After three trips to the DMZ the photo opportunities seem less interesting, particularly if the North Koreans aren't out to focus the cross-hairs on. At one of the checkpoints there was this convex mirror reflecting the view southward. We were all looking toward the north at North Korea, but I took pictures of that view the last time I was there. Sooo, I saw this mirror, the soldiers looking north reflected in it, along with the military bus (of which I'd never taken a picture), and - low and behold - there's a North Korean guard post in the background too. I thought it looked kind of interesting. But the mirror is reflecting south? Well, the demarcation line isn't exactly straight; it sort of makes a U-shape around the truce village of Panmunjom, thus North Korea can be toward the south, depending on where you're standing. But in this case, because the mirror is convex, it's showing a wide angle view. That guard post is actually north. Confused? I was. I had to think about it for a few minutes.

Here's uncle and niece at the top of a steep staircase at Changdok palace in central Seoul. A nice blonde military guy offered to take our picture. It's a good example of bad picture-taking by those disposable cameras, but it's the only shot I have of the two of us. Doesn't the angle look funny? I guess it's the ant's eye view.