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On 13/05/2013 20:41, Recliner wrote:
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On 13/05/2013 13:08, Recliner wrote:
On Mon, 13 May 2013 12:54:14 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

I have also seen some footage of freight trains in the Nampo area on
videos about the building of the Western Sea Barrier.

I have not heard of many cases where tourists have visited Nampo, I must say.

Yes, we drove along the sea barrage, saw the video in the visitor centre,
looked at the sea locks, etc. As a ship was passing through, we couldn't go
over the locks themselves. The road and railway line over the barrage
didn't seem to be heavily used.

We noticed what looked like a new comms cable being installed along the
road to the barrier. It was being done by thousands of volunteers (whose
bikes were parked along the road), hand digging a ditch and laying the
cable in it. No culvert, just the cable dropped in the probably not very
straight ditch.


I was under the impression that Nampo as a city had a strategic
importance and thus would be off limits to outsiders.

We drove right through the town centre, with no sign of any restrictions.
Also had lunch there on the way back. We saw the crowds of school leavers
ceremonially joining the military, taking pics as we went; no-one asked us
not to. I'll post some pics from the barrage (again, no restrictions on
photography). I imagine there must be a strong military presence in the
area, but we saw none. All in all, it was a pleasant day out, which
included visiting the same cooperative farm and water bottling plant that
featured in the John Sweeney Panorama programme.