Travel to North Korea: A Chinese boy’s true feelings about traveling to North Korea

In my opinion, traveling to North Korea is a very niche and fashionable thing. So my first trip abroad was to North Korea. Although what I have seen and heard in North Korea is limited, I still want to talk about the real feelings of traveling to North Korea. When traveling in North Korea, when referring to South Korea, you cannot directly refer to South Korea, but South Korea. North Korea can only travel in a group, usually with two female tour guides, following the tourists one behind the other, like herding sheep.

When traveling in North Korea, you can directly use RMB for shopping. Are North Korean products very cheap? In fact, if you think too much, the prices for foreigners shopping in North Korea are still very high. We stayed at the Xishan Hotel in North Korea, which is said to be a first-class hotel in North Korea. The best hotel in North Korea is a special-class hotel. The hardware conditions of Xishan Hotel are similar to those of domestic three-star hotels. The food tourists eat in North Korea is pretty good, and the locals are very dedicated. The various dishes are arranged on a rotating basis, and except for dishes like kimchi, there are very few dishes that are repeated.

Tourists traveling in North Korea have special tour buses to pick them up, but taking a bus in North Korea also has troubles. That is, the road is not flat, and the journey of hundreds of kilometers sometimes takes two or three hours. Traveling in North Korea offers few opportunities for freedom of movement. Because the two beautiful tour guides keep an eye on the tourists all the time, one of them cannot be missing. The night view of Pyongyang is average. Many places fall into darkness at night, but the Juche Tower is always brightly lit. Eating in North Korea is also a kind of enjoyment, and we must thank the local people for their enthusiasm. During the meal, a bunch of beauties would sing and dance in front of us. They were so polite to tourists.

When I got on the train in Sinuiju, North Korea, I saw many North Koreans wearing large and small bags. Many goods are purchased from China. Their clothes are all fashionable. I think these people should be the first people in North Korea to become rich. The overall feeling about North Korea is that the roads are wide and there are few cars, and bicycles dominate the road.

There are only slogans but no advertisements in the city, and the main buses are trams. According to my observation, Japanese and Chinese cars are the most common cars on the road. Although there are restrictions on taking photos in North Korea, they are not very strict. If you don’t want to take pictures of military facilities and soldiers, they generally won’t stop you. The real feeling when traveling to North Korea is that there are not enough scenic spots, so singing and dancing make up for it.