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Aboard a captured American spy ship

A travel blog entry by eastin80

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... br> A time wasting activity if I ever saw one: This morning, after the Pueblo we were taken to a shooting range. I didn't know for sure at the time, but strongly suspected that we were taken here because something far more exciting was happening in Pyongyang at the same time. I was right. Click here to see what we missed out on. At the shooting range there was a wide variety of shooting options one of them was that you could choose to shoot a ...

A propaganda filled morning...

A travel blog entry by eastin80

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... I then asked him (as I was pretty skeptical) if it was at all possible to have put together the revolving bridge in two days and two nights. He told me in no uncertain terms would this would absolutely not be possible.

'Typical' North Korean home: I think that I have been pretty upfront about saying that there have often been times on this trip when I have no idea what to believe. There are other times when I am close to certain that someone ...

"You can choose your size"

A travel blog entry by eastin80

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... Pyongyang airport though so the whole thing is a bit of a mystery to me. I'm not sure if they were Korean or not though, I didn't see them wearing a Kim badge though so it's likely that they were not. The other slightly odd thing was that I didn't see any other local tourists there at the same time. This seemed odd because for the rest of the day we shared all the sites with local tourists.

I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time: ...

The more I see, the less I know...

A travel blog entry by eastin80

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... his embalmed body you go into another room which is filled with photos of Kim Il Sung with other world leaders (such as Gadaffi, Mubarak, Mugabe and Arafat all the 'goodies') and thousands of awards and medals given to him by other countries. Some of these are from France, Italy and Portugal and then there are other (more numerous) items from less democratic regimes such as Libya, Cuba, Russia, China and a tonne from Peru, oddly enough. A peace medal from Japan lies next ...

Ilyushin in the morning, Mass Games in the evening

A travel blog entry by eastin80

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... the wheels to cool them down. I guess this is plane maintenance, one-star style?

Second (and best) relieved moment of the day: The seat-belt sign goes off after we land.I am now in the DPRK. I have completed the flight and am getting off the plane to begin a truly amazing week that I have been looking forward to for years. After what seemed like hours (and probably was) spent getting through customs and passport control we ...

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