I’m usually the one saying to people “don’t believe too much what you see on the news, it’s not what it seems over there”… While I do believe that most people are definitely too paranoid as a result of all the negative news about some countries on TV, it’s true that for some destinations, extra caution is required… I was in North Korea in December 2015, exactly one month before Otto went on the same trip, with the same tour company, at the same hotel I was. He basically booked the same tour as I did from a company called Young Pioneers, which is one of the few tour companies that are licensed to organize such tours in North Korea. There are about 20 of them, but they all redirecting people to one single government-run company in North Korea. On arrival, all tourists are joined […]
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Kim Jung Il’s Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea – Country 160/195
Kim Jung Il’s Palace, in PyongYang, North Korea DPRK Truly amazing experience to be in this country, a privilege to see a society as different as it can get on this planet. One of my highlights travels of the past years that’s for sure! More about it in another post.
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