North korea-The hotel room

Below photos are taken while staying in the hotel in woonsan. A old hotel in the outskirt. When I first step into the hotel room, I am like wow. this is so old, its like back to the 60ss.. check it out...  Now I still have a rememberance of this hotel . Why? I cut my knee, still has a long scar at my right knee.. quite a bad cut. accidenaly knock against the bathtop and well the edge of the sink is not smooth thus i cut myself :(

The telephone at one of the floors  lobby, it actually can work.. cos it rings

In the hotel room... check out the english words on the card

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Room Key

Reminds me of my childhood..

Sharp TV. My familly has one Sharp TV when I was a young kid

We all almost laugh out when we see the quilt cover.. so.... Russian style and 60s...

DPRK- random shots

Pictures all taken while I was in the coach, so photos not in focus, and kind of blur.  While on the road, hardly see any vechicles. Basically people there can't handle vehicles, petrol is imported and thus expensive. Some of the cars that exists belong to peopel who come back from Japan, etc. 

Most of the North koreans walk. Yes its common for them to walk a long distance easily a few kilometres. If there is a walkaton, perhaps they would win.

see the children bathing in the drain, woman washing clothes.

DMZ continues

That is the south korea side facing the North korea.. can see the cameras observing the North. someone ask the officer where are the Amercians and South soldiers, the reply was that they are probably hiding inside the building. hmm....  Btw the room  that is above is ine one of these blue building. the middle one.

DMZ continues

Hmm this is interesting, this little room is the only one whereby the north and south soldiers from both sides may patrol inside the DMZ, but they may not cross the MDL. See the 2 South korean soliders standing on the other corner. I was actualy expecting high tension due to that torpedo incident but guess there are more soldiers and American soldiers on the South korean side hidden in the buildings.

Now there are two foreigners whom I think are Americans. I can't help but to say they are dumb. They actually posed infront of the 2 south korean soldiers (excused me, thse 2 soldiers are not monuments). Now Now with flash going on, these 2 soldiers face turned. they are like Mr Bao now.. (bao gong i mean) and well they look fierce and start to walk towards us, and our guide from the military quickly get us out of the room.......... Arrg all these to these 2, I was trying to take more photos . And oh yes I didn't have my flash on. Damn it..

SJ is now in South korea

The South Korean soldiers

DMZ continues

DMZ continues

War-Sad to see all these

DPRK -DMZ zone

How exciting, ths is the main highlight that I was waiting for. A visit to DMZ area

Per wikipedia: DMZ

The Korean Demilitarized Zone (Korean: 한반도 비무장지대) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. The DMZ cuts the Korean Peninsula roughly in half, crossing the 38th parallel on an angle, with the west end of the DMZ lying south of the parallel and the east end lying north of it. It is 250 kilometres (160 miles) long [1], approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) wide and is the most heavily militarized border in the world.

Security is tight, we ain't allow to take photos while in the tour bus  from a certain point all the way to DMZ area. and we have to go thru quite a few checkpoints, with amry officer coming up to check. Now was it 4 checkpoints or .. can't remember need to check my note book which I can't remember where I kept it :p 

A military officer was our guide, we were together with another tour group, Some of them are from US, quite surprise that North korea allows Americans in. Hmm, there military officer is pretty stern and fierce and later on i realise why they assign him.  Ya, two of them t offende the South korean soldiers, see my last posting on DMZ and you would know why.

This is the map

DPRK- Pretty Traffic woman

there is no way I can get down the bus to take it, so I have to quickly take it while on the bus.... If I do find a better bigger photo I will upload it later. These pretty ladies will be standing in the middle of the road junctions to direct traffic and they have certain working hours. (I can't rememeber), they don't work all the time as certain hours will be too hot in the summer. I was just wondering since ther es traffic lights why not just use traffic lights instead of woman. hmmmm I got no clue why....

DPRK

just sharing some random photos...... I will probably load them somewhere in the web soon...  Looks wow right, the cuttery is made of bronze I think.

Dish is not too bad


I can't remember whose tomb is this. Anyway honestly all I can recall is I don't enjoy visiting tombs. My view has always been a dead person is dead and if this person is a great man, yes its a history and the descendents and generation behind should learn from this person. There are lessons to be remember. But as for buidling a manifiant tomb, over glorifying it.. nah etc.. nah... We visted two of such tomb, i honestly can't be bothered with it.

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Here's some exclusive photos

DPRK stands for Democratic People's Republic of Korea. For a write up of North Korea, you may wish to refer to Wikipedia

Finally see this photo.... OK you can see the reflections, I took it in mere seconds cos I was worried I can't take photos at the airport and after seeing people snapping away, I quickly snap before the bus goes off... heee.. Everywhere you can see Mr Kim's photo....

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This is the old Russian plane that I took from Shenyang to Pyong yang, Half way up in sky, I was thinking, Will we make it. The sound of the plane doesn't seem it can make it ..  I wish I can take the interior for all of you to see, but I think its banned cos the airstewardress stop someone from taking it. 

The old Russian layout, the wall papers, the overhead cabins.. oh ya its open type...  er meaning if the plane would to swing left or right, things will drop out.. if u get what I mean like those travel coach type of overhed cabins. Once in a lifetime experience sitting in an old Russian plane..................

More photos to follow suit. The net is too slow and I failed. I wanted to show you the pretty traffic police..