It's amazing what a difference 600 miles southward can make. I always feel frozen at 20*F but after facing -20F to -27F my body is rejoicing. The sun is out and has burned off the early morning haze in Dandong. I haven't figured out what part is pollution and what part is simply frozen crystals of moisture in the air. We walked across the bridge to “nowhere” watching little to no activity on the N. Korean bank of the Yalu River. Next to us was the currently functioning bridge that carries trucks mostly it seems, between China and North Korea. We saw more coming over the bridge to China than going to N. Korea. The bank of the Yalu on the NK side is caked with ice and looks very underutilized. In comparison the Dandong side has a promenade and park along the river with a few statues and a “touristic” area. Here there are people out on the streets walking, riding bicycles, electric bicycles, mopeds, transporting/delivering all kinds of things on bicycle carts. There is an unending stream of taxis and private cars including BMW's and Mercedes here. . . on the NK side we saw 2 people walking along what appeared to be a dirt road. The two figures seemed more like a patrol than citizens out for a stroll. Standing at the end of the bridge to nowhere you are only about 400M it seems to the NK bank. . . a desolate looking land with old relics of buildings and a frozen ferriswheel. What must the NK people think if they are allowed to get close enough to look across the river at the 10 floor hotels and traffic along the river? Who would think of China as a place to be “free?” Perhaps the NK people do.