The beautiful things in North Korea
Coming out of North Korea I want to write a little about all the beauty I saw in the country. I have read quite a few books about the country, told from its own people, and I've talked to several that have lived there. I have heard childhood stories of kids going to swim in the river after school, and when I was in China in 1998 we could look directly into the country and see the beautiful mountains and the green scenery. I knew it was more than the media told me. I knew there was so much more . But all the beauty I saw still surprised me. It was more than I had imagined - and deeper - it touched my heart many times. And I've only been to Pyongyang, the main city, and Kaesong, the border. What if I traveled around the whole country, saw the infamous mount Paektu, or biked along the gravel roads across the country? What if I joined the few people that just learned to surf the waves in the long shore line? How much more beauty would I find? Part of being in North Korea ...