Summer is well and truly here in Okinawa, with the temperatures rising and the sun shining. Checked the weather report at 9am this morning and was told that it was 31°C but that it felt “like 36°C”. Thankfully the humidity was only 70% and a sea breeze coming through my apartment managed to keep me [...]
Those of you who frequented this site in its old incarnation may remember that about 18 months ago I posted up a detailed report of my 2005 trip to North Korea (aka DPRK or the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea). Just as a side point, have you ever noticed that countries calling themselves the “Democratic…” are very rarely democracies? Why is that?! It’s these types of questions that demand answers and keep me up late at night.
Anyway, the review of my trip is back up so I wanted to direct you folks to it as it was one of the most enjoyable series of articles I have written for this site. It was also received pretty well. In addition to the report, my online gallery also has an album dedicated to this trip so be sure to check that out too. And let me know if you have any questions about the country. I’m no expert by any means but have done some reading about the country and will try to give you an answer if I can.
The trip report starts here.
My photo album from the trip is here.
Tags: communism, democratic peoples republic of korea, dprk, juche, kim il sung, kim jong il, north korea, Travel
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