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The Truman Show
This replaces a previously 'holding' entry I had here. The earlier fixed rule about not writing about our visit got progressively more lax as the week progressed. Hence I can share a heck of a lot. This 5 day visit to North Korea has been far and away the most interesting place I have ever visited. No contest at all. Many places in the world are …
Ilyushin in the morning, Mass Games in the evening
First relieved moment of the day: I won't lie. I have been nervous about flying Air Koryo ever since I booked this trip to the DPRK. It is the only airline in the world with a one star (out of five) safety rating. Europe won't allow the majority of Koryo planes to fly in to its airports as they are not deemed safe enough to land on their runways. …
The more I see, the less I know...
I wasn't expecting that!: Kim Il Sung's Mausoleum. Wow. Truly amazing. Kim Il Sung is the eternal president of the DPRK, (despite the fact that he died in July 1994) and when he died his residence was turned into his mausoleum. Before you enter the mausoleum you are required to hand in all of your belongings and you are then patted down ( …
A propaganda filled morning...
The West Sea Barrage: I have to admit, I was puzzled by what exactly we were going to see when we got to the West Sea Barrage (not much it turned out). We got out of the bus after an hour long trip down a deserted ten lane highway and then eight kilometres over a deserted bridge and were shown from quite a distance, what looked to me like a fancy …
Welcome to DPRK
Groundhopper stayed here on Nov 16, 2007 during their trip titled: North Korea to Mr Kim.
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