Visitors From Earth
A huge Starbucks sign. Yao Ming peddling mobile plans. No guide waiting just beyond check-out. No guide telling you to hand over your cellphone. Or follow you around. Or hustle you onto the bus. Taxis on demand! Beijing. The real world. We’re still coping with the culture shock. Pyongyang was all about what we couldn’t...
Pyongyang
It is hard to visit North Korea with no pre-conceived notions. The secret state. That place ruled by the strange man with the even stranger hairdo. A man adored by millions. A man said to be intent on pushing the world to the brink of nuclear disaster. Whacky, was a word someone once used to...
