A secretive trip to a secretive country - Prelude

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August 17th 2010

Published: September 1st 2010

To many travellers, visiting North Korea is a surreal and yet irresistible dream. However, to most people, visiting North Korea remains a dream because of the extremely high cost. (North Korea cannot be visited independently. All visitors must join a pricey tour and be accompanied by 2 guides throughout the tour.) For me, I decided to make my dream a reality while keeping the cost affordable, and ... Read Full Entry

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Lau Chau Sang

autumncs

Born in Hong Kong and currently living in Singapore, I am a guy who loves travelling. Like many "travelholics" at TravelBlog, I'm so addicted to travelling that once I stopped travelling I will have withdrawal symptoms. Hence, to cure my addiction, I have to go somewhere at least once every 2 months. (I must admit that it is an expensive addiction. Haha. But at least addiction to travel is healthier than addiction to drugs/smoking/drinking...) I started using TravelBlog when I was doing my internship in Canada in 2005. (For older photos before my Canadian internship... full info

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The One-Step Crossing

It's too wide to cross with one-step now. I'll probably have to wait till the dry season.

Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge

It's the 2nd bridge linking Dandong and Sinuijiu, and the only bridge left after the 1st bridge was bombed

Sinuijiu, North Korea

To be honest the view was not very exciting

Broken Bridge

Formerly linking China and North Korea, the bridge was bombed by the Americans during the Korean War

Trucks travelling on the Friendship Bridge

View of Friendship Bridge from the Broken Bridge

A TV screen on the Broken Bridge

Sunset view of Dandong from the Broken Bridge

The Broken Bridge ending adruptly

Sunset

Ferris wheel in North Korea

Building in North Korea

A Chinese cruise on the Yalu River

End of the Broken Bridge

Friendship Bridge

Friendship Bridge at night

26th October 2012

Interesting
Found your blog after a friend of mine went to see the Yibukua. I didn't realize the river was so narrow and shallow until I saw the pictures. Hope I can make the same trip some day.

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