Something that surprised me when I mentioned to people that I was going to North Korea (or had already been when I returned) were the number of people that told me it was not possible to do so. Now, I could understand this if it were phrased as a question – something along the lines … Continue reading
The title of this post channels George Orwell and is a commentary on the picture below: The picture was taken just outside of the airport in Pyongyang, North Korea. Readers are no doubt familiar with the poverty found in North Korea, but despite this and despite North Korea being a communist country, the North Korean … Continue reading
A horse grazing on the edge of a Kyrgyz village where we stopped for lunch along the border with Tajikistan… Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 