Our accommodation in Kaesong was at the Minsok Hotel, which literally means heritage hotel. Similar to the home stay, it was traditional Korean housing - sleeping on the floor with a mosquito net. The buildings were quite run down with many cracks and holes in the interior wall, although to my great relief there was air conditioning. Again hot water was only available at certain times, although in retrospect we didn't actually get any in the morning during the promised timeslot.
The dinner was also within the heritage complex. The dining room was in the old Korean style with everyone having to sit on the floor (with the exception of a couple of the older tour members who I had to request chairs for in Korean).
This Kaesong dinner was the meal for which dog meat could be pre-ordered. Tim took up this offer, although he had previously tasted a canine dish in China. It was in a spicy soup form, which is called bosingtang in the south, although the North Koreans may have called it by a different name.
In the middle of dinner we experienced an electrical outage. The tour company did warn us to bring torches on this trip, but I was surprised to see the majority had brought theirs to dinner! Very well prepared.
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| Tim "woofs" down his dog soup. |
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