What kind of experience is it to travel to North Korea?

I can only go to North Korea with a group, from a treasure, the price is 2800, the cabbage price is still a luxury group, and I live in a five-star hotel. It looks ok, better than I expected. It just feels like no one has lived in it for a long time. The water turned yellow for a long time until the next day. ...

A * * * lasts for four days and three nights, but basically it only lasts for two days, because it takes a long time to go back and forth on the train.

The meeting place is Dandong Railway Station, and it takes about six hours to drive from Dandong to Pyongyang.

Visa issue

You need a visa to go to North Korea, but it's a separate visa, a separate piece of paper, and you won't leave a record on your passport. Uploading North Korea's exit records online will affect the signing of contracts in other countries, so it is rumored here.

The visa issue is also handled by a treasure. Just provide a passport and ID photo (just take a photo and send it), and an electronic one-inch photo will do.

What can't you do in North Korea?

Before going to North Korea, my friends said they didn't understand. What's interesting about that dump? But of course, going to North Korea is not mainly for fun. If you want to eat, drink and have fun, you can go to countries with more developed tourist facilities, but young people who go to North Korea must be curious about the culture of this country.

As a somewhat closed country, North Korea has many taboos to go there.

1. Can't surf the Internet.

The most painful thing you can't do in North Korea is that you can't surf the Internet. It is understood that it costs 200 dollars to open a local card in North Korea, and the traffic is only 50 megabytes. So everyone gave up opening cards. This traffic is estimated to have just opened WeChat, and the mass message is not enough to load.

As a girl with internet addiction, although it is really troublesome to have no internet, I feel very relaxed in my heart. After all, in normal times, it is impossible to abandon the network actively without the coercion of the environment. When I arrived in North Korea, I was forcibly disconnected from the Internet, and my mobile phone and computer were left behind. It was very smooth to go to bed early and get up early.

In order to force myself not to study online, I specially brought a TOEFL vocabulary book. Everyone was shocked by my diligence when I opened the box. However, I turned over the book once, and I held it for more than ten minutes on the train to Pyongyang, and fell asleep on the bunk. It has never been turned out since. Although we were idle when we were disconnected from the internet, we were a group of people who were disconnected from the internet. A group of idle people will have more fun when they get together.

But the first time there was a net in the middle was at the boundary of Panmunjom in Kaesong? Watchtower, one step away from South Korea, so we got on the communication signal of South Korea, and everyone quickly opened the circle of friends to locate and force questions.

But my roommate, MengMeng, is excellent. He can hold his mobile phone every day in North Korea because he has downloaded many dramas. Moreover, the two mobile phones are switched, and sometimes one can be lent to a tour guide to show the cultural products of Korean capitalism to the socialist people in North Korea "1988".

It is understood that they usually only watch red movies when watching video content, and things in South Korea (that is, South Korea) are resolutely resisted. While people can't communicate with each other, their cultural products are also regarded as cancer. But in fact, foreign things are very attractive to Korean people. After contact with the tour guide, I am curious about what I don't have in my country.

As for why there is no Internet in North Korea, I initially thought it was caused by the state system, but according to the tour guide, it is because North Korea does not have its own satellite, and it is expensive to rent satellites from other countries, so they are trying to build their own satellites. But at that time, my inner os was-isn't it more expensive to build it yourself? Therefore, the network problem is actually an institutional problem.

Step 2: You can't carry it.

Apart from the Internet, there is another headache for me: border security. On the way to Pyongyang, when passing through Sinuiju, the Korean People's Army conducted a security check on us for the first time.

First, let's hand over our passports, and then let's hand over our computers, mobile phones, cameras, books and even USB flash drives. North Korea is a very closed country and is wary of all kinds of foreign information. However, although we handed in everything on it, they just turned it over and returned it. In the end, I didn't understand what was not allowed. Everything is more like a process.

Sometimes when they check the camera, they can't even find the switch, and they can't open it for a long time. Usually, the examinee can't wait to open it. After opening it, they will look at the photos at will, which makes me a little unbearable, because I have also been turned over?

At first, I just turned over the camera, but later my phone was turned over because I forgot to turn off the sound when I took pictures (two lines of tears)? So the People's Army waved a hand gently, and I handed the phone over. The tension at that time can be described by the class teacher finding him playing mobile phone in class from the window. Then the people's army uncle quickly slid my photo album over, and the photos flashed quickly, and my little heart accelerated. After all, it is inappropriate for the People's Army to know that our beautiful girls in China love taking selfies so much. Turning to the photos I just took, I deleted them one by one in front of my uncle, the People's Army. I was nervous at that time, and I didn't react until I finished deleting it. Uncle always said, it's okay! (meaning no need to delete) But fortunately, there is also the function of canceling deletion. Let me show you the lovely uncle of the People's Army himself.

