In late September 2014, I traveled to the north eastern most province of the DPRK, North Hamgyong. Unlike most trips to this region, which start in Pyongyang and then travel to North Korea’s third city, Chongjin, by train or plane, I traveled by foot across the Tumen river crossing to Namyang, which has only been used by a handful of Western tourists since opening to them in November 2012.