Pyongyang, Korea Dem Peoples Rep Travel Blogs

Axis of Evil, Country Nr. 114
Apr 13, 2008 (33 photos)

... 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 einen ...

Back to Pyongjang
Apr 18, 2008 (88 photos)

... 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 ein ...

Leaving the DPRK
Apr 19, 2008 (7 photos)

... 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 ...

TV Star
Apr 13, 2008 (57 photos)

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
Apr 15, 2008 (122 photos)

... 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 9, 2008, Thursday
Apr 21, 2009 (27 photos)

... 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 from close- ...

Pyongyang, October 13, 2008, Monday
Aug 8, 2009 (12 photos)

... 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
Apr 26, 2009 (19 photos)

... 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 aside, ...

Pyongyang, October 15, 2008, Wednesday
Sep 3, 2009 (13 photos)

... 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 and ...

Pyongyang, October 10, 2008, Friday (continued)
Jun 7, 2009 (14 photos)

... 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 ...

My 175th country to visit, the DPRK!!
Apr 12, 2008 (45 photos)

...  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 12, 2008, Sunday
Jul 9, 2009 (9 photos)

... 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 hot ...

Pyongyang, October 11, 2008, Saturday
Jun 7, 2009 (26 photos)

... . 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 ...

Arirang
Aug 28, 2008 (11 photos)

... Arirang, also called the Mass Games - a synchronized gymastic event that features 100,000 performers. There is little traffic in Pyongyang, and no traffic jam leading to the event. Our bus arrives at the stadium right outside the correct entrance. It's ...

DPRK: Doing the timewarp: Day 4
Oct 3, 2006 (8 photos)

... 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 the ...

DPRK: Doing the timewarp: Day 2
Oct 1, 2006 (8 photos)

... 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 urgently ...

Goodbye communism
Aug 30, 2008 (7 photos)

... to be someone knocking a tight fitting nuclear warhead into a missile with a big hammer. Electricity is in permanent short supply in Pyongyang, and unused floors in the hotel are unlit. Taking the lift to the room at night, it would sometimes stop at a ...

Mangyeongdae, October 10, 2008, Friday
Jun 7, 2009 (2 photos)

... 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 ...

DPRK: Doing the timewarp: Day 5
Oct 4, 2006 (3 photos)

... 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 ...

Friendship Exhibition
Aug 30, 2008 (9 photos)

... built in the late 80s the money ran out, and since then the great dark pyramid has been an embarrassing blot on the Pyongyang landscape. From some locations it's difficult to take a photograph that doesn't feature it somewhere, at least during the day. At ...

Pyongyang, October 16, 2008, Thursday
Sep 5, 2009 (20 photos)

... 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
Aug 12, 2009 (35 photos)

... 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 ...

North Korea
Apr 18, 2008

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.....
May 23, 2004 (25 photos)

... 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) ...

Around town
Aug 29, 2008 (13 photos)

... to it than that, but it was in Korean with no subtitles. All in all, it was surprisingly normal. We then take a ride on the Pyongyang metro. I've read reports on the net that in fact the metro is a fake, and there are only two stations to it, and the ...

DPRK: Doing the timewarp: Day 1
Sep 30, 2006 (11 photos)

... were immediately whisked off to the Arch of Triumph, a gigantic stone structure spanning one of the main roads into Pyongyang. Clearly drawing inspiration from arch bearing the same name on the Champ Elysees, the Pyongyang arch was erected in dedication ...

The Truman Show
May 6, 2007 (29 photos)

... (and leave a favourable impression on tourists no doubt) there is a small army of traffic ladies (aka "The Pyongyang Robo Girls") manning the intersections. Those with a good internet connection should take the time to repeatedly watch these videos: ...

My Kim Il Sung pin and on the train to Dandong
Feb 20, 2008 (21 photos)

... 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 been ...

Kim Jong Il's birthday!
Feb 16, 2008 (69 photos)

... 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 rate ...

Pyongyang in a day
Aug 28, 2009 (44 photos)

... 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 Il ...