둘째 날
본격적으로 백두산 여정이 시작되는 날이었다.
전일 가이드 설명으로 무척 바쁜 날이 될 거란 생각은 했었지만 아침부터가 바빴다.
호텔 조식 후 당도한 압록강변에는 이미 많은 사람들로 북적이고 있었다.
중조우의교 그리고 잘라진 압록강철교, 강 건너 뿌연 안개 속으로 보이는 북한 땅 신의주.
모든 것은 사실이고 현실로 눈앞에 펼쳐지고 있었다.
그래도 다행스러웠던 것은 유람선은 좀 더 북한 땅으로 가까이 갔다는 사실이었다.
북한 쪽의 수심이 더 깊었다면 아마 조금 더 가까이 접근할 수 있었으리라.
그러나 유람선으로 인해 다행스러웠던 것은 북한 땅을 조금 더 가까이서 볼 수 있었다는 것 그것뿐이었다.
강 한가운데서 바라본 북한 쪽 신의주와 중국 쪽 단동의 모습은 너무도 확연히 달랐다.
우후에 죽순 돋듯이 쑥쑥 올라가는 단동 압록강변의 고층 건물과는 달리 북한 쪽 신의주의 모습은 녹슨 선박과 허름한 차림의 사람 모습들, 너무나도 대비가 되는 모습들이었다.
아니 그뿐만이 아니었다.
들과 산들도 달랐다.
중국 쪽의 울창한 산림에 비해 북한 쪽은 온통 개간된 밭이었다.
여름이라 다행히 푸른빛이 가리고 있었지만 겨울은 황폐한 그 모습이 그 대로 드러날 것이라 생각하니 말로만 듣던 북한 쪽의 실상은 보이는 것보다 더할 것이란 생각이 들었다.
정치가 뭐고 이데올로기가 뭔지?
간혹 강 저편에서는 손도 흔들어 주고 휘파람도 부는 것을 봐서는 유람선을 타고 있는 사람들이 한 동포라는 것을 그들도 알고 있는 듯 했다.
그 외 위화도며 월량도 등 압록강의 수많은 섬들, 압록강안의 모든 섬은 북한 것이라는 가이드의 말에 미국 지명위원회의 압록강 오표기 생각도 떠올랐지만 그것은 잠시였다.
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