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Travel Blogs from Pyongyang, Korea Dem Peoples Rep
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Axis of Evil, Country Nr. 114
... haben wir unsere beiden Guides getroffen, ein Mann (Mr. Lee wollte er genannt werden) und eine Frau (sie durften wir mit dem Vornamen anreden, Ann Hui). Den Flughafen haben wir erst kurz nach 15oo verlassen (1h spaeter als in China), so dass wir nur ...
Back to Pyongjang
... Start vorbereitet, daher durften wir keine Aufnahmen machen (und die MIGs haben gewartet bis wir weg waren). Zurueck in Pyongyang haben wir uns das Drei-Revolutionen-Museum angeschaut, aber nur die Schwerindustrie-Revolutions-Halle. Dort hat man uns ...
Leaving the DPRK
... Bonbons geben, da es eine Beleidigung ist... (btw, die Guides durften auch in den Hotels uebernachten, inkl. dem guten in Pyongyang, obwohl sie in Pyongyang wohnen). Die Blicke aus dem Zug waren nicht uebermaessig interessant, allgemeine Vermutung das ...
Pyongyang, October 9, 2008, Thursday
... ", sporting a huge picture of a military parade with thousands of meticulously ordered soldiers on a square probably somewhere in downtown Pyongyang. I had no intention of reading it in the plane. It was too interesting watching those North Koreans aboard ...
Pyongyang, October 13, 2008, Monday
... afternoon. Whoever has seen pictures or footage from mass rallies, military parades or other political gatherings in Pyongyang, they would immediately recognise the place. This immense, paved clearing was the spot where immaculately choreographed masses ...
Pyongyang, October 10, 2008, Friday
... sources ran around seventy thousand, it was said to have taken in as many as one hundred thousand on occasions. Whether Pyongyang and North Korea really needed two behemoths like that back-to-back was, of course, another question. But such questions ...
Pyongyang, October 15, 2008, Wednesday
... Street, at the foot of both the Mansudae and the Statue. On our way there we again witnessed from the bus unhurried scenes of downtown Pyongyang, which were to me personally some of the best things to see at all. At one spot we saw a few guys in shorts ...
Pyongyang, October 10, 2008, Friday (continued)
... flags and a huge mural depicting the scene of the Great Leader giving his speech to cheering masses upon his return, people of Pyongyang were dancing now in celebration of their ruling party's day. All the ladies, without exception, were in those peculiar ...
TV Star
Anyon hashimigga, am ersten vollen Tag in DPRK (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) haben uns die Guide noch geschont, es ging erst um 9:00 los. In Nordkorea bluehten auch noch Kirschbaeume... Erster Stop war das Juche Denkmal, welches die ...
The great leaders birthday
... der Erde (es sind Atombunker) und palastartig ausgebaut. Dann gab es den Geburtsort des Praesidenten zu sehen, etwas ausserhalb von Pyongyang bevor es zum Abendessen ging und von dort dann zu einem Massentanz. Knapp 20000 Taenzer auf einem Platz, der ...
Pyongyang, October 12, 2008, Sunday
... North Korean capital ended for today. This evening we were going to stay in Kaesong, near the border with South Korea. On our way out of Pyongyang, we finally had an opportunity to pass through some suburbs off the usual tourist routes. On this by now ...
The more I see, the less I know...
... own destiny and will get out of his life what he puts into it. We went up the Juche tower to get a panorama view of Pyongyang from 170 metres up. While we were there we could not help but notice that a construction site was blaring classical music to egg ...
My 175th country to visit, the DPRK!!
... private cars around on this wide highway where even a Jumbo jet could easily land..! Visit to the Pyongyang Film Studios, the Universal studios of North Korea The Dear Leader, Kim Chong Il, has been here over 600 times, he ...
Pyongyang, October 11, 2008, Saturday
... . That thing, a granite obelisk 170 m tall, with a ruby torch on top, may well be the tallest accessible structure in Pyongyang. Because the Ryugyong hotel is off-bounds to visitors. Foreigners in particular. The tower is located on the other side of the ...
