Saturday

We get Saturday and Sunday off from the activity center with residents. Today Molly offered to take us north where the Hun River meets with the Imgin river and then flow out to the Korean Sea. Across the river from where they meet is North Korea. We went to a place that is high up on a hill where you can use telescopes to see the North Korean town that was set up by the dictator to look good. For a long time, nobody lived there and the buildings were wasted; eventually some people were allowed to live there. We also toured the peace bridge where South Koreans write letters to family members who remain in North Korea. Life over there is dreadful; they have no food to eat and are very very poor. People are unable to escape because anyone who is related to the escapee is tortured and killed. We view a shrine where people worship pagen gods and saw some South Korean soldiers who guard their border. There was a sign that said do not get close and do not take pictures... naturally I got close and took pictures. More later!