There is a internet rumor that the Pyongyang subway has only two stations. We traveled five stations so that was obviously not true. The origin of the rumor is that tourists are often just shown the two first stations since they are the most beautiful.

Schoolgirls in Hamhung with the Koalas that the Australians in the group handed out to kids.

Eric found a football team and tried to have a little chat. Despite the fantastic phrase book his success was limited.

Our three fantastic guides at the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery in Pyongyang.

The middle school has boarding for students that live to far away.

The last performance of the mass gymnastics and artistic performance Arirang. The performance includes more than 100000 performers, double the number of spectators.

Farmers on the road between Pyongyang and Wonsan. The agriculture in North Korea is hardly mechanized at all. Most work is carried out by hand with hatchets and sickles. Ox carts are far more common than tractors.

We only traveled in the south part of the country and one might suspect that the conditions in the mountainous northern parts of the country, a long way from the capital, are far worse.

Kid fishing in Wonsan.

View from the Juche tower. A playground in central Pyongyang. Murals and ping pong tables are obligatory.

Traffic in Pyongyang is not heavy, but there are enough cars and motorcycles that you should look around before stepping out in the street.

Our most terrific guide with the special Kimilsungia orchid in the background.

The first two stations on the red line on the Pyongyang subway are very beautiful with murals, marble and ornamented lamps in the ceiling.

The officer that showed us around Panmunjom tried his best to look serious. He was successful most of the time.

Our lovely guide.

The subway wagons in the Pyongyang subway were bought used from east Germany.

The last performance of the mass gymnastics and artistic performance Arirang. The performance includes more than 100000 performers, double the number of spectators.

Kids playing football outside the middle school we visited.

The view from the 170 meters high Juche tower is quite spectacular on a clear day. on the left is the great stadium where the mass games are held and on this side of the river we can see the the flower exhibition building.

Students dancing in a square in Pyongyang on the national day.

Kids at the Sondowon international children's camp.

The Pyongyang subway has two lines, red and blue. We traveled five stations on the red line.

Morning traffic on the great parade street in Pyongyang.

Lights in the Taedong river that are used to illuminate the Juche tower.

Childrens slippers featuring some well known birds. I wonder if the kid has ever played angry birds.

Buildings in the city center often has big political messages on the roof.

Kids rowing in the Taedong river.

Our guide having a drink with us in the bar.

Students dancing in a square in Pyongyang on the national day.

Kids fishing in Wonsan.

The great statues of Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il on Mansudae hill. All pictures has to contain the whole statues and it is absolutely forbidden to make funny poses. I hop this pose is respectful enough.

A colorful machine in the almost-certainly-fake machine hall in Hungnam, the largest fertilizer factory in North Korea. The factory is rumored to have manufactured chemical weapons.

Basketball courts are quite common in North Korea. This one in an alley inside the Hungnam fertilizer factory.

Kid fishing in Wonsan.

Saying goodbye to Korea and our guides at the railway station.

Twenty hours by train awaits us before arriving in Bejing.

The last performance of the mass gymnastics and artistic performance Arirang. The performance includes more than 100000 performers, double the number of spectators.

Lorries powered by generator gas is quite common. There is always a guy in the back making sure there is enough wood. Generator gas vehicles were common in the west during WWII when petrol was rationed.

Kid in Wonsan.

The control panel of a machine in the almost-certainly-fake machine hall in Hungnam, the largest fertilizer factory in North Korea.

Meals often consists of a number of small dishes. In addition to the twelve dishes in the picture there was soup and rice wine.

A kid in Hamhung.

Ice cream time at Kumgangsan (Diamond Mountains) before a walk up the mountian to the Kuryong Waterfall.

The world map mural at the Sondowon international children's camp shows every capital in the world except for Seoul.

In partnership with Boxman Studios, Compass Group and Missouri University of Science and Technology opened their Mediterranean container restaurant, Zatar

Factories have public tables stating production goals and current levels of production. Not unlike the business intelligence data dashboards you will find on your company intranet.

A room in the hospital at the Chonsam cooperative farm.

Chris in his new t-shirt and one of our lovely guides.

Educational posters in the classroom. One student who was really good at english had prepared a lot of questions for us. By some curious coincidence they wanted to sing Arirang with us, the same song that the guides made us practice in the bus the entire week.

I think this one was the Tongbong Cooperative farm - the one with a showcase motor pool filled with vintage tractors. This is the view a kid would get if they fetched a stray ball during a kickball match in the playground. ;-)