Mangyeongdae, October 10, 2008, Friday
... day was not over yet. There was enough light for one last sightseeing spot. And that took us to Mangyeongdae, a village just outside the Pyongyang city limits. That's where Kim Il Sung was born in 1912 and we were, naturally, going to see the house of his ...
Pyongyang, October 16, 2008, Thursday
... on the platform, too. There were three westerners who didn’t belong to our group and who were, apparently, leaving Pyongyang independently. Which would lead to a conclusion that they had moved about the country independently, as well. Had they? I ...
Pyongyang, October 14, 2008, Tuesday
... back to China, and we continued our tour. With an unexpected next stop. „Next we shall visit a department store in Pyongyang,“ Mrs Lee announced. It got everyone’s attention. I guess we were all expecting another museum or something, and ...
Ilyushin in the morning, Mass Games in the evening
... probably was) spent getting through customs and passport control we boarded the bus (which was soon to become our home for the next week). Korea's Got Talent: One of our Korean guides (Miss Kim) sung us the Arirang song on the bus on the way to the ...
DPRK: Doing the timewarp: Day 4
... hall than a tube station. Again, take a look at the photos. Our final stop of the tour was to one of Pyongyang's Children's Palaces, schools for gifted kids whether they are musical, dancing, acrobatic, academic or Taekwon-do prodigies. Our trip down ...
DPRK: Doing the timewarp: Day 2
... and the state buildings. Monotone in colour and monotonous in design, the majority of the tower blocks in which Pyongyang's citizens lived looked old, neglected and shabby. Some were absolutely filthy and crumbling, looking decidedly dangerous and ...
Aboard a captured American spy ship
... . A walk in the park: This might not seem like a particularly exciting activity, but to get to walk in a beautiful Pyongyang park on National Day, surrounded by locals enjoying their day, having BBQs and singing to each other was a real treat for ...
DPRK: Doing the timewarp: Day 5
... precision and speed, to efficiently control approaching traffic; crowds patiently waiting for the opening of one of Pyongyang's 4 department stores (imaginatively named Department Store 1, Department Store 2 etc..); a procession of empty-seeming trucks ...
North Korea
We embarked on our 24 hour train to North Korea (DPRK) with a sense of excitement and trepidation. In our carriage we met a dutch pair, who reminded us very much of bookham legends, band players, drinkers and general merrymakers Dutch and Roger- ...
Surviving DPRK.....
... bad, it only took about 1.5hours, and the meal i was given kept me quiet for about half of that!! we landed at pyongyang airport and after clearing immigration and customs, our group (there were eight of us, 3 canadians, a kiwi and three english guys) ...
My Kim Il Sung pin and on the train to Dandong
... The train was comfortable and we met some interesting people. There was an Indian couple that had been working at the embassy in Pyongyang for the last 3 three years. They were now transferred to Switzerland, quite a difference! They told us that they had ...
Kim Jong Il's birthday!
... Monument and had a short walk in the city. During this walk we witnessed some of the small changes that have taken place in Pyongyang; small kiosks selling snacks such as hot dogs and things like that. Prices were in Korean won, when I asked about the ...
Pyongyang in a day
... all photos of this monument look more or less the same. After a duck meat bbq we visited the US Spy Ship Pueblo, the Pyongyang metro system, the Party Monument, the stamp shop, had a beer at the Koryo Hotel and finally we visited the birthplace of Kim ...
A propaganda filled morning...
... with interest who then also jumped in our photo and soon there were a big bunch of westerners and locals having their photo taken at a Pyongyang funfair. The only part about it I didn't like was that we didn't have to line up like the locals. When ...
Finally: Pyongyang!
... time they were going to skate during the ice skating festical in honour of the birthday of Kim Jong Il. After landing at Pyongyang airport, going through customs was remarkably easy. Our mobile phones were put in one bag that was sealed en had to ...
Arirang Mass Games!
From Pyongyang airport we went directly to the May Day Stadium to see the Mass Games. Driving up to the stadium we saw groups of performers waiting outside the stadium until it was time to go in. There were also any Koreans waiting to go inside to see the ...
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