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My Mate Went On Holiday to North Korea…

My Mate Went On Holiday to North Korea…

Dave Smith

'My Mate Went on Holiday to North Korea' tells the story of exactly what its like to visit the so-called Hermit Kingdom - everything from booking your trip in the first place, through getting on the train in Beijing, to creaking across the boarder, an Alcatraz-like hotel and seeing the embalmed corpses of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il - as seen through the eyes of Luke Pearce, who travelled there on vacation in 2016. The interviewer is @Dave___Smith

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  • 3 - PART 1 - The Journey...

    Episode 1... asks why anybody would want to ever undertake such a trip in the first place - discusses the first sights you see upon arrival - and introduces us to the omnipresent 'Guides'.

    Tue, 26 May 2020
  • 2 - PART 2 - Hotel Pyongyang

    Episode 2...walks you around the North Korean capital - discusses the limits of just how far you can push your luck by trying to get into a taxi - and answers the most important question of all: namely, what happens if you sneeze in front of the dead body of one of history’s greatest monsters?

    Tue, 26 May 2020
  • 1 - PART 3 - Waving Goodbye

    Episode 3... discusses what the future may hold for the people of North Korea - both the challenges and the causes for hope which litter the way of a reunified peninsula – and asks what we as tourists can ever do in order to help things change.

    Tue, 26 May 2020