Korean Peninsula Island park in Yanggu, Gangwon-do

Yanggu: the DMZ Nobody Takes You To

Everyone goes to Paju. Almost nobody goes to Yanggu. It is the same border — 150 km further east, where the line runs through mountains instead of farmland, and where you need paperwork that no coach from Seoul will do for you. It is about 2 hours from Seoul by road (141 km). Here is […]

The Peace Gondola at Imjingak in Paju, beside the DMZ

Doing the DMZ Without the Tour Bus

Here is the part most DMZ pages skip: past the Civilian Control Line, you cannot drive yourself. Not in a rental car, not in a taxi, not with a Korean friend. The Third Tunnel and Dora Observatory sit inside a controlled military area, and you reach them on a registered tour or you do not […]

Schedule for Yanggu trip at June17th-19th

Delicious Yanggu DMZ Trip with K-Granny! At 7:30am, we will meet a guide at Yongsan Station and leave for Yanggu, Gangwon-do. (It takes about 3 1/2 to 4 hours.) After traveling by bus for about 1 1/2 hours, we will stop by a rest area. After traveling for another 1 1/2 hours, we will arrive in Yanggu, Gangwon-do where we will have Wild Vegetable Bibimbap for lunch

[Schedule for Yanggu, Gangwon-do] Delicious Yanggu DMZ trip with K granny!

Delicious Yanggu DMZ Trip with K-Granny! At 7:30am, we will meet a guide at Yongsan Station and leave for Yanggu, Gangwon-do. (It takes about 3 1/2 to 4 hours.) After traveling by bus for about 1 1/2 hours, we will stop by a rest area. After traveling for another 1 1/2 hours, we will arrive in Yanggu, Gangwon-do where we will have Wild Vegetable Bibimbap for lunch

Memory of the dust in Yanggu in Gangwondo

In Korea, there is a custom of eating wild greens from mountain. And we season them very simply with sesame oil, galic and salt to make side dishes. Now, it is illegal for the public to go up and dig wild greens or wild(Mountain) ginseng for various reasons. However, there is still a job called “Ssammani” in Korea, and they go up the mountain and dig wild ginseng and bellflower roots for sale.