{"id":2732,"date":"2017-07-11T13:02:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T18:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2018-12-10T15:02:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T20:02:53","slug":"korea-du-north-sixth-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/en\/korea-du-north-sixth-part\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea du North sixth part"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    <\/i> This article was first published on: July 2017<\/strong><\/strong>
    \n<\/i> This article was last updated on: October 2018<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n
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    This North Korea article is kind of long and thus is divided into seven (7)<\/strong> parts. You are about to start reading part six (6)<\/strong>. Choose here any other part you may want to go to: | One (1)<\/a> | Two (2)<\/a> | Three (3)<\/a> | Four (4)<\/a> | Five (5)<\/a> | Seven (7)<\/a> |<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    \"Colombia\" Este art\u00edculo tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 disponible en Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>.<\/div>\n
    \n[aesop_chapter title=”Hamhung on Tupolev Tu-134″ bgtype=”img” full=”on” img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1705.jpg” video_autoplay=”on” bgcolor=”#888888″ overlay_content=”<\/p>\n

    HAMHUNG ON TUPOLEV TU-134<\/mark><\/p>\n

    NORTH KOREA’S SECOND CITY ON ONE OF THE MOST DELICIOUS AIRPLANES<\/mark>” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    I also went to Hamhung<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    They have allowed foreigners to visit only from 2010. So, when I went, the possibility was kind of recent.
    \nI don’t think there had been a lot of foreigners visiting before.<\/p>\n

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    Before we continue, let me tell you one thing:<\/p>\n

    Before this trip to Hamhung, I had a flight on an Antonov An-24<\/strong><\/strong> departing Pyongyang and returning there.<\/p>\n

    It’s written on the seventh part<\/strong><\/strong><\/a> of this article. But chronologically, it happened before what you’re about to read. It was easier for me to write it this way.<\/p>\n

    Now, let’s carry on…<\/p>\n

    Hamhung is North Korea’s second most inhabited city. They say it’s the big city that suffered the most with the famines<\/a> of the 90s (the government calls this whole period “The Arduous March<\/strong><\/strong>“).<\/p>\n

    They say close to 10% of the population died thanks to that. And, that yet another 10% fled to wherever they could to survive.<\/p>\n

    You need to remember that it isn’t possible to change cities at will in North Korea, as is the case in Colombia or the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

    The government moves you, and allows you (or not) to be in a given place (remember Songbun<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n

    So, that 10% that moved away, basically chose to flee and risk themselves, rather than remaining in Hamhung to literally starve.<\/p>\n

    Well, in Colombia you’re moved by the war<\/strong><\/em> or the neighbourhood chavs<\/strong><\/em>, but that’s another discussion.<\/p>\n

    The trip to Hamhung was on a Tupolev Tu-134<\/strong><\/strong>, no less!<\/p>\n

    This Aeroplane is a twin jet that can carry about 90 passengers. A sort of BAC 1-11<\/strong><\/strong>, Douglas DC-9<\/strong><\/strong>, or Fokker 28<\/strong><\/strong>, Soviet style.<\/p>\n

    It began operating in the late 60s, and had many versions from then.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1573.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    They built more than 800. It was a VERY popular Aeroplane in the Soviet Union, in the countries it became later, and its influence sphere.<\/p>\n

    Close to Colombia there was an Airline called Imperial Air<\/strong><\/strong>, in Peru, that flew these Aeroplanes in the 90s for a few years.<\/p>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imperialair.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” credit=”Aero Icarus.” alt=”Imperial Air Tupolev Tu-134, Peru.” align=”center” lightbox=”off” caption=”Imperial Air Tupolev Tu-134, Peru.” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off” text_float=”off”]\n

    Besides, the Tu-134 appears in the following scene, and it wins it all for that. Do click here<\/a> to go to the video in YouTube, as the video’s owner does not allow for direct embedding. You won’t regret it<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Other than Imperial Air, there was no way to fly that Aeroplane in this continent. Not even Cubana operated them. So, you’ll imagine my thrill about being able to fly in a Tu-134.<\/p>\n

    By the time of writing this, there shouldn’t be more than 10 flying for the airlines, including Air Koryo’s. And some military ones.<\/p>\n

    There’s a pretty interesting one called the Tu-134UBL<\/strong><\/strong>. It’s a Tu-134 with a Tupolev Tu-160<\/strong><\/strong> nose, used for Tu-160 crew training.<\/p>\n

    There are beautiful things in the world, and then there’s the Tupolev Tu-160.<\/p>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tu-134UBL.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” credit=”Vitaly Kuzmin.” alt=”Tupolev Tu-134UBL.” align=”center” lightbox=”off” caption=”Tupolev Tu-134UBL.” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off” text_float=”off”]\n

    The Tu-160 is the same Aeroplane that flew from Venezuela to Nicaragua, passing through Colombia.<\/p>\n

    It happened a few years before, allegedly, without authorisation. So, it was between the crosshairs of Colombia’s Kfir<\/strong><\/strong> Aeroplanes for some time.<\/p>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tu-160.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” credit=”Sergey Krivchikov – Russian AviaPhoto Team.” alt=”Tupolev Tu-160. KRASIVAYA!” align=”center” lightbox=”off” caption=”Tupolev Tu-160. KRASIVAYA!” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off” text_float=”off”]\n

    Colombia even sent a diplomatic protest note (watch video).<\/p>\n[aesop_video width=”content” align=”center” src=”youtube” id=”0-xJZtWSq48″ caption=”Note about the problem the beautiful Tu-160 flew over Colombia allegedly without authorisation.” disable_for_mobile=”off” loop=”off” autoplay=”off” controls=”on” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Air Koryo’s Tu-134s are kind of recent. In fact, the last produced unit, made in the mid 80s was delivered to the airline.<\/p>\n

    So they’re the version with no glass on the nose, as was characteristic for soviet Aeroplanes of earlier vintage.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1576.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    P-814<\/strong><\/strong> was the chosen one for the Hamhung trip, and we boarded it on a very beautiful and sunny day in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

    We could also see two Ilyushin Il-76<\/strong><\/strong> Aeroplanes that were resting on the platform.<\/p>\n[aesop_video width=”content” align=”center” src=”youtube” id=”qqZFvtq3NBg” caption=”Tupolev Tu-134 taking off from Pyongyang.” disable_for_mobile=”off” loop=”off” autoplay=”off” controls=”on” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1571.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    There was no turbulence during the flight.<\/p>\n

    I was looking through the window all the time to try to see what I could of North Korea. Things that, perhaps, I could not have the chance to see on ground as a foreigner.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1583.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Arrival was in Sondok<\/strong><\/strong> Airport. There’s another one closer to the city called Toksan<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    I never knew why one and not the other. But I guess it has to do with the Airport’s technical characteristics as in the rest of the world. And also, with how much do they want foreigners to see what’s in a place or the other.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1594.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    They say there are many Mig-21s<\/strong><\/strong> based in Toksan. Perhaps they didn’t want us getting close to that.<\/p>\n[aesop_video width=”content” align=”center” src=”youtube” id=”JAydMwWk6FI” caption=”Tupolev Tu-134 landing in Sondok.” disable_for_mobile=”off” loop=”off” autoplay=”off” controls=”on” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Thing is, we arrived in Sondok on a rainy afternoon, in contrast with the nice day they had in Pyongyang. We hopped on the bus right away, and off to Hamhung we went.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1598.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Some additional photos of the flight between Pyongyang and Sondok in the gallery below.<\/p>\n[aesop_gallery id=”4293″ revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Sondok was one of the most bombed Airports in the Korea war.<\/p>\n

    Likewise, Hamhung was a city that suffered quite a lot in that war. Every time there’s a catastrophe, Hamhung is the one called to take one for the team, apparently.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1600.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    After the war, there was an important reconstruction effort that involved East Germany<\/a> a lot (Die Kommunisten, Jaaaa!<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n

    But when Stalin and Mao fought, those efforts were halted to some extent, because North Korea was with Mao and East Germany with Stalin.<\/p>\n

    This behaviour by the north was a seasonal thing, as I mentioned somewhere already.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1603.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    When the Soviet Union existed, North Korea was skilled<\/a> on being with the most convenient side between the Chinese and the Soviets. And on making them fight over it, and profit from that.<\/p>\n

    But anyway, the city was eventually rebuilt.<\/p>\n[aesop_chapter title=”Ri Sung-Gye and Majon beach” bgtype=”img” full=”on” img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSC_1712.jpg” video_autoplay=”on” bgcolor=”#888888″ overlay_content=”<\/p>\n

    RI SUNG-GYE AND MAJON BEACH<\/mark><\/p>\n

    JOSEON DYNASTY AND THE CLUB MED<\/mark>” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    There in Hamhung, I visited the house where Ri Sung-Gye<\/strong><\/strong> was born.<\/p>\n

    He was a man credited with creating the Joseon<\/strong><\/strong> dynasty. One of the many dynasties that together became the Korea that would end up being invaded by Japan.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1788.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    He was born around 1392.<\/p>\n

    Obviously, the house is not exactly the same, since it was reduced to rubble due to a fire in the 16 century and had to be rebuilt. And then, the war destroyed it again.<\/p>\n

    They say the current building’s interior is from the 16th century. It could be, I don’t know.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1805.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    The place had very beautiful gardens. It also had traditional Asian architecture with water bodies<\/strong><\/em>, for lack of a more technical adjective.<\/p>\n

    I know more about MTV programming than architecture, and I don’t watch MTV since they actually showed music videos.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1786.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    The roof had details like the ones I had seen on another roof in Singapore. I saw the details here, and I immediately remembered that day, many years before. There were some little birds on a tree as well.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1790.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    More from this place in the gallery below.<\/p>\n[aesop_gallery id=”4291″ revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    I also was on a very beautiful beach called Majon<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    You can only be at certain places, as with everything there. If you walk past the signs that tell you where you can be, an armed soldier appears to tell you to back off (or eeeelse<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n

    I walked some steps past the sign, and the guy appeared, it was thrilling!
    \nHe wasn’t threatening me or something.<\/p>\n

    The tour begins.<\/p>\n[aesop_gallery id=”4289″ revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Authorisation’s end. Geronimoooo!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSC_1700.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    I dared to go a few steps beyond the sign. Because I am a mix of Rambo<\/strong><\/em>, Terminator<\/strong><\/em>, and drunken chav<\/strong><\/em> (even though I hate booze generally speaking). There, around that little green roof, the authorities appeared to tell me to back off!<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSC_1701.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Let’s go back to what I told you many paragraphs earlier about using cars from Japan, even though they’re the enemy.<\/p>\n

    This little bus, that still had Japanese signs, took me there… look at this.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1672.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n[aesop_image imgwidth=”100%” img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1671.jpg” credit=”Ram\u00edrez.” alt=”No cookies for whoever guesses where this bus comes from.” align=”center” lightbox=”off” caption=”No cookies for whoever guesses where this bus comes from.” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    There in, that beach, they built a sort of resort, that they say is North Korea’s answer to the Club Med<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1677.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    I have no idea, because I haven’t been either in the Club Med<\/strong><\/em>, nor in that resort. I only leisurely strolled around the beach, nothing else.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1681.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    There are some nice pathways over the sea.<\/p>\n

    When you look to the bottom of the sea there are some craaazy “revolutionary starfish”<\/strong><\/em>, all reeeddy-red.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1691.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    More of Majon below.<\/p>\n[aesop_gallery id=”4285″ revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    The time came to leave the beach, and continue.<\/p>\n[aesop_chapter title=”Hungnam’s fertiliser plant” bgtype=”img” full=”on” img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1731.jpg” video_autoplay=”on” bgcolor=”#888888″ overlay_content=”<\/p>\n

    HUNGNAM’S FERTILISER PLANT<\/mark><\/p>\n

    FERTILISER AND SOMETHING ELSE?<\/mark>” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Other than unnamed streets, the last thing I saw from Hamhung was a fertiliser plant<\/strong><\/strong> in Hungnam<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Hungnam was in fact a separate city from Hamhung, but it’s pretty close.<\/p>\n

    I read that it was “incorporated”<\/strong><\/em> to Hamhung, within the North Korean political division. There is a huge fertiliser plant there, and they proudly show it.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1725.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    They say they built this plant in 1927, during the Japanese occupation.
    \nThen war came and destroyed it, and then it was rebuilt by North Koreans.<\/p>\n

    The person in charge told me that most of the current factory was 100% local technology, but I saw many labels of machines made elsewhere… who knows.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1741.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Being a factory within its context, means that a good dose of propaganda isn’t lacking. I saw some inside the plant, and on the access paths.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1754.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    By the way, Hungnam was the birthplace of the mother of South Korea’s current president, Moon Jae-In<\/strong><\/strong>. He still has an aunt<\/a> in North Korea.<\/p>\n

    She was one of the evacuees in the weeks before Christmas 1950. Then, warfare was intense, and there was a huge evacuation.<\/p>\n

    In this evacuation, at least 100.000<\/strong><\/strong> military personnel and 100.000<\/strong><\/strong> civilians were taken to safe places in the south.<\/p>\n

    You can start to see how convoluted the whole situation of the peninsula is…<\/p>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/moonjaein.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” credit=”Korea Times.” alt=”South Korea’s current president, Moon Jae-In, with his mother born in Hungnam, North Korea (where the fertiliser plant is located) right on the left, and his aunt that still lives in the north on the centre. It was one of the reunions they have made of relatives separated by the war. Photo taken before he was president.” align=”center” lightbox=”off” caption=”South Korea’s current president, Moon Jae-In, with his mother born in Hungnam, North Korea (where the fertiliser plant is located) right on the left, and his aunt that still lives in the north in the centre. It was one of the reunions they have made of relatives separated by the war. Photo taken before he was president.” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off” text_float=”off”]\n

