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As part of the trip to the south-eastern part of the DPRK, we will visit the city of Wonsan, the main seaport of North Korea, visit an exemplary collective farm and make a foray into the Diamond Mountains, one of the most beautiful places on the Korean Peninsula. This material is dedicated to the first part of the two-day trip.
1. The road from Pyongyang to Wonsan is long - more than three hours one way. At the exit from Pyongyang, on the highway, which then divides into two roads, to the port of Wonsan and the border Kaesong, a monument to the unification of the two Koreas was erected.
The Pyongyang-Wonsan highway is deserted, like the rest of the roads in North Korea. This road leads to the southeast of the DPRK and runs across the peninsula through the mountains about 100 kilometers parallel to the border with South Korea. The route is considered strategic - there are more military and police posts here. The numerous tunnels into which the route dives are carefully guarded.
2. Lone military man on a motorcycle.
3. In the fields there are tractors and other mechanization here and there.
4. These concrete blocks, standing vertically along the sides every 10-15 kilometers of the highway, are strategic military structures. In the event of an enemy attack, they are detonated at the bottom, and, falling across the road, block the movement of enemy armored vehicles.
5. Here are another blocks: there are a lot of them on the Pyongyang-Wonsan highway, especially in its mountainous part. When you go to Wonsan, and even more so to Kaesong towards the demilitarized zone (we will go there in two days), a certain tension is certainly felt.
6. On both sides of the highway, a trained eye can easily find pillboxes, bunkers and other military structures - both abandoned, left over from the Korean War of the 1950s, and fully operational. The DPRK is always ready for a potential war, as is South Korea, where there are also a lot of different military installations in the vicinity of Seoul.
7. In the mountains of the DPRK.
8. Not far from the coast and Wonsan, we briefly turn off the main road to see the Ulim waterfall, discovered in 2000 in the mountains by the North Korean military.
9. Very a nice place, in some places reminiscent of the Russian Caucasus or, for example, Abkhazia.
10. Very tasty walnuts grow in the mountains of the DPRK - locals sell them in the parking lot.
11. While Comrade Kim Il Sung is not looking, you can take a short nap in a secluded grove. :)
12. The military accidentally discovered the Ulim waterfall in 2000, and already built it here in 2001 walking trail(along which we are walking), and a wide road along which dignitaries approach the waterfall. At the end of the road there is a huge mirrored pavilion (it cannot be removed), from where these people admire the waterfall when they come here. The opening ceremony of the complex in 2001 was attended by Comrade Kim Jong Il, to whom the military presented Ulim Waterfall on the occasion of the end of his foreign visit to China.
13. That day when we were on Ulima, a large crowd of military men were engaged in some kind of excavation work in the river bed downstream of the waterfall. And right at that moment they were enjoying lunch, sitting in a circle on the stones in the riverbed - in fact, war was war, and lunch was on schedule. :)
14. This is how they are - mountain roads North Korea.
15. It’s very beautiful in the mountains! In fact, the Caucasus sometimes resembles.
16. Soon we leave the mountains and find ourselves on the coast of the Sea of Japan in the city of Wonsan, the largest port of the DPRK and one of the main cities of the country. Portraits of production drummers hang on the street.
17. And they are actively laying tiles on the embankment.
18. A few sketches of life on the streets...
20. Agitator machine. Well, where would North Korea be without her? :)
21. And the party leads somewhere to the left. :)))))
22. The central square goes straight to the sea. The bus station is also located here.
25. This ship operates passenger flights from Wonsan to Japan.
26. Classic monument to Comrade Kim Il Sung and Comrade Kim Jong Il on central square Wonsana. The guides didn’t take us any closer this time.
27. Coastal sketches.
29. And a couple more portraits. You may have already noticed from the report that in North Korea I photographed a lot of ordinary people, tried to catch and observe some scenes from life. After all, what guides show a foreign tourist is one thing, but behind the screen of all this it is much more interesting to try to catch moments of ordinary, non-tourist life in a closed country.
31. Turtle, boy and leaders.
32. A few more unceremonious pictures of Wonsan.
36. After a short acquaintance with the city, we were taken to the beach, where those who wished could swim. At the beginning of May, the water was still cold, but, of course, there were brave souls. :)
38. The view from the hotel window is very beautiful view to the sea and a pier leading to an island with a lighthouse. Tomorrow at dawn we will walk there.
