There were many tour groups besides our bus of about 30-40 people. It was quite simple to arrange, we found a flyer in the hotel lobby and called in to the English speaking number. They asked where we were staying and wanted a credit card to guarantee the reservation. All they told us was that a driver would pick us up at 7:50am ("Seven-Five-Zero" as we were told). How would they know what we looked like? They had that figured out! Because they knew my friend's name, they knew how we looked!
While the whole situation sounded shady at first, it actually turned out all right. The driver found us, we stopped outside a different hotel to catch our bus and then off we went. Our tour guide gave us some background information on the way up to the DMZ and also collected our fee. We made it to the first stop along the tour, what I understood as a simple staging area before you got to go to where the tunnel was found. Here come the pictures:
