The Third Tunnel, South Korea

I hadn't done much research into the DMZ Tour, so I didn't expect to be lead to an underground tunnel which took you 2 mins walk away from the North Korea border!

One of 4 tunnels built by North Korea (after the ceasefire) that have found, presumably many more have been built though. We were able to go down the steep tunnel that the South Korea's built to intercept the North's (which although very steep was reasonably sized) then walk along the South Korean tunnel which had been blocked off.

The South's tunnel was far smaller, we had to wear a hard hat and even i crouched most of the time. Luke was hunched over trying to stand up straight whenever possible! The tunnel was surprisingly long, and although it was interesting to see the internal blockages and get very close to the border it wasn't exactly worth it - but we still would have been disappointed if we hadn't done it!

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