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Leaving the country literally felt like the end of Argo. We were up all night quietly hiding footage, trying to encrypt things. We didn't really feel relieved until the planes wheels left the ground. At which point we felt like we could speak freely for the first time in 2 weeks which is a really crazy feeling that we probably take for granted.

Everything was so clean and orderly. No trash, no advertisements, no panhandlers. But all with a very heavy big brother feeling

he's got more of a greaser vibe going than his dad. I think it complimented his round face.

It was a completely new crew on this trip, the previous crew has been labeled as part of North Koreas "Dirty Dozen" and is not allowed back. However i did spend some time in the edit room with the first piece Shane did. From what I could tell there are a lot more cars on the road, and people out and about, when Shane was there everything seemed like an erie ghost town. So either things are progressing or they're getting way better at their dog and pony show.

The North Korean basketball players were all just as tall. They had one dude who was retired that was 7'6'' or something. he was giant next to the globetrotters. I have a photo of him and Bull, where Bull looks like a little kid.