I took a sleeper train through North Korea. Here's what it was like and the things that surprised me the most (including how "watery" the trip was and a group of girls playing in a restaurant)
Anthony Middleton took the Pyongyang Express from China to Pyongyang across the border, he discovered that some rules were more lenient than expected. READ MORE: I took a train to an iron ore mine deep in the Sahara Desert
The train's destination was officially Pyongyang, but the ticket might as well have said "alternate reality". .
Because that's what adventure blogger Anthony Middleton said he discovered when he arrived in the North Korean capital via the Pyongyang Express in from China.
During his four-day stay, he witnessed a strange mass synchronized dance, an all-female pop group and had his phone examined for anti-North Korean content.
The train trip was also eye-opening, with very clean carriages, views of North Korea's rolling countryside and, Anthony revealed, beer served on board also good. like everything else available in Britain.
The 40-year-old, who runs travel blog Man vs Clock, set out on a trip by eight-hour train during the “harsh winter season,” when the ground was covered in thick ice and temperatures regularly fell below freezing.
In an exclusive interview with
The train's destination was officially Pyongyang, but the ticket might as well have said "alternate reality". .
Because that's what adventure blogger Anthony Middleton said he discovered when he arrived in the North Korean capital via the Pyongyang Express in from China.
During his four-day stay, he witnessed a strange mass synchronized dance, an all-female pop group and had his phone examined for anti-North Korean content.
The train trip was also eye-opening, with very clean carriages, views of North Korea's rolling countryside and, Anthony revealed, beer served on board also good. like everything else available in Britain.
The 40-year-old, who runs travel blog Man vs Clock, set out on a trip by eight-hour train during the “harsh winter season,” when the ground was covered in thick ice and temperatures regularly fell below freezing.
In an exclusive interview with
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