Gallbladder

Pyongyang metro Childrens Palace etc

2008-09-24

Program for the day:
- Juche tower
- Workers Party monument
- Three Revolutions exhibition
- Metro ride
- Kim-Il-Sung square
- Lunch at the hotel
- "Pueblo"
- Kim-Il-Sung statue at Mansudae Hill
- Book shop
- Childrens Palace
- farewell dinner at a restaurant


As Oliver felt sick today, he decided to stay at the hotel. Till lunch only one of the guides accompanied me, whereas the other stayed at the hotel.


Juche Tower and Workers Party Foundation Monument


The Juche Tower was the first point on the agenda for today. As the weather was quite foggy, I decided not to go up, but nevertheless it was quite impressive:


These plates are from foreign Juche idea study groups, they are showing the worlds enormous interest into Juche ideology and Kimilsungism�.



Then we drove to the Workers Party Foundation Monument. It consists of three hands, holding a hammer, a hoe, and a brush. They represent the three classes of the North Korean society: workers, peasants and intellectuals.




Just next to it I could also take another tramway photo:



The Ryugyong hotel can be seen in the foggy background: