Where should you go on your first day in North Korea? We’d seen some of the sights, and it was time to go to the shooting range – to fire a few pistols and rifles.
We had two options – normal targets, or “moving” targets in the form of chickens in a big cage. Hit the chicken – you get to take it home for dinner. Being vegetarians, we decided for the first option. Jo went first, with the pistol. Then me with the rifle. Then me with the pistol again. I’m no sharp shooter. I’m not even a blunt shooter. And Jo has already proved that she’s a better shot than me.
Meanwhile, our Korean guides were eyeing the chickens hungrily. Sure enough, as he promised, one of them grazed a chicken leg with his first shot. And we had an extra guest on the bus back to the hotel on its way to the cooking pot…
