North Korea Chapter 4

After the hike, and beers in hand, we got back on the bus and went to the hotel to check in. The hotel was gorgeous! Five star, fairly new. Romi and I shared a room and it was definitely much nicer than we expected. However the trip was $400 and I guess that's what it went towards.

Romi was going to an acrobat show in the village, so she went off to do that. I saw one in Shanghai, so I opted out. Not that an acrobat show is an acrobat show, but I wanted to spend some time checking out the area. After a hot shower and a snack, I was too exhausted so I ended up watching South Korean television in the room. It was still raining out and I'd had enough of the rain for one day.

After the acrobat show, I met Mike, Beth and Romi and we went for a crappy Korean buffet dinner. But then we went to the pub next door and had a great time. The whole place was full of people from our trip. The staff were South Korean, because they didn't have the little pins on. They were also very outgoing. We drank North Korean beer, which was really good. Mike and some other guys drank their version of Guinness, which was more like Guinness mixed with espresso. For this village, the brewery owners went to England, bought a brewery, dismantled it and shipped all the pieces to Geugmansan, rebuilt it and started making beer.

Romi and I were so tired. We left the pub at 9.30 and were asleep by 10.30. It was one of the best sleeps though in such a comfortable bed.