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.

Unification Park @ Jeongdongjin (part 1)

 As we still had 3 hours before our Seoul-bound train departed, we decided to go to the must-see spots in Jeongdongjin. 

Our first stop is Unification Park located just 5 km away from Sun Cruise Ship.

In the park, we could see a warship turned into a museum displaying the history of Korean navy. Anyway we're more interested in the fact that we could go on board this warship!!

and this is the video I taped...

A bit stuffy inside...yet...intriguing. 

I rarely posted myself on this blog..but this one is one of those exceptions.!!!! 

This warship was relatively intact. Built in the US in 1945, served in the World War II as well.

And I was enticed by one of the ...well, machinery.

A good way to  sort of 'experiencing' the era, I presumme. 

Hmm..but then..I wonder...what does this warship got to do with the theme of Unification Park?  

*wonder..wonder...wonder*

Still, it never stopped my curiosity to explore the whole session of the ship.

Oh...the ship once served in the Vietnam War, too.  

and one of the coolest thing about the ship was that..it is now perched right next to the never ending crashing shore...right next to it.

Freya..you looked like blended with all of the BLUE. 

Hmm...it must've been a strong ship...considering its age and history. 

let's go and explore more...