Why is he cute? What a coincidence. During the first inspection, Jun (pictured) gave him a pack of cigarettes, and the uncle cheered and held out his hand to thank Jun, just like a child got a new toy. I thought at that time, so happy, should we go and check it out early? As a result, my uncle was more careful, and even the sunglasses boxes had to be checked. Later, I thought it was wrong to give gifts. Does uncle misunderstand that we are encouraging him to be serious? Finally, uncle didn't disappear in front of our sleeper until the next sleeper room was inspected for a long time. This is the right place. Jun was called by name when he returned to the inspection, saying that he wanted to open his luggage. At that time, my heart was tight, because his box was almost full of cigarettes, ginseng and other specialties bought by everyone, and it was very likely to be confiscated when opened. As a result, it turned out to be the same uncle who inspected the goods, so he greeted us warmly and let us walk a yard without opening the box.

3. Don't take pictures.

Let's talk about taking pictures. It's not that you can't take pictures, but that you can't take pictures indiscriminately. Before going, many people said that cameras were not allowed. That's not true. The main limitation of taking pictures is that you can't take pictures of soldiers, but the whole body of leaders, and some scenic spots, such as the World Friendship Museum, can't take pictures. All electronic products must be stored before going in. Other times, you can shoot whatever you want. I remember a friend who used to work in the United States said that when his colleagues went to China, they were afraid to take pictures in Tiananmen Square for fear of being arrested. I looked at them with white eyes and alarmism, which was terrible.

Before I thought about it, a friend reminded me that there would be a radio in the hotel room, playing the main idea all the time. You can't turn it off, you can only turn it down. If you turn it off, you may be educated. After you go, you will find that this is not the case. So many rumors are true or false, and we won't know until we go. Maybe you went to North Korea, which is different from what I said. This is an interesting place to travel.

As for taking pictures, the tour guide said that it is not allowed to take pictures of bad places in North Korea, nor is it allowed to deliberately take pictures of North Korea's mess and spread it back. This is a little cute, too. But we are all used to taking good-looking photos, so my friend said that the photos sent after returning to China are quite foreign, and Pyongyang is a big city! Take some pictures and feel it.

You can't go out alone.

According to the regulations, you can't do activities without the tour guide. Without a guide at night, we can only do activities in hotels, but many people still sneak out at night. In the evening, when everyone encouraged us to go out together, I was actually very touched, but after a day's rush, I had no strength to go out again. I just wanted to go to bed early, so I didn't take part in the night attack.

In fact, the interesting point of the night attack is mainly the temptation of taboo. If there is anything interesting about sneaking out at night, I'm afraid there is no nightlife in North Korea, and there are at most a few sporadic convenience stores on the street. Someone sneaked into the black market to exchange Korean currency. The official exchange rate of Korean won against RMB is 15: 1, but it is 1500: 1 on the black market, but it doesn't make much sense because it is difficult to spend it. Korean shops only accept foreigners to exchange foreign currency, not Korean currency. Moreover, all the shops are state-owned and the sales staff will not take them. So the money bought on the black market can only be kept as a souvenir.

In fact, the tour guide has the greatest influence on the night attack. Many people in our group sneak out in the morning and evening, and the hotel people will investigate the responsibility of the tour guide when they know it. So we often see the poor tour guide appear in front of us with a solemn face, and we know that someone is in trouble again. In fact, the tour guide said that you can take it with you when you want to go out, and don't sneak out by yourself, but Xiong Haizi may think that the tour guide is not exciting enough. ...

Price/income/life

Before I went there, I learned that the price level in North Korea was basically equivalent to that in China in the 1970s and 1980s. My friend joked that if I go to North Korea, I can experience the feeling of nouveau riche. Until I arrived in North Korea, I really still had such a silly idea. However, in fact, the price of tourists in North Korea is not lower than that in first-tier cities in China. What impressed me the most was that once we ordered a chicken soup with a little chicken in it, RMB 230?

In fact, if you can spend according to the exchange rate of the black market, you can certainly feel the feeling of the nouveau riche, but people are not stupid, and of course foreign tourists will not take advantage.

