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Wonsan is a city located in North Korea and is the capital of Gangwon Province. Located on east coast Korean Peninsula and is washed by the waters of Broughton Bay. Climate: monsoon, with relatively dry and cold winters, hot and muggy summers due to high humidity.

Transport

The city has developed bus, rail and ferry services, and there is an airport. Ferries connect Korea with Japan.

Attractions

In Wonsan, it is worth visiting the zoo, the Thousand Pines Park.

Entertainment

You can visit shops, restaurants, clubs. It is also worth taking a ride on a yacht or boat to see the city from the water.

Hotels

Local hotels are classified as 3-5*. The level of service, as a rule, corresponds to the declared level.

Restaurants

In Wonsan restaurants, try kusu - noodles made from buckwheat flour, which is seasoned with seafood, vegetables, and meat. Exotic lovers can try dog meat. For drinks, you should order ginseng tincture.

The shops

Tourists buy porcelain, herbal teas, silk, and ancient coins in Wonsan.

The road from Pyongyang to Wonsan is long - more than three hours one way. At the exit from Pyongyang, on the highway, which then divides into two roads, to the port of Wonsan and the border Kaesong, a monument to the unification of the two Koreas was erected.

The Pyongyang-Wonsan highway is deserted, like the rest of the roads in North Korea. This road leads to the southeast of the DPRK and runs across the peninsula through the mountains about 100 kilometers parallel to the border with South Korea. The route is considered strategic - there are more military and police posts here. The numerous tunnels into which the route dives are carefully guarded.

Lone military man on a motorcycle.

In the fields there are tractors and other mechanization here and there.

These concrete blocks, standing vertically along the sides every 10-15 kilometers of the highway, are strategic military structures. In the event of an enemy attack, they are detonated at the bottom, and, falling across the road, block the movement of enemy armored vehicles.

Here are some more blocks: there are a lot of them on the Pyongyang-Wonsan highway, especially in its mountainous part. When you go to Wonsan, and even more so to Kaesong towards the demilitarized zone (we will go there in two days), a certain tension is certainly felt.

On both sides of the highway, a trained eye can easily find pillboxes, bunkers and other military structures - both abandoned, left over from the Korean War of the 1950s, and completely operational. The DPRK is always ready for a potential war, as is South Korea, where there are also a lot of different military installations in the vicinity of Seoul.

In the mountains of the DPRK.

Already not far from the coast and Wonsan, we briefly turn off the main road to see the Ulim waterfall, discovered in 2000 in the mountains by the North Korean military.

Very a nice place, in some places reminiscent of the Russian Caucasus or, for example, Abkhazia.

In the mountains of the DPRK, very tasty walnuts grow - they are sold by locals in the parking lot.

While Comrade Kim Il Sung is not looking, you can take a short nap in a secluded grove. :)

The military accidentally discovered the Ulim waterfall in 2000, and already in 2001 they built a walking trail here (which we are walking along) and a wide road along which high-ranking officials approach the waterfall. At the end of the road there is a huge mirrored pavilion (it cannot be removed), from where these people admire the waterfall when they come here. The opening ceremony of the complex in 2001 was attended by Comrade Kim Jong Il, to whom the military presented Ulim Waterfall on the occasion of the end of his foreign visit to China.

That day when we were on Ulima, a large crowd of military men were engaged in some kind of excavation work in the river bed downstream of the waterfall. And right at that moment they were enjoying lunch, sitting in a circle on the stones in the riverbed - in fact, war was war, and lunch was on schedule. :)

Here they are - mountain roads North Korea.

Very beautiful in the mountains! In fact, the Caucasus sometimes resembles.

Soon we leave the mountains and find ourselves on the coast Sea of Japan in Wonsan city, largest port DPRK and one of the main cities of the country. Portraits of production drummers hang on the street.

And they are actively laying tiles on the embankment.

A few sketches of life on the streets...

An agitator machine. Well, where would North Korea be without her? :)

And the party is leading somewhere to the left. :)

The central square faces directly to the sea. The bus station is also located here.

This ship is making passenger flights from Wonsan to Japan.

Classic monument to Comrade Kim Il Sung and Comrade Kim Jong Il in the central square of Wonsan. The guides didn’t take us any closer this time.

Coastal sketches.

And a couple more portraits. You may have already noticed from the report that in North Korea I photographed a lot of ordinary people, tried to catch and observe some scenes from life. After all, what is shown foreign tourist guides are one thing, but it’s much more interesting to try to catch moments of ordinary, non-tourist life in a closed country behind the screen of all this.

Turtle, boy and leaders.

A few more unceremonious pictures of Wonsan.

After a short acquaintance with the city, we were taken to the beach, where those who wished could swim. At the beginning of May, the water was still cold, but, of course, there were brave souls. :)

From the hotel window there is a very beautiful view to the sea and a pier leading to an island with a lighthouse. Tomorrow at dawn we will walk there.

After persuading our guide Kim to get up at six o'clock, the group of early risers heads to the lighthouse. The morning is fresh and beautiful!

Wonsan is a very quiet and nice resort town on the coast. Several more boarding houses on the coast are visible in the distance. It is quiet, calm, not crowded, a little patriarchal, there is no noise, bustle, huge crowds of tourists, as, for example, in the main beach places South Korea(from sea places I was there on Jeju Island). In contrast, this is perceived as, for example, slightly provincial Abkhazia after the huge Sochi metropolis. I really liked Wonsan!

The lighthouse offers a good panorama of the city center and the ship plying between the DPRK and Japan.

Catchers of mussels and other seafood.

The hotel room on the seventh floor is the best point to admire the sunset! :)

In the evening, before the planned dinner, our accompanying people gave us a surprise - a magnificent “aperitif” on the shore from the freshest mussels cooked over the fire and some other mollusks in shells.

Returning to the hotel after dinner, I caught myself thinking - late evening, stars, sea, streets, dim lights, silence, and only portraits of leaders carefully looking at you from illuminated posters. After all, I’m once again God knows where! How amazing! :) And at night the moon rose and, along with the bright stars, illuminated the coast and the sleepy, almost dark, seaside town with a soft light. A light breeze carried the smell of the sea. I wanted to stand on the balcony for hours and enjoy these moments!

As part of our trip to the southeastern part of the DPRK, we will visit the city of Wonsan, the main seaport North Korea, we will visit an exemplary collective farm and make a foray into the Diamond Mountains, one of the most beautiful places on the Korean Peninsula. This material is dedicated to the first part of the two-day trip.

1. The road from Pyongyang to Wonsan is long - more than three hours one way. At the exit from Pyongyang, on the highway, which then divides into two roads, to the port of Wonsan and the border Kaesong, a monument to the unification of the two Koreas was erected.

2. Lone military man on a motorcycle.

3. In the fields there are tractors and other mechanization here and there.

4. These concrete blocks, standing vertically along the sides every 10-15 kilometers of the highway, are strategic military structures. In the event of an enemy attack, they are detonated at the bottom, and, falling across the road, block the movement of enemy armored vehicles.

5. Here are another blocks: there are a lot of them on the Pyongyang-Wonsan highway, especially in its mountainous part. When you go to Wonsan, and even more so to Kaesong towards the demilitarized zone (we will go there in two days), a certain tension is certainly felt.

6. On both sides of the highway, a trained eye can easily find pillboxes, bunkers and other military structures - both abandoned, left over from the Korean War of the 1950s, and fully operational. The DPRK is always ready for a potential war, as is South Korea, where there are also a lot of different military installations in the vicinity of Seoul.

8. Not far from the coast and Wonsan, we briefly turn off the main road to see the Ulim waterfall, discovered in 2000 in the mountains by the North Korean military.

9. A very beautiful place, in some places reminiscent of the Russian Caucasus or, for example, Abkhazia.

10. Very tasty walnuts grow in the mountains of the DPRK - locals sell them in the parking lot.

11. While Comrade Kim Il Sung is not looking, you can take a short nap in a secluded grove. :)

12. The military accidentally discovered the Ulim waterfall in 2000, and already in 2001 they built a walking trail here (which we are walking along) and a wide road along which high-ranking officials approach the waterfall. At the end of the road there is a huge mirrored pavilion (it cannot be removed), from where these people admire the waterfall when they come here. The opening ceremony of the complex in 2001 was attended by Comrade Kim Jong Il, to whom the military presented Ulim Waterfall on the occasion of the end of his foreign visit to China.

13. That day when we were on Ulima, a large crowd of military men were engaged in some kind of excavation work in the river bed downstream of the waterfall. And right at that moment they were enjoying lunch, sitting in a circle on the stones in the riverbed - in fact, war was war, and lunch was on schedule. :)

14. These are the mountain roads of North Korea.

15. It’s very beautiful in the mountains! In fact, the Caucasus sometimes resembles.

16. Soon we leave the mountains and find ourselves on the coast of the Sea of Japan in the city of Wonsan, the largest port of the DPRK and one of the main cities of the country. Portraits of production drummers hang on the street.

17. And they are actively laying tiles on the embankment.

18. A few sketches of life on the streets...

20. Agitator machine. Well, where would North Korea be without her? :)

21. And the party leads somewhere to the left. :)))))

22. The central square goes straight to the sea. The bus station is also located here.

25. This ship operates passenger flights from Wonsan to Japan.

26. Classic monument to Comrade Kim Il Sung and Comrade Kim Jong Il in the central square of Wonsan. The guides didn’t take us any closer this time.

27. Coastal sketches.

29. And a couple more portraits. You may have already noticed from the report that in North Korea I photographed a lot of ordinary people, tried to catch and observe some scenes from life. After all, what guides show a foreign tourist is one thing, but behind the screen of all this it is much more interesting to try to catch moments of ordinary, non-tourist life in a closed country.

31. Turtle, boy and leaders.

32. A few more unceremonious pictures of Wonsan.

36. After a short acquaintance with the city, we were taken to the beach, where those who wished could swim. At the beginning of May, the water was still cold, but, of course, there were brave souls. :)

38. From the hotel window there is a very beautiful view of the sea and the pier leading to the island with a lighthouse. Tomorrow at dawn we will walk there.

39. Having persuaded our guide Kim to get up at six o'clock, a group of early birds goes to the lighthouse. The morning is fresh and beautiful!

42. Wonsan is a very quiet and nice resort town on the coast. Several more boarding houses on the coast are visible in the distance. It is quiet, calm, uncrowded, a little patriarchal, there is no noise, bustle, or huge crowds of tourists like, for example, in the main beach places in South Korea (among the sea places I was there was on Jeju Island). In contrast, this is perceived as, for example, slightly provincial Abkhazia after the huge Sochi metropolis. I really liked Wonsan!

Wonsan city.

Wonsan - port of east coast North Korea, quite a large city.

In Wonsan you can walk along the embankment, look at the remains of the fleet, fishermen with the day's catch, and the monument to Kim Il Sung. The square on the embankment is decorated with flowers from early spring until autumn.

Fishermen and fish:

Fish in Wonsan greatly enriches the rather meager diet of local residents.

Catch:

On the Wonsan waterfront:

A ship specially designed for “meetings of separated families” - for bringing Japanese Koreans to the DPRK to local North Korean distant relatives. It’s difficult to say exactly when this ship made its last voyage - some say 5 years ago, others say 10 years ago.

The coastline around Wonsan is mostly sandy:

A dam of unknown purpose juts out into the sea:

Just views of the city:

Wonsan is home to a large Agricultural University that tourists can visit. This sign is embedded in the concrete path where Comrade Kim Jong Il, while visiting the university, stopped to admire the old tree:

And this is the main building of the university:

An ultra-modern greenhouse that Comrade Kim Jong Il donated to Wonsan University: with temperature and humidity sensors, automatic watering, etc.:

Just the streets of Wonsan:

Main square near the embankment:

Near the city there is the Cheonsam agricultural cooperative - almost all tourists come here to get acquainted with the life of the villagers. Tourists stay in Wonsan, as a rule, in the Dongmyeon Hotel, which is 3*, best placement

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December 8th, 2011 , 07:56 pm
We arrived in the city of Wonsan and after lunch at the hotel we went on an excursion.
First stop - Agricultural University. The University has 3,000 students in 10 faculties.

The weather was unlucky; it was raining outside.

31 more photos.

1. Of course, Comrade Kim Jong Il (or Kim Il Sung) was here. He really liked the place and said that everything should be arranged here for students.

3. We entered the University (narrow corridors, white walls), but did not see the audience. It was Saturday afternoon, classes had already ended, everything was closed. But we were shown a greenhouse that Comrade Kim Jong Il (or Kim Il Sung) had donated to the University. There were red tomatoes growing inside the heifer.

4. In every place where we arrived, we were met by a guide in national dress. Our accompanying and local guide (around the University).

From the University we went to the international pioneer camp.
The guide said that the children are in the camp from April to November. Now the season is over, there is no one. In total, 40% of children are from Russia, 40% are from Africa, 20% are their own. Foreigners are here only in the summer.
6. We arrived at the square.

7. There is a wedding going on. Attend a wedding historical places, where Comrade Kim Jong Il (or Kim Il Sung) was.

8. They go to the monument. Like we used to do with Lenin.

We went inside the building. It's dark and empty. In a small room where children live in the summer there are 6 beds, a refrigerator, a TV, two tables. Well, and portraits, of course.

9. And this is the room where local history is studied. The tent was donated by Kim Jong Il.

10. There are stuffed animals here.

A cooperative is a state enterprise, but they can set prices themselves (as we once had cooperatives, they bought agricultural products from the population).
All work is manual. There is no technology. They plow and carry everything on oxen. The cooperative can keep bulls and cows. Personal property is not allowed; you can keep sheep, chickens, turkeys, pigs, etc. Small animals, in general.
The cooperative grows rice, corn, and cabbage. Rice is planted on flat fields, and corn is planted in the mountains, on terraces. After rice, cabbage is planted.

14. The largest building is the party building.

15. We went around the party house on the right and went along the street.

18. We went to a local store. Our Soviet general store.

20. Comrade Kim Jong Il was here.

21. At this tree he said something.

23. We made a circle around the village and are returning.

27. Far right is a guide to the cooperative. We bought candy and cookies in this store and went to the kindergarten and nursery.

Women are paid for 2 months before giving birth, then 3 months after. From 3 months - nursery. Every two hours they leave work to feed the child. From the age of 5 - kindergarten, from the age of 6 - 1st grade in kindergarten, then school for another 10 years.

28. Saturday. Evening. There were few children in the garden or in the nursery. There were 5 children in the garden, so friendly and, most importantly, they sang something to us so deafeningly loud:) Such great guys! :)

Let's go to the family. It's already dark. There is no light on the street. Only portraits of executives are highlighted.

29. Radish tops are dried. They say it’s good to steam it and apply it to your back when you have sciatica. Long "cucumbers" are washcloths.
The house has heated floors in one room, in which we sat on the floor. There is practically no furniture. Only TV. They treated us to persimmons and gave us some to take with us :)
People retire just like us: women at 55, men at 60.

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