The Wandering Scot

An occasional travel journal.
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North Korea 2011

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  Pyongyang   Metro   War Museum   DMZ   Kaesong   Sampo   Exit

I visited North Korea in August 2011, with Koryo Tours.

The trip highpoint was the Mass Games. Photos are on the separate Mass Games Photos page.

Pyongyang

Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Pyongyang
Pyongyang (The roads are not crowded.), North Korea 2011
Pyongyang
(The roads are not crowded.)
Massed Apartment Blocks, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Massed Apartment Blocks
Juche Tower, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Juche Tower
105 Storey Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
105 Storey Ryugyong Hotel
Misty Morning, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Misty Morning
Mass Games Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Mass Games Stadium
Arch of Triumph �Larger than the one in Paris�, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Arch of Triumph
�Larger than the one in Paris�
Heroic Street Art, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Heroic Street Art
Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Kim Il Sung Square
Grand People's Study House Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Grand People's Study House
Kim Il Sung Square
Revolutionary Art On "Grand People's Study House", Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Revolutionary Art
On "Grand People's Study House"
Juche Tower, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Juche Tower
Intellectual, Worker, Peasant., Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Intellectual, Worker, Peasant.
Top of Juche Tower, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Top of Juche Tower
Parade Rehearsal (?) Beside Juche Tower, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Parade Rehearsal (?)
Beside Juche Tower
Party Founding Monument Hammer, Pen & Sickle, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Party Founding Monument
Hammer, Pen & Sickle
Kim Il Sung Mausoleum, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Kim Il Sung Mausoleum
Mausoleum + Scotsman, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Mausoleum + Scotsman
Mausoleum Group Photo, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Mausoleum Group Photo
USS Pueblo, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
USS Pueblo
USS Pueblo Electronics Room, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
USS Pueblo Electronics Room
The "Children's Palace", Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
The "Children's Palace"
The "Children's Palace", Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
The "Children's Palace"
Kim Il Sung Childhood Home, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Kim Il Sung Childhood Home
Waiting Visitors, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Waiting Visitors
BBQ Lunch, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
BBQ Lunch
Revolutionary Martyr's Cemetery, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Revolutionary Martyr's Cemetery
View from Cemetery, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
View from Cemetery
Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Yanggakdo Hotel
Yanggakdo Lobby An oasis of prosperity., Pyongyang, North Korea 2011
Yanggakdo Lobby
An oasis of prosperity.

Metro

Down into the Pyongyang Metro..., North Korea 2011
Down into the Pyongyang Metro...

War Museum

"Liberation War Museum" + Museum Guide, North Korea 2011
"Liberation War Museum" + Museum Guide
First DPRK Tank into Seoul, War Museum, North Korea 2011
First DPRK Tank into Seoul
Kim Il Sung, War Museum, North Korea 2011
Kim Il Sung
DPRK Plane, War Museum, North Korea 2011
DPRK Plane
Downed US Plane, War Museum, North Korea 2011
Downed US Plane
Captured US Tanks, War Museum, North Korea 2011
Captured US Tanks
Battle Panorama Well made, with good 3D->2D transitions, War Museum, North Korea 2011
Battle Panorama
Well made, with good 3D->2D transitions
Fragment from Battle Panorama A US General is captured., War Museum, North Korea 2011
Fragment from Battle Panorama
A US General is captured.

DMZ

Student "Volunteers" Heading off for Summer construct, DMZ, North Korea 2011
Student "Volunteers"
Heading off for Summer construction work.
The wide open highway. One of DPRK's busiest motorways., DMZ, North Korea 2011
The wide open highway.
One of DPRK's busiest motorways.
Our DMZ Guide, North Korea 2011
Our DMZ Guide
The DMZ complex, North Korea 2011
The DMZ complex
In a DMZ meeting room., North Korea 2011
In a DMZ meeting room.
Tourists on the South Korean side. We waved, but they did not w, DMZ, North Korea 2011
Tourists on the South Korean side.
We waved, but they did not wave back.
The Non-Face-Off at the DMZ Both face North., North Korea 2011
The Non-Face-Off at the DMZ
Both face North.
South Korean Guard In official clenched-fist pose., DMZ, North Korea 2011
South Korean Guard
In official clenched-fist pose.
The Armistice Building, DMZ, North Korea 2011
The Armistice Building
Armistice Treaty Tables, DMZ, North Korea 2011
Armistice Treaty Tables

Kaesong

KIm Il Sung + Acolyes, Kaesong, North Korea 2011
KIm Il Sung + Acolyes
Kim Il Sung, Kaesong, North Korea 2011
Kim Il Sung
Confucian Temple, Kaesong, North Korea 2011
Confucian Temple
Confucian Temple Museum, Kaesong, North Korea 2011
Confucian Temple Museum
Scotsman with Dog Meat Soup, Kaesong, North Korea 2011
Scotsman with Dog Meat Soup
A little stringy, Kaesong, North Korea 2011
A little stringy
Kaesong, North Korea 2011
Kaesong
A quickly concealed doggy., Kaesong, North Korea 2011
A quickly concealed doggy.
Reunification gate, Kaesong, North Korea 2011
Reunification gate

Sampo

Young Rice, Sampo, North Korea 2011
Young Rice
West Coast Barrage, Sampo, North Korea 2011
West Coast Barrage

Exit

Koryo Guide + DPRK Guide, Exit, North Korea 2011
Koryo Guide + DPRK Guide
Rice, Exit, North Korea 2011
Rice
Corn, Exit, North Korea 2011
Corn
Crossing the DPRK-China border And approaching Dandong., Exit, North Korea 2011
Crossing the DPRK-China border
And approaching Dandong.

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