39. Having persuaded our guide Kim to get up at six o'clock, a group of early birds goes to the lighthouse. The morning is fresh and beautiful!
42. Wonsan is a very quiet and nice resort town on the coast. Several more boarding houses on the coast are visible in the distance. It is quiet, calm, not crowded, a little patriarchal, there is no noise, bustle, huge crowds of tourists, as, for example, in the main beach places South Korea(from sea places I was there on Jeju Island). In contrast, this is perceived as, for example, slightly provincial Abkhazia after the huge Sochi metropolis. I really liked Wonsan!
43. Opens from the lighthouse good panorama city center and a ship traveling between North Korea and Japan.
45. Catchers of mussels and other seafood.
46. The hotel room on the seventh floor is the best point to admire the sunset! :)
48. In the evening, before the planned dinner, our accompanying people gave us a surprise - a magnificent “aperitif” on the shore from the freshest mussels cooked over the fire and some other mollusks in shells.
Returning to the hotel after dinner, I caught myself thinking - late evening, stars, sea, streets, dim lanterns, silence, and only portraits of leaders carefully look at you from illuminated posters. After all, I’m once again God knows where! How amazing! :) And at night the moon rose and, along with the bright stars, illuminated the coast and the sleepy, almost dark, seaside town with a soft light. A light breeze carried the smell of the sea. I wanted to stand on the balcony for hours and enjoy these moments!
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Geography
Wonsan covers an area of 269 square meters. km. and located on east coast Korean Peninsula, deep in Broughton Bay. Wonsan Bay is surrounded by land mountain range There are more than 20 mountainous islands in the sea around Wonsan. Wonsan is an excellent anchorage. The sea in the harbor never freezes completely.
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Transport
Wonsan is connected to Pyongyang and other North Korean cities by rail and highways. The city has a military and civilian airport, as well as a ferry connecting North Korea with Japan.
Attractions
"Park of a Thousand Pines" Zoo. Wonsan Agricultural University - tours of the university itself and places associated with Comrade Kim Jong Il's visit to this place are possible.
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- Wonsan // Great Soviet Encyclopedia: [in 30 volumes] / ch. ed. A. M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. : Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
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Excerpt describing Wonsan
“I know, I surprised you,” Sever smiled sadly. “But even the fact that I opened up to you won’t change what’s happening.” I don't know how to destroy Karaffa. But our White Magus knows this. Do you want to go to him again, Isidora?– May I ask what changed you, Sever? – I asked carefully, not paying attention to his last question.
He thought for a moment, as if trying to answer as truthfully as possible...
– This happened a very long time ago... From the very day Magdalene died. I have not forgiven myself and all of us for her death. But our laws apparently lived too deeply in us, and I did not find the strength within myself to admit it. When you came, you vividly reminded me of everything that happened then... You are just as strong and just as giving of yourself for those who need you. You awakened in me a memory that I had been trying to kill for centuries... You revived the Golden Mary in me... I thank you for this, Isidora.
Hidden very deep, pain screamed in Sever's eyes. There was so much of it that it flooded me completely!.. And I couldn’t believe that I had finally opened his warm, pure soul. That he was finally alive again!..
- North, what should I do? Aren't you scared that the world is ruled by such non-humans as Caraffa?..
– I have already suggested to you, Isidora, that we go again to Meteora to see the Lord... Only he can help you. Unfortunately, I can't...
For the first time, I felt his disappointment so clearly... Disappointment with my helplessness... Disappointment with the way he lived... Disappointment with his outdated TRUTH...
Apparently, a person’s heart is not always able to fight what it is accustomed to, what it has believed in all its adult life... So is the North - it could not so easily and completely change, even realizing that it was wrong. He lived for centuries, believing that he was helping people... believing that he was doing exactly what, one day, would have to save our imperfect Earth, would have to help her finally be born... He believed in goodness and in the future, despite to losses and pain that I could have avoided if I had opened my heart earlier...
But we are all, apparently, imperfect – even the North. And no matter how painful the disappointment may be, we have to live with it, correcting some old mistakes and making new ones, without which our Earthly life would not be real...
