Sightseeing in ultralight airplanes a growing fad in North Korea

Flights start off over a typically rural setting, with a mixture of farmland and small hamlets.But that quickly transforms into what one would expect from a city of about 2.5 million: block after block of densely concentrated high-rise residential buildings, some in the drab greycolour of concrete but many painted over in pink, beige or blue pastels.