Our tour guide earns about 400 RMB a month, which is far from the per capita income of our country, and in North Korea, this income is already very high. But such income will only curb the consumption of many modern products. At that time, a sister in the same trade was carrying a Leica. The guide asked, how much is it? Another sister guessed, 10 thousand? The girl held out four fingers, forty thousand. The tour guide was so scared that he quickly put down his camera and took a deep breath with his mouth wide open. With such income, even if you buy a better Bluetooth headset, you will not eat or drink for three or four months. At that time, the tour guide asked me how much the earphone was, and I said it was about 1400 RMB. Surprised, he studied the earphone in his hand for a long time, and then wore it for a while, showing a face of loss. At that moment, I even felt his eyes were sad.

This economic level keeps them away from many modern things. The only private means of transportation are bicycles, battery cars and even motorcycles. Cars are all public, and companies or governments can match them. The professional height of a driver is similar to that of a tour guide. I forgot to ask them how they got their driver's license. I'm curious about it. If you have a chance to go, ask for me.

All the land in North Korea is public, and all domestic animals can be raised at will, except cattle, which are public property as farming tools. Adults eat 700 grams of food every day, minors 500 grams, and babies 200 grams. Anyway, there is so much food that you want to eat it all, and it is ok to raise chickens and dogs. But the meat needs to be bought by itself, and the state does not send it. Rural residents will own a piece of private land and can grow crops at will.

Although North Korea's per capita income is low, its welfare is good. They basically have nothing to spend. The food, houses and jobs provided by the state are also arranged by the state. Medical care is free, and all diseases are free, even plastic surgery can be free. I was surprised by the plastic surgery, and I confirmed it over and over again. Is it really free? The answer is true! However, Korean girls basically do not have plastic surgery, and at most they cut double eyelids.

The tour guide proudly repeatedly mentioned that North Korea was a house given by the state and the countryside was built by the state. When talking about the housing price of100000 square meters in China, the tour guide expressed sympathy and felt that we were suffering, but this is the fact. He doesn't know about domestic limited purchases, does he? Either he can't afford it, or he is not qualified to buy it? The tour guide should smile when he knows.

Tour guides are also proud of the national distribution work. I heard that all of you in China are looking for jobs by yourselves?

This is one of our tour guides, surnamed Xu, with small eyes, gentle speech and good temper. Even if someone is in trouble, I have never seen him get angry. I like him very much. )

In North Korea, the most respected occupations are teachers, doctors and soldiers? In this occupation, the houses allocated by the state are all river-view houses with a construction area of 150. No wonder it was reported on the Internet that a westerner who couldn't get along in his own country refused to leave after becoming a foreign teacher in North Korea.

Marriage/family

Koreans basically live with their parents before marriage, because they will have a house after marriage, which makes me very curious. What if they get divorced? However, the tour guide said that in North Korea, the divorce rate is very low, because in the hearts of the Korean people, family harmony is the most important. If a person can't handle housework well, let alone work, marital problems may affect work. But in the end, the tour guide didn't directly face my question. If divorced, who will own the house? Is it national recycling or something? If the country recycles it, isn't it embarrassing to go back and live with your parents? I'm curious. I hope everyone will have a chance to find me.

Adhering to the spirit of an emotional blogger, I also asked a question at that time. Is there any law in North Korea to punish cheating? The tour guide also evaded my question with hip-hop, which means that Koreans generally don't get divorced, but what if they really can't live any longer and want to leave or fall in love with others?

The legal age of marriage in North Korea is 17, but the phenomenon of late marriage and late childbearing is more common. We have two tour guides, female tour guides in 1986, and we haven't been in love once. Although only 30 years old, I can already see some traces of time. I have a degree and a job at home, and I am already at the top level in the local area. My father is a diplomat and my mother is a commentator. Because of family edification and self-efforts, the horizon far exceeds that of most people, and the standard of natural mate selection is also high.

(sneak shot)

On the issue of mate selection, the female tour guide said that the most important thing for girls is whether the man is party member or not, and if he is party member, he will get extra points. The best age is that the man is four years older than the woman, and few people accept sibling love. Therefore, it is really not easy for a female tour guide to find a suitable marriage partner. Excellent men of the same age are more likely to choose younger girls. The tour guide said that her parents were also anxious about her marriage. It seems that urging marriage exists in every country. Cold noodles are the essential food at Korean wedding banquets. The elder urged the marriage and said, when can I eat your cold noodles?

The tour guide said that North Korea is a paradise for men. If a family has two or more daughters, it will go bankrupt. Because of North Korean customs, when getting married, the woman prepares electrical appliances, such as TV sets, refrigerators, washing machines, etc. At this time, the male compatriots in the car all expressed envy, because in our country, there is no house where you can't get a wife. So the male tour guide proudly said, we have a national house.

