One of the more unusual tours of my 2006 Asian journey is the DMZ/ Panmunjeom tour to the border between the two Koreas. I did not join the USO tour; I joined a pretty good tour organized by a Korean tour company. This tour is not a do-it yourself project. You need to go on the tour and bring your passport with you. The tour guide was very enthusiastic and provided us with good introduction of recent Korean history. He also covered a lot of info on Korean culture and Seoul in general. Certainly the atmosphere was more tense when we ... (more)