I Bow

to the great leader and eternal president Kim Il-sung as I would respect anywhere any local customs.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for many brings up the thought “do I survive?”. From many friends I got questions like “Are you sure?”, “Let’s make a goodbye party we won’t see you again”, “Are you not afraid of getting imprisoned?” etc. etc. It’s not the first travel destination for many.

So why in the hell would I go there? It started long ago but got itchy some years back with a documentary on television in the Netherlands about the DPR Korea. My goal is to travel the world and not miss any country and due to the political situation I put DPR Korea at the top of my bucket list as anything can change any day; so better now than never. But there was one problem: I prefer to have control over my travels and plan them myself: NOT POSSIBLE. After searching the internet and finding the tour operators that offer the trips (there are not that many) I came in contact with Your Planet Travel which was even located in my own country and met with them at a conference about special travel. They offered me kind of what I normally do myself and the option to (semi) plan the trip myself. All professional and very personal; I can really recommend to book your trip to the DPR Korea through them!

read the full story here:
DPR (NORTH) KOREA – To bow or not to bow; Pyongyang explored [part 1]


I can really recommend this destination to anyone open for new experiences.

Chris