North Korea encourages more children, as many as you want. If you can have triplets at a time or have more than eight children in a row, you can get the title of hero mother. At present, there are more than 400 cases of triplets in North Korea. Triplets can also be delivered by helicopter. At the same time, the state will also give gifts to the children born. Boys will give knives, and girls will give gold rings with dates of birth engraved on them. For those who have more than three children at home, they can be late for work and leave an hour earlier.

It's so cute to think of an interesting story about Koreans swearing, because women always hold seaweed soup after giving birth, so they will say-your mother ate seaweed soup for nothing. Ha ha ha ha, this fighting capacity is not as good as our mmp sentence.

food

Let's talk about our food in North Korea these days. Let's take a picture first.

This is the hotel breakfast.

This seems to be a Korean palace dish. Nine bowls are few, and the taste is quite average.

This cold noodle 100g is still 20 yuan a bowl ... more expensive than in China.

In fact, the taste is not so good, but everyone comforts each other one after another. It is not easy for the Korean people, and it is very rare to have wine and meat. But the tour guide later said that they usually entertain guests at home much better than this? But because everyone is tired and hungry after visiting the scenic spots, no matter what is on the table, they are very satisfied.

There is a song and dance performance at every meal, which is very festive. I will also invite the audience to interact on stage.

Among them, the best I have ever eaten should be the barbecue on the roof of the hotel. This barbecue is baked with hot stones, which is quite distinctive.

Scenic spot

North Korea is clean, the city is neat, and there is no garbage on the roadside, unlike many places in China where plastic bags fly around. Although the rural environment in North Korea does look rather shabby, it has a natural beauty.

On the first night in North Korea, the tour guide took us to experience the Pyongyang subway.

Later, I went to some scenic spots one after another, so I won't go into details one by one. Actually, it's nothing else.

On the first day, we went to see the military demarcation line and drove back and forth for four hours. The next day we went to Miaoxiang Mountain and drove back and forth for six hours. What is terrible is not the long time, but the bumpy road. How bumpy is it? If you put a few hens in the car, maybe all the eggs in your stomach will be shaken clean. So if a friend with serious carsickness goes, remember to bring motion sickness medicine.

There are two places worth mentioning separately. One is the World Friendship Museum, which displays gifts from all over the world. Many amazing gifts are from China, but it's a pity that we can't take photos. Before you go in, you will save everything outside, mainly wallets, mobile phones and cameras. ...

Our country is really generous, and the gifts we send are very imposing, such as an oversized ivory sculpture and a pair of oversized hand embroidery. They all look amazing. The hall is spacious and bright, with high-end atmosphere. After visiting the gift area from European countries, I feel that the room has changed from ultra-luxury hardcover to paperback. A gift from Germany was laughed at by this group-a shabby Muppet Bear. At that time, there happened to be two German friends in the group, and everyone smiled with malicious intent.

It is also worth mentioning that I went to Kangpanshi Middle School to watch students perform. Before going, the tour guide reminded everyone that gifts can be prepared for children. After the performance, some girls in the same trade said they didn't want to give it. They think that the students standing on the stage are well dressed and can learn musical instruments, which shows that their family is very good and they don't need gifts. They want to give presents to those children who look more miserable outside the classroom.

I tried to convince her that according to the North Korean system, learning musical instruments must be school training, free of charge, and has nothing to do with family, and clothing is also for performance. They have studied and performed hard and need to be rewarded, so gifts should be given to them. As for other poor-looking children, if they want to be glamorous, they should try to stand on the stage.

Unfortunately, I couldn't convince my friends in the end. Finally, they rushed to the campus to see them off, but the children were embarrassed to ask for it. After being rejected several times, they rushed into the classroom, put them on the desk and ran away. hahaha.

That's just what I know about North Korea. There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, so if you are curious about this country, you should go and see it for yourself. As for safety, it's not so exaggerated. Now it is not a barbaric society, it is not so dangerous, and it is a group, so there is basically no problem. If you go, have a nice trip and remember to share it with me when you come back.

Gong Yuhuan likes to poke the boat, training? Will I pay taxes when I go to Sankan? What is father's gift? Hey? Does silk give you enzymes? Dream iridium? Capsule dragon? /p & gt；

Travel notes are slowly sorted out, because I always hesitate to write, because I want to say too much, and I am afraid I will miss some, but I must have missed it. I picked up some friends on this trip and didn't have time to write about them.