The destination for the train was officially Pyongyang, but the ticket might just as well have said ‘alternate reality’.
Because that’s what adventure blogger Anthony Middleton said he found when he arrived in the North Korean capital aboard the Pyongyang Express from China.
During his four-day stay he witnessed a bizarre mass synchronised dance, an all-girl pop band and had his phone examined for anti-North-Korean material.
The train ride was eye-opening, too, with very clean carriages, views of North Korea’s