– Do you have a little time for me, Sever? I would like to know what you did not have time to tell me the last time we met. Have I tired you with my questions? If yes, tell me and I will try not to bother you. But if you agree to talk to me, you will give me a wonderful gift, since what you know, no one will tell me while I am still here on Earth...
– What about Anna?.. Don’t you prefer to spend time with her?
– I called her... But my girl is probably sleeping, because she doesn’t answer... She’s tired, I think. I don't want to disturb her peace. Therefore, talk to me, North.
He looked me sadly and knowingly in the eyes and quietly asked:
– What do you want to know, my friend? Ask - I will try to answer everything that worries you.
– Svetodar, Sever... What happened to him? How did the son of Radomir and Magdalena live his life on Earth?..
The North began to think... Finally, taking a deep breath, as if throwing off the obsession of the past, he began his next exciting story...
– After the crucifixion and death of Radomir, Svetodar was taken to Spain by the Knights of the Temple to save him from the bloody clutches of the “holy” church, which, no matter the cost, tried to find and destroy him, since the boy was the most dangerous living witness, and also , the direct successor of Radomir’s Tree of Life, which was supposed to someday change our world.
Svetodar lived and learned about his surroundings in the family of a Spanish nobleman, who was a faithful follower of the teachings of Radomir and Magdalene. To their great sadness, they did not have their own children, so “ new family"received the boy very cordially, trying to create for him as comfortable and warm a home environment as possible. They called him Amori (which meant dear, beloved), since it was dangerous for Svyatodar to be called by his real name. It sounded too unusual for someone else’s ears, and it was more than unreasonable to risk Svetodar’s life because of this. So Svetodar became Amory’s boy for everyone else, and only his friends and his family called him by his real name. And then, only when there were no strangers nearby...
Remembering very well the death of his beloved father, and still suffering cruelly, Svetodar vowed in his childish heart to “remake” this cruel and ungrateful world. He vowed to devote his future life to others to show how ardently and selflessly he loved Life, and how fiercely his deceased father fought for Good and Light...
Together with Svetodar, his uncle, Radan, remained in Spain, who did not leave the boy night or day, and was endlessly worried about his fragile, still unformed life.
Radan doted on his wonderful nephew! And he was endlessly frightened by the fact that one day someone would definitely track them down and end the valuable life of little Svetodar, who, even then, from the very first years of his existence, was destined by a harsh fate to carry the torch of Light and Knowledge to our merciless, but so dear and the familiar, Earthly world.
Eight intense years have passed. Svetodar turned into a wonderful young man, now much more like his courageous father, Jesus-Radomir. He matured and became stronger, and in his clear blue eyes the familiar steel tint that had once flashed so brightly in the eyes of his father began to appear more and more often.
As part of the trip to the south-eastern part of the DPRK, we will visit the city of Wonsan, the main seaport of North Korea, visit an exemplary collective farm and make a foray into the Diamond Mountains, one of the most beautiful places on the Korean Peninsula. This material is dedicated to the first part of the two-day trip.
1. The road from Pyongyang to Wonsan is long - more than three hours one way. At the exit from Pyongyang, on the highway, which then divides into two roads, to the port of Wonsan and the border Kaesong, a monument to the unification of the two Koreas was erected.
The Pyongyang-Wonsan highway is deserted, like the rest of the roads in North Korea. This road leads to the southeast of the DPRK and runs across the peninsula through the mountains about 100 kilometers parallel to the border with South Korea. The route is considered strategic - there are more military and police posts here. The numerous tunnels into which the route dives are carefully guarded.
2. Lone military man on a motorcycle.
3. In the fields there are tractors and other mechanization here and there.
4. These concrete blocks, standing vertically along the sides every 10-15 kilometers of the highway, are strategic military structures. In the event of an enemy attack, they are detonated at the bottom, and, falling across the road, block the movement of enemy armored vehicles.
5. Here are another blocks: there are a lot of them on the Pyongyang-Wonsan highway, especially in its mountainous part. When you go to Wonsan, and even more so to Kaesong towards the demilitarized zone (we will go there in two days), a certain tension is certainly felt.
6. On both sides of the highway, a trained eye can easily find pillboxes, bunkers and other military structures - both abandoned, left over from the Korean War of the 1950s, and fully operational. The DPRK is always ready for a potential war, as is South Korea, where there are also a lot of different military installations in the vicinity of Seoul.
8. Not far from the coast and Wonsan, we briefly turn off the main road to see the Ulim waterfall, discovered in 2000 in the mountains by the North Korean military.
9. A very beautiful place, in some places reminiscent of the Russian Caucasus or, for example, Abkhazia.
10. Very tasty walnuts grow in the mountains of the DPRK - locals sell them in the parking lot.
11. While Comrade Kim Il Sung is not looking, you can take a short nap in a secluded grove. :)
12. The military accidentally discovered the Ulim waterfall in 2000, and already in 2001 they built a walking trail here (which we are walking along) and a wide road along which high-ranking officials approach the waterfall. At the end of the road there is a huge mirrored pavilion (it cannot be removed), from where these people admire the waterfall when they come here. The opening ceremony of the complex in 2001 was attended by Comrade Kim Jong Il, to whom the military presented Ulim Waterfall on the occasion of the end of his foreign visit to China.
13. That day when we were on Ulima, a large crowd of military men were engaged in some kind of excavation work in the river bed downstream of the waterfall. And right at that moment they were enjoying lunch, sitting in a circle on the stones in the riverbed - in fact, war was war, and lunch was on schedule. :)
14. These are the mountain roads of North Korea.
15. It’s very beautiful in the mountains! In fact, the Caucasus sometimes resembles.
16. Soon we leave the mountains and find ourselves on the coast of the Sea of Japan in the city of Wonsan, the largest port of the DPRK and one of the main cities of the country. Portraits of production drummers hang on the street.
17. And they are actively laying tiles on the embankment.
18. A few sketches of life on the streets...
20. Agitator machine. Well, where would North Korea be without her? :)
21. And the party leads somewhere to the left. :)))))
22. The central square goes straight to the sea. The bus station is also located here.
25. This ship operates passenger flights from Wonsan to Japan.
26. Classic monument to Comrade Kim Il Sung and Comrade Kim Jong Il in the central square of Wonsan. The guides didn’t take us any closer this time.
27. Coastal sketches.
29. And a couple more portraits. You may have already noticed from the report that in North Korea I photographed a lot of ordinary people, tried to catch and observe some scenes from life. After all, what guides show a foreign tourist is one thing, but behind the screen of all this it is much more interesting to try to catch moments of ordinary, non-tourist life in a closed country.
31. Turtle, boy and leaders.
32. A few more unceremonious pictures of Wonsan.
36. After a short acquaintance with the city, we were taken to the beach, where those who wished could swim. At the beginning of May, the water was still cold, but, of course, there were brave souls. :)
38. From the hotel window there is a very beautiful view of the sea and the pier leading to the island with a lighthouse. Tomorrow at dawn we will walk there.
39. Having persuaded our guide Kim to get up at six o'clock, a group of early birds goes to the lighthouse. The morning is fresh and beautiful!
42. Wonsan is a very quiet and nice resort town on the coast. Several more boarding houses on the coast are visible in the distance. It is quiet, calm, uncrowded, a little patriarchal, there is no noise, bustle, or huge crowds of tourists like, for example, in the main beach places in South Korea (among the sea places I was there was on Jeju Island). In contrast, this is perceived as, for example, slightly provincial Abkhazia after the huge Sochi metropolis. I really liked Wonsan!
The road from Pyongyang to Wonsan is long - more than three hours one way. At the exit from Pyongyang, on the highway, which then divides into two roads, to the port of Wonsan and the border Kaesong, a monument to the unification of the two Koreas was erected.
The Pyongyang-Wonsan highway is deserted, like the rest of the roads in North Korea. This road leads to the southeast of the DPRK and runs across the peninsula through the mountains about 100 kilometers parallel to the border with South Korea. The route is considered strategic - there are more military and police posts here. The numerous tunnels into which the route dives are carefully guarded.
Lone military man on a motorcycle.
In the fields there are tractors and other mechanization here and there.
These concrete blocks, standing vertically along the sides every 10-15 kilometers of the highway, are strategic military structures. In the event of an enemy attack, they are detonated at the bottom, and, falling across the road, block the movement of enemy armored vehicles.
Here are some more blocks: there are a lot of them on the Pyongyang-Wonsan highway, especially in its mountainous part. When you go to Wonsan, and even more so to Kaesong towards the demilitarized zone (we will go there in two days), a certain tension is certainly felt.
