On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 08:45:56 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 23:52:59 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:25:56 +0100
Recliner wrote:
The Pyongyang Metro uses ex-West Berlin U-Bahn stock dating from
around 1960. It looked clean and in good nick when I travelled on it
in 2013:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...57633424928749

I'm impressed you got away with taking those pictures without getting hauled
off for interrogation. Very ornate stations tho I don't think it'll ever be
on my to-visit list frankly.

Yes, those three stations are very ornate; others we passed through were
more utilitarian, like most things in North Korea. With a couple of
exceptions, photography wasn't restricted in the areas tourists can visit.
The bits they really don't want you to photograph aren't open to visit at
all.

Just out of interest, whats this?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...7633470265514/

Looks like some sort of cremation memorial but it got loads of different
languages. Is this where old western stalinists come to be cremated these
days?

I've uploaded another image, showing the support plaque from the
English Juche Study Group at the top:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/29968506306/in/album-72157633470265514/lightbox/

I've googled this august body, which appears to be defunct, but has
been reborn as the Juche Idea Study Group of England. It has a
surprisingly active Facebook page, with comments like, "DPRK's Nuclear
Deterrent Crucial For World Peace":
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Juche...47091862011144