    There are some reports that say that in that plant they also make chemical war agents.<\/p>\n

    Sarin gas<\/strong><\/strong>, VX<\/strong><\/strong>, and the like, exactly the kind they used in Kuala Lumpur to kill Kim Jong-Nam (remember?).<\/p>\n

    But there’s no way I could know for sure. And obviously, they were not going to show me exactly that, in case it’s true.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1731.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none”]\n

    They say Hamhung has a disproportionate amount of chemists. And they suspect the city is an important methamphetamine<\/strong><\/em> production<\/a> centre.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1749.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    They say part of that methamphetamine is used locally for “medicinal”<\/strong><\/em> purposes.<\/p>\n

    But a good deal is exported. And from that export, the country obtains an important amount of foreign exchange reserves. Allegedly, they later use those reserves for nuclear bombs, and stuff like that.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1736.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    They say “Room 39”<\/strong><\/strong><\/em>, the government dependency<\/a> in charge of acquiring foreign currency for the regime, is behind all this.<\/p>\n

    “Room 39”<\/strong><\/em>, they say, is also involved in high quality dollar counterfeiting (the so-called “super dollars”<\/strong><\/em>), and other fraud schemes.<\/p>\n

    That, on top of handling legal enterprises such as hotels, import-export bureaus, and others. They have calculated the illegal activities alone to amount to about 1 billion<\/strong><\/strong> dollars a year.<\/p>\n

    Many reports talk of this. But, on the other hand, there are some others that say that those accusations don’t have any proof. They say the bases are loose testimonials from enemy countries’ agents.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1766.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    As usual, all that I am writing here is to give you some context. I don’t know anything for a fact, nor do I know what’s the truth on this whole issue.<\/p>\n[aesop_gallery id=”4283″ revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    I mean, I was born in Medellin in the most turbulent cartel times, and up to this point I still haven’t seen cocaine in person… go figure.<\/p>\n

    But anyway, we bid goodbye to our friends, and continued our merry way.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1762.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    I also saw Hamhung’s Grand Theatre<\/strong><\/strong>. It’s North Korea’s biggest theatre, and was built in 1984. I only saw it from the outside, we didn’t go in nor saw any play.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1661.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Other than that, in Hamhung you could see a car now and then, and the respective human traffic control agent. Also, children walking in groups, and the eventual lone citizen.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1628.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    The streets couldn’t lack propaganda, of course. If you take a good look at this propaganda, you will see the Chollima<\/strong><\/strong> there, of which I spoke earlier.<\/p>\n

    It must say something like:<\/p>\n

    -“Let’s produce fertiliser at Chollima speed!”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

    Or something like that.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1609.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Groups of children, a pretty much frequent scene on what I experienced in North Korea.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1620.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    And of course, the stalled car, another more or less frequent scene.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1663.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Other photos of Hamhung and Hungnam below.<\/p>\n[aesop_gallery id=”4281″ revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    The visit to the city was coming to an end, and we had to return to the capital.<\/p>\n[aesop_chapter title=”Hamhung to Pyongyang” bgtype=”img” full=”on” img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSC_1852.jpg” video_autoplay=”on” bgcolor=”#888888″ overlay_content=”<\/p>\n

    HAMHUNG TO PYONGYANG<\/mark><\/p>\n

    KISSES TO THE TUPOLEV TU-134! MUACKATELASSS<\/mark>” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    So we returned to Sondok Airport the next day to catch a flight back to Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

    As with what happened in Samjiyon, this time around the weather was excellent, and I could see some Air Force Antonov An-2s<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    In the photo below, taken from inside the Aeroplane after boarding, you can see them far away in a row, around the upper left sector.<\/p>\n

    I don’t have more photos of the Antonovs because they warned us against taking them, and I didn’t want to get in trouble in North Korea of all places.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1901.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    The An-2<\/strong><\/strong> is an old and rustic Soviet bi-plane, excellent for its mission.<\/p>\n

    The Aeroplane has such a low stall speed, that it’s rumoured that if it happens to have enough head wind it can fly backwards<\/strong><\/em>… it wouldn’t surprise me!<\/p>\n

    There was one An-2 laying there in Villavicencio, Colombia, like in 2007 that I visited the city. But I’ve no idea about its current whereabouts. It’s the yellow one below, photo taken by myself.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AN2VVC.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    The bus took us straight to the apron again. If Sondok Airport has any sort of functional terminal, I never knew it.<\/p>\n

