Well after a brief layoff we are finally back and ready to start blogging again. The hard drive on our PC actually went out, so it took about 2 weeks to get a new hard drive and re-install everything before the PC was up and running again. Thank God for NewEgg because it's hard to trust the electronics out here, you never know what's real or what's bootlegged. Then we took a week off and went to Maui, Hawaii for vacation because the next several months are pretty much lock down mode at work because of the schedule.Anyhow, so a few weeks ago we decided to head northeast for a 3 1/2 hour drive and go see one of the oldest parts of the far Eastern end of the Great Wall in a city called Dandong. Dandong is right on the border between China & North Korea, separated only by the Yalu River. So getting into North Korea is easy, it's getting out that's the problem...lol....In all seriousness though, we saw some pretty amazing scenery on the way up too Dandong and in the city itself.
Near the entrance to the Great Wall is a tourist viewpoint into North Korea. Behind us is North Korean farmland separated from China with a fence and a narrow part of the Yalu river.
Entrance and starting point for the Great Hike up the Great Wall.
Although it's hard to tell from the photo, the last guard station on top of the mountain in the distance is longer and steeper than it looks in the picture.
And finally we made it to the end.
View from the top of the very last guard station.
So after we were finished at the Great Wall, we headed a little further north were we stopped to check out the Yalu Jiang Duan Qiao bridge AKA the Friendship bridge. The bridge reaches only halfway across the river because part of it was destroyed by fighter planes during the Korean War but you are still able to walk out to the end of half of the bridge from the Chinese side and get a really good look into North Korea.
So after we were finished at the Great Wall, we headed a little further north were we stopped to check out the Yalu Jiang Duan Qiao bridge AKA the Friendship bridge. The bridge reaches only halfway across the river because part of it was destroyed by fighter planes during the Korean War but you are still able to walk out to the end of half of the bridge from the Chinese side and get a really good look into North Korea.
Close view into North Korea in the distance
View of the missing section and the Korean end of the bridge in the distance.
Local Chinese women that were eager to meet & speak with us because we are foreigners. To bad we couldn't understand what they were saying most of the time.
Where are those Imperialistic American pigs?
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