they do
important military stuff there i think....
A South Korean Guard stands half hidden by building a few meters from the line.
THe building on the left is the one we were in to take pics of the North Koreans. The R.O.C.'s stand in this aggressive variation
of a tae kwon do stance to look more fierce to the North Koreans.
North Korean guards on duty a few feet from the line.
sorry bout the glare, we were in an american building to avoid an actual encounter. The silver buildings are North Korean, and the blue are United Nations (south korean, and american populated mostly). The silver building is the North Koreans operation center (the equivalent of the previously shown "Freedom Center."
This is a North Korean guardpost, taken from an opposite pagoda. If you look in the circled window there is a North Korean with
binoculars observing us (all the tourists). We are not allowed to make any gestures whatsoever because they are later used as propoganda by their government.
This little village is located within the dmz and is called Propaganda Village because it is used to make NOrth Korea seem wealthy and enjoyable to onlookers. They often broadcast these ideals from the giants speakers during the night. The road shown was deemed the "Road of No Return." You get the idea, but i'm not really sure of the situation surrounding it, because the guide was speaking in broken english...(i'll get back to you)

Entrance into the Joint Security Alliance area	This is the United Nations Freedom Center....they do important military stuff there i think....
A South Korean Guard stands half hidden by building a few meters from the line. THe building on the left is the one we were in to take pics of the North Koreans.	The R.O.C.'s stand in this aggressive variation of a tae kwon do stance to look more fierce to the North Koreans.
North Korean guards on duty a few feet from the line. sorry bout the glare, we were in an american building to avoid an actual encounter.	The silver buildings are North Korean, and the blue are United Nations (south korean, and american populated mostly). The silver building is the North Koreans operation center (the equivalent of the previously shown "Freedom Center."
This is a North Korean guardpost, taken from an opposite pagoda.	If you look in the circled window there is a North Korean with binoculars observing us (all the tourists). We are not allowed to make any gestures whatsoever because they are later used as propoganda by their government.
This little village is located within the dmz and is called Propaganda Village because it is used to make NOrth Korea seem wealthy and enjoyable to onlookers. They often broadcast these ideals from the giants speakers during the night.	The road shown was deemed the "Road of No Return." You get the idea, but i'm not really sure of the situation surrounding it, because the guide was speaking in broken english...(i'll get back to you)