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Are there tours to see the North Korean border?

 
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mcpubes



Joined: 08 Nov 2007
Location: Anyang

PostPosted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:23 pm    Post subject: Are there tours to see the North Korean border? Reply with quote

A friend is coming into town in a couple of weeks and he wants to see the border for some reason
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Are there tours to see the North Korean border? Reply with quote

mcpubes wrote:
A friend is coming into town in a couple of weeks and he wants to see the border for some reason


Do you mean the DMZ tour or something other than the DMZ tour?

You can get information at the tourist info booth in Itaewon for the USO tour or do a google search for DMZ tour for the others.
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mcpubes



Joined: 08 Nov 2007
Location: Anyang

PostPosted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you...
Anyone have a ballpark figure for how much one of these tours costs?
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xtchr



Joined: 23 Nov 2004

PostPosted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

According to this website, it's US$22 for military, US$44 for non-military.

http://www.uso.org/korea/default.cfm?contentid=347
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mcpubes



Joined: 08 Nov 2007
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the link.
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adventure Korea does the N. Korean mountain trip (past the border) for around 350,000
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jkelly80



Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bibbitybop wrote:
Adventure Korea does the N. Korean mountain trip (past the border) for around 350,000


Is that whole thing on the up and up? I went to their website and it looked amazing, bordering on the too-good-to-be-true. No legal issues?
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whatever



Joined: 11 Jun 2006
Location: Korea: More fun than jail.

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What BS. A mountain is a mountain. Is it really that badass of a mountain?

WhoTF pays 350 g's to see a mfing mountain where you can't take pictures, in all likelihood?

Stupidity.
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butlerian



Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's also a trip to the North Korean city of Gaesong for about 200,000 won.
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mcpubes



Joined: 08 Nov 2007
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unfortunately that USO tour doesn't have any scheduled tours for the 22nd or 23rd when I was hoping to go. Can anyone recommend another one in the same price range ($44)?.

edit: Nevermind I found one through www.iloveseoultour.com (46,000)
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whatever



Joined: 11 Jun 2006
Location: Korea: More fun than jail.

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

butlerian wrote:
Gaesong...


lol
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