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Our group then proceeded to Wadi Rum, home to the Zalabia Bedouin who have made a success of developing eco-adventure tourism into their main source of income. Here you can go on four-wheel-drive tours through the desert to see prehistoric rock paintings,
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"The menus are the same in every store, and the atmospheres are similar," said general manager Kyle Knapp. "We are most like the Cherry Street store in that we also have a full bar area."
To get there we first had to stop at a military checkpoint several miles from the DMZ. There we joined a caravan of buses and vans led by a military escort. Upon our arrival, we all were given arm bands that identified us as press. We were given a short presentation (basically the history of the DMZ) then boarded the military bus. On our way to the border,
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DPRK said the only way to recover the relationship between inter-Korea and open a new situation for autonomous reunification is to implement the historic June 15th declaration and suggested Mount Kumgang or Kaesong as a place to hold a joins celebration, according to Yonhap News Agency.
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