• Matthias Mueller
  • Matthias Mueller

North Korea

A 7-day adventure by Matthias Read more
  • Folk Park

    October 10, 2015 in North Korea ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    Having fun in the Folk Park (like a miniature museum) with my translator. My guide and the driver were laughing so hard when he had to dress as a woman (my dress is male). One of the few bright moments full of joy in North Korea.Read more

  • Parade place

    October 10, 2015 in North Korea ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    Massive parade for the party's 70th birthday. Unfortunately tourists weren't allowed to attend the mass parade, but we were able to see the airplanes, the fireworks and also some kind of night parade through the city with military equipment, tanks and so on.Read more

  • Day 7: Tombs

    October 11, 2015 in North Korea ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    On the way to Nampo we visited some tombs....this visit was just about a short stroll on a path. We couldn't take a glimpse inside the tombs.

  • My guides

    October 12, 2015 in North Korea ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C

    From left to right:
    -Mr Ri, translator (university student of foreign affairs, 22 years old); Mr Ko, main guide and responsible; the Folk Park woman; me; Mr Ri (No 2), driver and funny guy.

    Overall I was so glad when I was able to board the plane back to Beijing, out of this very interesting but also very weird and propagandistic country. While I met some nice people in the touristic sector, others on the street always stared at me. One older guy even accused me of being an "international spy" (in English!). ;-)
    To sum up, I lost my faith that the two Korean countries can reunite during my lifetime. The two mentalities are just too dissimilar.
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    Trip end
    October 11, 2015