    This time around we didn’t even have a security check with the hand-held metal detector… nothing at all. We just entered the Aeroplane, and that was it.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1866.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Onboard P-814<\/strong><\/strong> after literally giving it a little kiss (look at the pictures below), we taxied to the active runway.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1876.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    More kissing. The guy in the blue lorry looked at me as if he was an old man in downtown Medellin watching two women kissing and was about to shout:<\/p>\n

    -“Woaaa there! dykes! aaarrghherr!”.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

    I felt discriminated against, say no to airplanephiliaphobia<\/strong><\/em>!<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1883.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    More kissing… but they’re boarding now!<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1880.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Alright alright… no more kissing. Let’s go!<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1888.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    And what a takeoff!<\/p>\n

    The Tu-134 blasted off like a rocket. I think the only takeoff I’ve felt with such performance was one time on a Qatar Airways Boeing 777-200LR<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    We were going from S\u00e3o Paulo to Buenos Aires at night, with the Airplane lightly loaded, after the flight from Doha.<\/p>\n[aesop_video width=”content” align=”center” src=”youtube” id=”ym4QhQPgHR8″ caption=”Taking off from Sondok enroute to Pyongyang on the Tupolev Tu-134.” disable_for_mobile=”off” loop=”off” autoplay=”off” controls=”on” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1902.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    In this flight I could see much more of what was below, there was barely a cloud.<\/p>\n

    And while the flight passed hearing that melody of the Tu-134’s engines, I was reading The Pyongyang Times<\/strong><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1931.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    I looked out of the window quite a lot as well. And I wondered whether we had flown over any of the Kwan-li-so<\/strong><\/strong><\/em> that I mentioned before.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1929.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    The Sondok to Pyongyang flight is northeast-southwest. Flying over a good deal of the country, and around that part is that some of them are allegedly located.<\/p>\n

    The former flight from Samjiyon had a similar flight path, and it’s even longer. But in that flight the only thing on my mind was Chariots of Fire<\/strong><\/em> and nothing else.<\/p>\n

    Besides, weather was worse and you couldn’t see much. This flight had very good visibility, as I said before.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1907.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none”]\n

    The Aeroplane’s interior is very classic, it makes you go back in time.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1899.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    The baggage rack has no door, like in the Ilyushin Il-62<\/strong><\/strong> I had arrived in.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1918.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    We arrived safe and sound in Pyongyang and I loved the Tu-134!<\/p>\n

    It turned out to be one of the few things I’ve idealised in life that have turned out to be exactly the way I dreamed them, when the time came to experience them.<\/p>\n

    Unlike l’amour<\/strong><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n[aesop_video width=”content” align=”center” src=”youtube” id=”vYQ12VWTAak” caption=”Landing in Pyongyang from Sondok on the Tupolev Tu-134.” disable_for_mobile=”off” loop=”off” autoplay=”off” controls=”on” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1943.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    When the flight was over the crew postured for us.<\/p>\n

    They had already realised the kind of geeks they had onboard. Including the weirdo<\/strong><\/em> that was kissing the Aeroplane on the nose landing gear before departing Sondok.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1963.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    I don’t know whether they had done something like that before or not, but I could tell they were enjoying it. I didn’t feel like they were faking it, but what do I know.<\/p>\n[aesop_parallax img=”https:\/\/www.alpharamirez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_1962.jpg” parallaxbg=”off” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    But as soon as the photo session was over they kicked us out rather quickly. A Tupolev Tu-204<\/strong><\/strong> was arriving, and they already knew what that meant with us.<\/p>\n

    I think they didn’t want us loitering around, more so taking into account it was a regular scheduled passenger flight. So yeah, out we had to go, and out we went.<\/p>\n

    And well, we were on our way to the capital again. But not before showing you some additional photos of the flight between Sondok and Pyongyang, right in the gallery below.<\/p>\n[aesop_gallery id=”4279″ revealfx=”inplace” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    \n
    This North Korea article is kind of long and thus is divided into seven (7)<\/strong> parts. You have just finished reading part six (6)<\/strong>. Choose here any other part you may want to go to: | One (1)<\/a> | Two (2)<\/a> | Three (3)<\/a> | Four (4)<\/a> | Five (5)<\/a> | Seven (7)<\/a> |<\/div>\n
    \"Colombia\" Este art\u00edculo tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 disponible en Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Please remember to read the notes on contents and copyright if you have not. This article was first published on: July 2017 This article was last updated on: October 2018 This North Korea article is kind of long and thus is divided into seven (7) parts. You are about to start reading part six (6). 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