Category Archives: Travel

Late nights in DBX

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Andrew

Dubai Airport at 2:00 a.m. is possibly the strangest place I’ve ever found myself. It’s not so much the airport itself, but rather the multicoloured masses of deranged, jet-lagged travellers lunging through the never-ending duty free shops that lend it … Continue reading →

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Thunder on Jong-Il Peak

Posted on July 29, 2007 by Andrew

Another video, also from the Children’s Palace in Pyongyang. This one is of a band playing the song “Thunder on Jong-Il Peak”, possibly my favourite of the DPRK’s musical contributions:

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Arirang on Accordions

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Andrew

To make up for the continuing lack of a DPRK travelogue, I present this video, filmed at one of Pyongyang’s “Children’s Palaces” on our last full day in Pyongyang:

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Back from the DPRK

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Andrew

I have just spent an incredible week in the DPRK, better known as North Korea. I plan to post a detailed journal of the trip at some point in the future. In the meantime, you are welcome to peruse my … Continue reading →

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