Unification Park @ Jeongdongjin (part 3)

Oh, there is one more thing that we could see at the Unification Park @ Jeongdongjin...-->

the 35-long submarine used by the North Korea which was stranded on the coast off Jeongdongjin. 

We got to wear the helmet, should we want to go inside....!!

BUT I RECOMMEND NOT TO..because..the smell was horrendous!!

Better enjoy it from outside...:)

anyway...story has it that this submarine was captured in 1996!!! with lives lost both from South and North. Including civilians...sadly. 

anyway..enough with the history...

but..the mere fact that this 35-meter long captured North Korean submarine was being exhibited right here....is a sheer reminder of how tense the North-South relation was/is/has been/...will be??? hope NOT.

Unification Park @ Jeongdongjin (part 2)

We're still on board the warship used in WW II and Vietnam War. Oh, I learned that this museum-turned warship was donated to South Korea in 1972. 

The rusty deck floor occupied much of it visage...

But...it is relatively intact. 

Another pose at one of these I-do-not-know-what guns yet-looked-cool-to-be-with. 

Right..as Jeongjongjin is located at the seashore..everything is within sea-reach. 

Even this warship at Unification Park is strategically located next to the seashore...and a road..which makes it spot-on. 

and..a wooden boat is, well, a boat used by North Korean refugees trying to seek for asylum in the South.  

A memory picture with the kids.

My verdict: should you visit this place? hmm...not much to see, unless you are really into history and....unless you are really into the war-wrecked ships.

2.5 stars out of 4, I guess.