Pyongyang Hotels

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... visit the museum. As we move on they are leaving flowers at an outdoor mural of the great leader. The next stop is the Pyongyang film studios. We walk through the outdoor film sets. It is a strange experience to walk through an empty town, although the ...

... man aber keine 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 ...

... our guides and people that we would be meeting along the way; Snacks for us, as there aren't really any convenience stores in Pyongyang; and fruit, as there isn’t really any fruit in Korea. We had always been schooled that taking fruit on planes was ...

... and fauna stamps.  I have purchased some of the historic leader stamps of both the Kims.  On my last trip to Pyongyang, I had purchased a book and was rushed and in a hurry so when I got it home realized I had purchased the Russian ...

... around my wrists as a gift.  It has really been amazing! * * * Connecting straight off my 22 hour journey from Pyongyang North Korea, I stepped onto the 7 hour train southeast to Tai Shan (Mount Tai) and meet back up with Claude. Saving a ...

... sound of it not much money is spent on them – when I get home I’m gonna try and find a book called The Aquariums of Pyongyang – by a guy who spent 10 years in the prison called the Gulag by Kang Chol-hwan – it’s meant to be a ...

... well-publicised North Korean abductions of South Koreans: a suspect of mixed Korean-Chinese descent, said to have been trained in Pyongyang, was arrested and charged with the crime in December of 2004. Yanji was the start point of an international dispute ...