Every fancy taking a trip over to Pyongyang to visit Kim Jong Il, the 'Dear Leader', 'Our Father' and 'Generalissimo' as he likes the locals to call him. Every year about 1500 westerners and several thousand Asians are granted access to the upper most country of the Korean Peninsula. You get off the plane and are driven by Limo to the countries only five star hotel. A banquet in your honour is held and it is hosted by the 'Dear Leader' himself.
The finest selection of cuisine is presented fresh from the local famine fields, delivered by starving but enthusiastic natives. Fine wines and champagnes are produced and the party begins. Once you have had 'all you can eat', apparently that phrase actually comes from North Korea, the entertainment begins. A spectacular marching display begins and you get to witness one of the most well choreographed armies in the world, which in terms of manpower is the largest infantry in the world. Very impressive to say the least.
They march and parade and shuffle, swing there guns and chant out the most wonderful of communist propaganda. Then as darkness begins to fall things get a little bit more intimate, the 'Generalissimo' invites you back to his room for a few quiet drinks and encourages you to get more comfortable.
One thing leads to another and you get a real insight to a truly unique North Korean experience. The next day you are woken before dawn and escorted to a helicopter, a morning after treat from the 'Dear Leader'. You are flown for several hundred miles and watch the sunrise over the spectacular heaven lake, before being dropped off in the neighbouring China.
Actually that was all a lie, when you arrive in North Korea you get off a plane and having paid thousands for the luxury are, shadowed by two government agents, photography is restricted and your contact with the locals is kept to an absolute minimum. Sounds like fun.
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