North Korea: the Bradt travel guide

316 Pages·2014·22.418 MB·English

by  Robert Willoughby

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North Korea Essentials
THE BASICS ACCOMMODATION PRICE CODES
Currency Won (1 won = 100 chon) Prices aref or standard doubles and are very
Rate of exchange (May 2014) approximate.
£1=218KPW $$$$ Deluxe €120+
€1 = 179KPW $$$ First class €95-120
US$1 = 129KPW ss Second class €75-95
1CNY = 21KPW $ Third class €50-75
Time GMT +9
Electricity 220v, 60Hz RESTAURANT PRICE CODES
International telephone code +850 These prices are based on the average price of main
Useful telephone numbers course.
(British Embassy Pyongyang; Munsu- SSSSS Expensive €15+
Dong Compound*), (out-of-hours $$$$ Above average €10-15
emergency) [phone] (from $$$ Mid range €6-10
outside DPRK), [phone] (in the $$ Cheap & cheerful €3-6
DPRK); [phone]; $ Rock bottom €1-3
© 09.00—18.00 Mon-Thu; 09.00—13.00
Fri (local time)
ABBREVIATIONS & CODES
AC air conditioning pp per person
B&B bed and breakfast ‘\, f, m, e telephone, fax, mobile, email
KEY TO SYMBOLS
International boundary Border crossing:
for tourists/not for tourists/restricted
De-militarised Zone (DMZ)
Hospital/clinic, etc
Province boundary
Buddhist temple/monastery
Main road (regional maps)
Exhibition hall
Railway line
Pagoda
Main road (town plans)
Pavilion
Steps (town plans)
Major zoo
Featured hike/footpath (regional maps)
Garden
Airport (international/domestic)
Golf course
- Ferry route (passenger)
Railway station Department store
Beach
Bus station
Metro station : Waterfall
Bus/trolley bus/tram terminus Cave/grotto
Tourist information office Viewpoint
Embassy Archaeological/historic site
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Museum or art gallery aoJegunse vemeo ew
City wall
Theatre/cinema
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Important/historic building
Historic castle/gate/fortification/bastion Old town
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Statue or monument Urban park
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Monuments and palaces
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outside the Mansudae Art Studio
in Pyongyang — the capital is
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Panmunjom
and the DMZ
Visit the heavily
militarised DMZ,
marking the border
between North and
South Korea, and learn
about the armistice
in Panmunjom
(RW) page |65
Chilbosan
The remote area
of Chilbosan offers
stunning mountain
scenery as well as
beautiful stretches
of coastline
(EL) page 229
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North Korea in colour
Pyongyang’s most famous site, the Grand
above
Monument on Mansu Hill has two 20m-tall bronze
statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong II standing
in front of a 70m-wide mosaic of sacred Mount
Paektu (BCT) page 13!
Although the exterior has now been glazed, the
above left
Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang may end up taking
as long as the pyramids to complete
(NL/AWL) page |41
Residential and office buildings in Pyongyang
left
surround the Monument to the Foundation of the
Korea Workers’ Party Foundation (EL) page 146
Women in brightly coloured traditional dresses
below
engage in a mass dance in front of a mosaic of
Kim I] Sung next to Pyongyang’s Arch of Triumph
— the mosaic depicts Kim II Sung’s triumphant
return to Pyongyang in 1945 (RW) page 132
Kim Il Sung Square (EL) page 128
The monument to the Reunification of
Korea in southern Pyongyang, lit up
in the evening (EL)
The Socialist Revolution statue that
flanks the Grand Monument on Mansu
Hill, Pyongyang (BCT) page 131
The Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang in
below
the early evening (SS) page |3 2
ALTERNET
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