Day 7 – Paekdu Airport, Paekdu-san, and Pegaebong Hotel. Pakdu-san. Lonely Planet reads: Mount Paekdu, one of the most stunning sights on the Korean peninsula, straddles the Chinese-Korean border in the very far north-eastern tip of DPRK. Apart from it being the highest mountain in the country at 2744m, and an amazing geological phenomenon – [...]

Day 4 – Pyongyang, Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Mangyongdae Native House, Mangyongdae Children’s Palace, Monument to Party Foundation, The Triumphal Arch, Revolutionary Marty’s Cemetery, and Hot Pot. We were still all buzzing from the Arirang games the night before and we all shared stories about what our favourite parts were. I don’t think I came across [...]

Day 6 – Pyongyang, Tomb of King Kongmin, Department Store 3, Colourful People, Flower Show, Lunch, Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, Roller coaster, Army Circus, and the Mass Games again. Yet another busy day starting off with a long bus ride to King Kongmin’s Tomb and adjoining temple. The tomb was originally plundered by the Japanese during [...]

Day 4 – Flight to Pyongyang and the Arirang Games I started my day with another ‘free’ watery omelette, however this time they were nice enough to give me toast rather then bread, so how can I complain. We made our was to Beijing airport, checked in, and then hung around for a couple of [...]