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- Yes, having a great time, although a lot of moving around!!
- unfortunately no street life type pics, these weren't allowed and we weren't taken to those kinds of places. i definitely have interest in that kind of stuff (see some of my other blog posts), but what i posted is what i got. north korea also doesn't have a tremendous amount of commerce anyway
- my purpose for going to NK was just to visit and learn more; I've visited haiti, cuba, ukraine, turkey and live in the dominican republic, so i'm pretty used to this kind of travel. :-) Drop me a line, I'm in Shanghai for the next 10 days: shanghai@tasdevil.com
the shots of you in the kim jung il outfit, and in front of the window with the soldiers in the DMZ are great :)
"I'm so ronery..."
How did you get these pictures? Didn't Kim Jong try to kill you or something <.<
Wait, we can all tour in North Korea now?
I thought the pictures were pretty interesting. I'm interested in seeing the street life though.
By "not aloud" he doesn't mean he was loosely told not to. I have a feeling he means something more like, constantly escorted by someone working for the government and under the threat of being arrested for "spying" and thrown in a labor camp for seven years not aloud.
Too bad the yanks will destroy the bloody area in the next few years.
Great photos, I can confirm photos are legit as I was on tour as well.
Any info on travel should google Koryo tours.
I've seen similar photos before.... tourists are shown sweeping plazas with rehearsing dancers and fed great food, but not shown the other 99% of the country.... poorly looked after, poverty stricken and kept in the dark.
where is the difference between young people of north korea who assist to a défilé in north korea and young american who assists to a rock concert or go to disneyland
it s the same the two think they are free to go but the two are manipulated
but i don t like all this monuments to the glory ok kim mes deux
You people on this site are sick. It's the most brutal regime in the world and you all think it's great to go there and take some stupid pictures and marvel at the place. Don't pay any attention to the brutality that goes on. Westerners are sick, selfish people.
I have been to North Korea too last year, but it was quite an unsual trip, as I took the train to travel overland from Europe via Russia to Pyongyang; this train route from Russia into North Korea wasn't used by other tourists for at least 10 years.... have a look at my travelogue at http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com
Korea was occupied/annexed for 40 years by Japan and the current regime was responsible for its independence. To maintain their independence, so the population is told, they must maintain a strong military to hold off against an occupier like the U.S. and wider world which wants to occupy and change the countries system. Those imprisoned are mostly those dissenters at the time of the regime formation. There is no resistance movement in N. Korea, they think their system and regime is doing the right thing by them.
I am not agreeing with the Korean position, I am understanding it which is why I went. They do not regard their regime/country as "starving, torturing, and imprisoning, millions of it’s own people", they regard it as by-product of outsiders (U.S. and world abroad) attempting to occupy and remove their independence. By going to the country and demonstrating that I was willing to respectfully listen and learn about their history, people and system of government it was a demonstration that not everyone is attempting to change their culture, way of life and system of government. I was not required to agree, and many times I told them when I did not.
How much for the Lotus Flower Restaurant waitress on the left?
They (the hand picked people allowed to talk to you) may view the millions of people imprisoned by the regime as a by product of outsiders but that is irrelevant. No moral person can possibly believe that imprisonment of so many people by the North Korean government is justifiable.
It's great that you patiently listened to the people and were respectful and demonstrated that not everyone wants to change their regime. You've only accomplished one thing and that thing is that you support brutal, oppressive dictatorships. I suppose given the chance you would have visited Pol Pot's regime. Would you have liked to visit China during the Cultural Revolution? Perhaps a trip to Zimbabwe is next on your list.
Maybe next time you go to N. Korea you can spend a few nights in a concentration camp. Too bad Auschwitz is no longer open for business. There just aren't many places where rich men can go to get a closeup glimpse of genuine oppression.
By the way, did you feel bad easting so much food in nation where hunger is pervasive?
@helmut, excellent trip, you're quite a stud going in by train through russia!
@dan we were told that guy was a lieutenant, I'll defer to your knowledge though.
@rp in general not too much hostiility, i did feel uncomfortable around military as they looked at us in quite an unfriendly manner (you can see that in the photo above). but we were considered special guests and treated as such.
@kelvin lin -- a few military such as that guy allowed us to take photos of them.
Adrian, this my first visit to your blog, and I like it a lot. I'm very fond of the large-sized photo presentation. I'm definitely going to visit again!
Wonderfull pictures!!! and gives a nice image of North Korea... I share the compleint for the lack of pictures of other common areas..??? Thanks for sending your mail and fotos. I will be glad to meet you when you come back to Dominican and tell me more about your trip, especialmente de Kora del Norte
Un abrazo y que la pases bien
Porfirio