After crossing the border into North Korea from Tumen, China, we were ready to go sightseeing. Today, we were to visit Namyang, Wangjaesan and Hoeryong city, in North Korea’s North Hamgyong Province. We met our two North Korean guides, Mr Lee and Mr Kim, at the border, and they both seemed very friendly. We drove for no more than two minutes after crossing the border before reaching the tourist restaurant and shop in Namyang town.

After a great day in Beijing, our 1pm train was to take us on a 25 hour journey into China’s Jilin province in the north east of the country, ending up in Tumen city, on the North Korean border. This area of China is really interesting, as it’s part of an autonomous region called “Yanbian Korean Autonomous Region”, where a large portion of the population are ethnic Koreans, who speak Korean, rather than Chinese, as

After a long journey via Abu Dhabi and Wuhan, we finally arrived in Beijing in the evening of June the 9th. Seeing as it was our second time in Beijing, and that we only had one full day there, we thought we’d check out the sights that we missed on our previous trip. Our first stop was Panjiayuan antique market, where we arrived pretty early in the morning. This place was phenomenal, and it was