1 day to go! packing things, organizing stuff & twirling thumbs

ok, passport, tickets, credit cards, cool backpack, tripods, batteries, more batteries, the other batteries too, portable hdd, storage media, mac, chargers, three cameras, navigational thingie, maps (shit, still gotta print them), cosmetics, clothing and something to write on and with. seems simple enough and yet there’s too much to organize… where does all that come from?! i dumped half of my belongings and it’s still too much. aaaaaargh!!! my room’s a mess and i still have to wash clothes, organize mail forwarding… over-friggin- whelmed.

“crazy in pyongyang” went south. about 130 hits or so and no answers. well, i got an answer from someone i haven’t seen since… loooooong ago.

well… other than that, there’s nothing else to do, than to wiggle my toes and twirl my thumbs until i get going.

Picture: taken a year ago from dandong. North Koreans being put on a boat and shown dandong. you can watch, but you can’t touch.

The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang

Footage taken in Pyongyang in December 2008.

1st Footage: Unscheduled elevator stop in the Koryo Hotel on the 27th floor. I was supposed to ride the elevator right up to the top floor, where I would be met by a service attendand. The 27th floor, most like every other floor was dark and abandoned.
2nd Footage: The Ryugyong Hotel, seen from the southwestern side. The southerneastern side, facing the city center is being paneled with glass, just to make it look better. Notice the progress bars on the posters, showing the “people’s progress”.
3rd Footage: Pyongyang Central Station, secretly shot from the top of the Koryo Hotel.
4th Footage: An electric powered bus, passing westbound on Okryu Bridge.