Comments on: North Korea: There’s no escape from the Yanggakdo Hotel, Communist Resort, and Casino

By: North Korea: Shopping at the Paradise Department Store, aka the Super Walmart of Pyongyang | At Home In The Wasteland

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:25:59 +0000

[...] did eventually find and purchase a pack of those cigarettes at one of our hotel’s gift shops. The clerk didn’t even try and sell me on a different [...]

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:25:13 +0000

No, those were some random Chinese guys.

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... — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:57:57 +0000

Is that Mr Lee bowling on the left?

By: North Korea: Dining out in Pyongyang (or the most cooking I’ve done…ever) | At Home In The Wasteland

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:13:45 +0000

[...] breakfast was always served in the large ballroom of our island communist resort and casino. At the center of the ballroom, laid out on tables covered in crisp white linen, was a large spread [...]

By: North Korea: Tower of Juche Idea | At Home In The Wasteland

North Korea: Tower of Juche Idea | At Home In The Wasteland — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:05:27 +0000

[...] Our island hotel [...]

By: North Korea: The Paradise Bar & Microbrewery | At Home In The Wasteland

North Korea: The Paradise Bar & Microbrewery | At Home In The Wasteland — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:22:32 +0000

[...] our hotel bar was more than adequate, we would rather stay in the city for a few more hours than be confined to our island hotel for the rest of the [...]

By: North Korea: The Mansudae Grand Monument to Kim Il-Sung | At Home In The Wasteland

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:08:50 +0000

[...] an evening of Mass Games, drinking North Korean beer, and exploring our bizarre hotel, we were up bright and early for our first full day of touring Pyongyang. The first stop on our [...]

By: North Korea: Good morning, Pyongyang! | At Home In The Wasteland

North Korea: Good morning, Pyongyang! | At Home In The Wasteland — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:53:52 +0000

[...] fresh air in. I was still pretty amazed that you could open the windows, considering I was on the 33rd floor of the hotel. Even more amazing, however, was that the city was completely silent. There were no honking car [...]

By: john

john — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:41:16 +0000

Great, great stuff! And rare. Thank you for the courage to go there, and the great photos!

By: North Korea: Ryongjin, the preferred soft drink of the proletariat | At Home In The Wasteland

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:58:11 +0000

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