Herrrooo! Can anybody here me up there?!

On Saturday we headed north to Ganghwado island, the northernmost tip of South Korea. We hiked to the highest point we could find, a nice little climb called Bongcheon-san, and looked to the north. We squinted to see as far as the air would let us, and in the distance, just past the Han River, we made out a small piece of the Axis of Evil: the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea.
Our guidebook purported that on clear days, you can see a large billboard which reads, in impolite Korean, "America, go home!" And sometimes, if you're lucky, you can even hear a loudspeaker broadcasting propaganda about the good life in the North (Herrrroo!). Unfortunately for Kim Jong Il, his plan will never work. South Korea's air is too damn hazy to see across the Han most of the time. Blast, foiled again!!!
The town to the bottom left is Hajeom, a cute little farming town (although we did notice quite a few dog kennels there...hmmm...dog soup anyone?) If you look just to the right of the big mountain past Hajeom, you can see the slightest outline of a mountain. That, my friends, is Kim Jong Il's backyard. Can you just hear the propaganda?
A run down lookout tower. There were a lot of military bases in the towns on the way to the island, so North-South tensions are definitely felt in the area.
Beth and I doing what we do best, defending freedom. Go America!