On both sides of the route, a trained eye can easily find pillboxes, bunkers and other military structures - both abandoned, left over from the Korean War of the 1950s, and completely operational. The DPRK is always ready for a potential war, as is South Korea, where there are also a lot of different military installations in the vicinity of Seoul.
In the mountains of the DPRK.
Already not far from the coast and Wonsan, we briefly turn off the main road to see the Ulim waterfall, discovered in 2000 in the mountains by the North Korean military.
A very beautiful place, in some places reminiscent of the Russian Caucasus or, for example, Abkhazia.
In the mountains of the DPRK, very tasty walnuts grow - they are sold by locals in the parking lot.
While Comrade Kim Il Sung is not looking, you can take a short nap in a secluded grove. :)
The military accidentally discovered the Ulim waterfall in 2000, and already in 2001 they built a walking trail here (which we are walking along) and a wide road along which high-ranking officials approach the waterfall. At the end of the road there is a huge mirrored pavilion (it cannot be removed), from where these people admire the waterfall when they come here. The opening ceremony of the complex in 2001 was attended by Comrade Kim Jong Il, to whom the military presented Ulim Waterfall on the occasion of the end of his foreign visit to China.
That day when we were on Ulima, a large crowd of military men was engaged in some kind of excavation work in the river bed downstream of the waterfall. And right at that moment they were enjoying lunch, sitting in a circle on the stones in the riverbed - in fact, war was war, and lunch was on schedule. :)
These are the mountain roads of North Korea.
Very beautiful in the mountains! In fact, the Caucasus sometimes resembles.
Soon we leave the mountains and find ourselves on the coast of the Sea of Japan in the city of Wonsan, the largest port of the DPRK and one of the main cities of the country. Portraits of production drummers hang on the street.
And on the embankment they are actively laying tiles.
A few sketches of life on the streets...
An agitator machine. Well, where would North Korea be without her? :)
And the party is leading somewhere to the left. :)
The central square faces directly to the sea. The bus station is also located here.
This ship operates passenger flights from Wonsan to Japan.
Classic monument to Comrade Kim Il Sung and Comrade Kim Jong Il in the central square of Wonsan. The guides didn’t take us any closer this time.
Coastal sketches.
And a couple more portraits. You may have already noticed from the report that in North Korea I photographed a lot of ordinary people, tried to catch and observe some scenes from life. After all, what guides show a foreign tourist is one thing, but behind the screen of all this it is much more interesting to try to catch moments of ordinary, non-tourist life in a closed country.
Turtle, boy and leaders.
A few more unceremonious pictures of Wonsan.
After a short acquaintance with the city, we were taken to the beach, where those who wished could swim. At the beginning of May, the water was still cold, but, of course, there were brave souls. :)
From the hotel window there is a very beautiful view of the sea and the pier leading to the island with a lighthouse. Tomorrow at dawn we will walk there.
After persuading our guide Kim to get up at six o'clock, the group of early risers heads to the lighthouse. The morning is fresh and beautiful!
Wonsan is a very quiet and nice resort town on the coast. Several more boarding houses on the coast are visible in the distance. It is quiet, calm, uncrowded, a little patriarchal, there is no noise, bustle, or huge crowds of tourists like, for example, in the main beach places in South Korea (among the sea places I was there was on Jeju Island). In contrast, this is perceived as, for example, slightly provincial Abkhazia after the huge Sochi metropolis. I really liked Wonsan!
The lighthouse offers a good panorama of the city center and the ship plying between the DPRK and Japan.
Catchers of mussels and other seafood.
The hotel room on the seventh floor is the best point to admire the sunset! :)
In the evening, before the planned dinner, our accompanying people gave us a surprise - a magnificent “aperitif” on the shore from the freshest mussels cooked over the fire and some other mollusks in shells.
Returning to the hotel after dinner, I caught myself thinking - late evening, stars, sea, streets, dim lights, silence, and only portraits of leaders carefully looking at you from illuminated posters. After all, I’m once again God knows where! How amazing! :) And at night the moon rose and, along with the bright stars, illuminated the coast and the sleepy, almost dark, seaside town with a soft light. A light breeze carried the smell of the sea. I wanted to stand on the balcony for hours and enjoy these moments!