Famous Places of North Korea

I would like to introduce some famous tourist spots in North Korea. There are many interesting places,
but I will show you just three of them.
These are Mt. Geum-gang, Ok-ryu-gwan, and Mt. Baek-du.

First one is Geum-gang Mountain. It is also called the Diamond mountains.
about 40km east to west, about 60km north to south, (about 530 ㎢).
You can see many landscapes, such as twelve thousand peaks, Man-mool-sang, etc.
It is called differently as season changes. Geum-gang for spring, Bong-rae for summer, Poong-ak for autumn, and Gae-gol for winter.

These are pictures of Geum-gang Mountain.

The second one is Ok-ryu-gwan.
Ok-ryu-gwan is a restraurant which is famous for cold noodle in Pyung-yang. Il-sung Kim who was the first head of North Korea has visited the restaurant frequently. Its noodle tastes very special and delicious. The unique flavor of the noodle made people to come and eat.

 
















The last one is Mt. Baek-du.
Baek du mountain(2744m, from the sea level) is the highest mountain in Korea. As you know, Han-ra mountain(1950m, from the sea level) is the highest one in South Korea, but it is much higher than Han-ra.
The meaning of Baek-du is "PURE and HUGE(baek for pure, du for huge)".

Also, it is considered as a legendary mountain in a long time. There are many stories about it like "Tiger of Mt.Baek-du", "Dragon of Chun-ji(lake on the top of the mountain)". We, koreans honored it as a root of our spirit. It's the starting point of Baek-du-dae-gan which is the spine of Korea. Baek-du-dae-gan begins at Mt. Baek-du, and ends at Ji-ri mountain. Some people insist that it ends at Mt. Han-ra(Jeju Island), but there is no certain evidence. You can visit here just through China, but I really hope that we will be able to go there through Korea. I mean not through North Korea, but through Unified Korea.

Let me show some pic.s of Mt. Baek-du.

 I think that tiny cute monster is C.G. LOL;;;;;;

 Mt. Baek-du Tiger(Siberian Tiger)

 

The spine of Korea (Baek-du-dae-gan)