Comments on: The Quick Guide To Visiting North Korea https://foxnomad.com/2008/02/12/the-quick-guide-to-visiting-north-korea/ tech and tips to help you travel smarter Thu, 31 May 2012 01:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Magic Travel Tanya https://foxnomad.com/2008/02/12/the-quick-guide-to-visiting-north-korea/#comment-258264 Thu, 31 May 2012 01:28:15 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/2008/02/12/the-quick-guide-to-visiting-north-korea/#comment-258264 In reply to Anil Polat.

Yeah right! I’ll let you know how it goes 🙂

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2008/02/12/the-quick-guide-to-visiting-north-korea/#comment-258198 Wed, 30 May 2012 13:57:19 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/2008/02/12/the-quick-guide-to-visiting-north-korea/#comment-258198 In reply to Magic Travel Tanya.

Glad this post was helpful, I’ll be interested to hear how much will change when you visit, considering the regime “change” that’s happened recently.

]]> By: Magic Travel Tanya https://foxnomad.com/2008/02/12/the-quick-guide-to-visiting-north-korea/#comment-258105 Wed, 30 May 2012 00:27:37 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/2008/02/12/the-quick-guide-to-visiting-north-korea/#comment-258105 Thanks for this post. We are considering venturing into N.K. in the next year or two. Quite excited now.

]]> By: Imperator https://foxnomad.com/2008/02/12/the-quick-guide-to-visiting-north-korea/#comment-169524 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:01:54 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/2008/02/12/the-quick-guide-to-visiting-north-korea/#comment-169524 In reply to Anil Polat.

It was an interesting interaction with the guides… especially that for me there were quite a lot of deja vus and I was quite well versed in the double meaning of what they are saying (I was 17 at Revolution). There are a lot of complains about impossibility of travelling independently in North Korea. Actually, it will really be difficult – people are afraid to talk to foreigners (I remember, I was actually ahead of the others in Moran Park and I met a Lady who was selling some sweets and icecream. I wanted an icecream (incredible, it had the same taste as the icecream in Romania when I was a kid), but the Lady was extremelly scared).
Additionally, nobody speaks any foreign languages (probably, not taught in school and only a few “chosen ones” learn for their relations with other countries). THe program was also a kind of flexible – we wanted a night tour in Pyongyang to take night pictures (the mega-buildings from there are well lit until 10pm when the light is turned off in the whole City, except the statue of old Kim) or to go to Circus.

]]> By: Imperator https://foxnomad.com/2008/02/12/the-quick-guide-to-visiting-north-korea/#comment-169521 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:53:43 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/2008/02/12/the-quick-guide-to-visiting-north-korea/#comment-169521 In reply to Anil Polat.

My guess is becuause of historical ties. Both countries were ex-communist countries and had important embassies in Pyongyang… They were just not withdrawn and when entered EU, they were there 🙂
In my travels, I found some nice perks for me from the ex-communist regime. Romanians are the only nation who do not need visas to enter Tanzania (apart from Kenyans, Rwandans and few other neighbours). Reason is Ceausescu was a good friend of Nyerere and Tanzania abolished the visa requirement. They did not change anything since 1989, so Romanians do not need any visa… In fact, the difference is that we do not pay 50 dolars visa-on-arrival price 🙂

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