https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html In August 2009, I accompanied a group of 20 students from Li Po Chun United World College in Hong Kong to North Korea (or as it is officially known, the DPRK - Democratic People’s Republic of Korea). This was my 6th trip to the DPRK. My detailed trip diary for this day can be seen HERE. Click on any image below to enlarge. Return to the 2009 Trip Diary home page HERE or access the trip images home page by clicking HERE. Return to the DPRK Initiative home page and access images of previous trips by clicking HERE. https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#0 9f3d5e0e-a93b-4b1a-ae31-0ab57fe5437d https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2571/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2571/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2571/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A busy day ahead for Pyongyang’s Sunan Airport - ours is the only flight for the day</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#1 cade6173-4bfb-4b5b-a4e2-a302eada8fc9 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2574/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2574/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2574/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">In the departures lounge of the airport after checking in our luggage</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#2 0506f20f-9c86-4d07-8fad-cf0dd242ba61 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2575/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2575/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2575/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">In the departures lounge of the airport after checking in our luggage</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#3 29c14922-ae43-42ff-a6e9-ba4ff12949a3 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2579/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2579/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2579/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The souvenirs counter at Pyongyang Airport</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#4 f7fb596f-f02d-4b33-a57f-52b429729eb5 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2578/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2578/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2578/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The souvenirs counter at Pyongyang Airport</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#5 db3392b1-9a13-4117-824c-a44fb98f7752 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2580/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2580/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2580/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The Duty Free store at Pyongyang Airport</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#6 7c766b1c-e825-4329-8ea2-5c98bf43b96e https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2584/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2584/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2584/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The Duty Free store at Pyongyang Airport</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#7 8d1026eb-600a-401f-b0df-9053063e6694 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2585/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2585/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2585/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The departures waiting area at Pyongyang Airport</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#8 7a4d8097-3ac0-4bc7-8235-c86ef4533edf https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2583/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2583/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2583/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The information board in the departures area, headed “The Flame of Upsurge is Kindled”</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#9 f52b3f75-fd97-4a7a-98c0-2cae9b04446c https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2589/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2589/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2589/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">This photo was labelled “The Pyongyang mass rally is held on January 5 in Kim Il Sung Square to carry out the tasks set forth in this year’s joint editorial with a new revolutionary upsurge”</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#10 c8142eee-504f-431b-8a0c-6103d447b266 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2593/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2593/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2593/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">This photo was labelled “The leader Kim Jong Il gives on-the-spot guidance to the Teaan Heavy Machine Complex that is seething with a revolutionary upsurge in January Juche98 (2009)”</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#11 2cee9019-1086-4db6-88b7-9eedc413cc16 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2595/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2595/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2595/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Some of Air Koryo’s planes are quite old (such as this Soviet Ilyushin Il-18), but they are in excellent condition with low flying hours</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#12 b42c7665-25c0-478f-935f-8e67d6f8e3b2 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2596/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2596/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2596/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Air Koryo planes parked at Pyongyang Airport</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#13 76a7c055-2ba0-47d2-a946-f78d2dd26022 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2601/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2601/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2601/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The Ilyushin Il-62 in which we flew from Pyongyang to Beijing</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#14 7b0c631e-3657-45bc-8277-11a5cba4eb67 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2604/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2604/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2604/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A last farewell to North Korea as we take off on a grey, wet morning</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#15 e2b59370-009b-4547-b1cc-58bec3939f6f https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2610/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2610/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2610/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Our in-flight food - one of the famous (but soggy) Koryo burgers</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#16 334284b9-1635-4a9d-8c85-1ea244b73734 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2613/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2613/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2613/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Air Koryo cabin staff carrying Koryo burgers to passengers who eagerly await their arrival</p></div></div> https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8.html#17 aba8dae9-b27b-4c4e-8d63-27ad2f4865d0 https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2614/thumb.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2614/micro.jpg https://www.stephencodrington.com/Galleries/North_Korea_2009/Pages/Day_8_files/Media/IMG_2614/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The great adventure is over as our plane arrives at Beijing Airport’s Terminal 2</p></div></div>