A secretive trip to a secretive country (Part 1)

Asia » North Korea » Pyongyang
August 19th 2010

Published: September 7th 2010

North Korea. A country that regularly appears on the news, but for all the wrong reasons. Nuclear ambitions, famines, natural disasters, lack of human rights, abduction of foreigners, sanctions from other countries... (and also the recent sinking of a South Korean vessel and an embarrassing loss to Portugal during the World Cup)... The list goes on and on. The country, also known as the Democrati... 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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International Friendship Exhibition - Kim Il Sung building (3)

Comical cloth socks to cover our shoes (and to protect the floor)

Soldiers who just left the exhibition

Local citizens on their way to the exhibition

International Friendship Exhibition - Kim Jong Il building (1)

The second building is dedicated to Kim Jong Il, DPRK's current leader.

International Friendship Exhibition - Kim Jong Il building (2)

Main lobby. This is the only picture I took inside the building, as photos are forbidden in the galleries

International Friendship Exhibition - Kim Jong Il building (3)

Viewing terrace on the top floor of the building

International Friendship Exhibition - Kim Jong Il building (4)

Me and the exhibition guides

School-children leaving the exhibition

Factory workers leaving the exhibition

Numerous tour-buses outside the Friendship Exhibition

Evidence of the huge number of tourists visiting the exhibition

Pohyon Temple (1)

A Buddhist temple in Mount Myohyang, founded in 1042 AD

Pohyon Temple (2)

Bell House

Pohyon Temple (3)

Haethal (liberation) Gate, where sins are cleansed and souls are liberated from the suffering of the mortal world

Pohyon Temple (4)

A statue of a deity

Pohyon Temple (5)

Our temple guide

Pohyon Temple (6)

A 13-storey stone pagoda and the Taeung Hall, the main and grandest building in the temple complex

Pohyon Temple (7)

Delicate wood carvings on a window

Pohyon Temple (8)

Shrine to the Goddess of Mercy

Pohyon Temple (9)

Stone mills dating from the founding of the temple

Pohyon Temple (10)

A newly built building for the archive of ancient Buddhist scriptures

Pohyon Temple (11)

View of the temple complex in Mount Myohyang's Sangwon Valley

7th September 2010

Cessna152
Jason Smart

Fantastic account of your visit to this oddity of a country. I'd love to go there one day myself...

9th October 2012

Juliane
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I would like to use your photo in an art lesson about murals. Is it possible to get the picture from you? Thanks a lot in advance and greetings, Juliane

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