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...thought it would be productive to have a bus with a gym in it and our own chefs so that we can control our food. Not that it's ever been an issue, [but] somebody could put a little of any banned substance in our mass pastas in our hotel, and we'd all be disqualified, no questions asked...
There were seven of us gathered in the Red Wall Hotel in Beijing?an Australian criminal lawyer for the insane, a Scottish lord living out his 007 fantasies, two communism-curious retired Italian mechanics, a retired Italian pilot who made a sport of traveling to the world's most inaccessible places and a young Italian accountant living in Austria. And me, the not-so-secret journalist from Canada who was surprised to even be invited. We had all signed up for a most peculiar adventure: we were going to North Korea. As tourists...
Before we arrived at our government-run hotel (which had authentic North Korean touches like no heat or hot water despite the freezing temperatures), our minibus stopped at a statue of the deceased Great Leader Kim Il Sung, where we were told to bow and present flowers. Being a tourist in North Korea was going to be even more bizarre than we had thought...
...cameras down or deleted our pictures after the fact. The guides also had an unsettling habit of taking pictures of us at every tour stop, for reasons they never quite explained. Every once in a while they let slip information that made it obvious they were electronically monitoring our hotel rooms and phone calls. All in a day's work for a North Korean tour guide...
Meanwhile, the Crimson is coming off back-to-back losses in last weekend’s Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center Holiday Invitational, but is encouraged by its improved performance in the frontcourt. Rollins posted a combined 42 points and 12 rebounds in tournament play, which is welcome news as Dartmouth will bring a post presence of its own into Lavietes. Margaret and Brittney Smith, a pair of 6’1 sisters, are averaging over seven rebounds a game apiece for the Big Green, while senior Sydney Scott chips in 5.4 boards...