The train to Pyongyang
Big hats and stern looks greet us across the border
Typical station in DPRK
Brick production team
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The May Day Stadium. The largest stadium in the world.
Guidance manuals
History books
Stadium Ushers
Preparing for the race
Marathon spectators
The start of the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon
High fives on the Pyongyang Marathon
Local youth squad
The band keep us entertained
This mans job was to
Awards ceremony. The winners received huge vases that may or may not be possible to carry home.
Carrying bikes down into the underpass
The classic Pyongyang dish of cold noodles
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Celebrating with our travel buddies
Mansudae Hill Monument
The Juche tower, the tallest stone tower in the world.
Pavement kiosk
Pavement cycle lane
Flag oｆ Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.
Deep underground
Station moasaic
Inside the old German train
Another grand metro station
Station mosaic
Public newspaper stand
Pyongyang Theme Park
Our hotel lobby
Restored temple, complete with man dressed as a monk
Entering Kim Jong Il’s Treasure Trove
Nice scenery to cycle through. If only we could.
Billboards are not used for advertising
Pyongyang Childrens Palace
Accordion lessons
Kim Jong Un telling a joke
Embroidery class
Shut up and do your shirt up
Appartment tower. All citizens are given a home that reflects their status.
King Jong Un TV
Kirsty and Philip In the bar at the Yangakdo Hotel
Dressed to impress
Huge entrance leading to the palace
Pyongyang traffic warden
Pyongyang tram
A flower show of Kimilsungia, a plant specifically developed for the Dear leader.
Visitors flocking to the flower show
Flower show attendants
Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum
A captured US helicopter with a photo of the pilot surrendering above it
A model of the brand new Sci-Tech Diffusion Hub building
A boy watches a video about explosions on the local intranet
Hundreds of barely used PCs
Apparantly a DPRK team have been to the Antarctic. The flags in the photos aren’t very convincing though.
Learning about guns
Learning about hydro electricity
The
Inside the shooting range.
Pheasant rescuer
A community reforestation project. It looked like the whole town had cycled out to plant trees.
One nation again one day?
The abandoned UN flag
The Joint Security Area. The large building behind the huts is in South Korea.
Kirsty sits in DPRK, Marcus is in ROK. The centre of the table is the border line.
Kaesong city
All bikes have a unique number plate
A bowl of magkoli rice wine
“The wheels on the bus go round and round….”
Meeting DPRK’s greatest action hero
Propaganda post cards
Pyongyang as viewed from the Juche Tower
Pyongyang as viewed from the Juche Tower
Pyongyang as viewed from the Juche Tower
Kim Il Sung Square
Mass dance
Mass Dance
Workers party monument
Kirsty making new friends
A family portrait
Susanah joins in with the dancing picnicers
Kids out in the sunshine
Dancing in the park
Mass Dance
Mass Dance
Kim Il Sung Square
Fireworks over the Juche tower
A rare chance to mingle with the locals
Trying out some DPRK wedding thrones
With Sarah on our last night in the DPRK
Miss Kim #1
Mr Pang
Miss Kim #2
Students practicing for another parade in the station as we are leaving
Racing with the locals
