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12/9/2016 3:02pm
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9/9/2017 11:52am
Last year I took a year off to travel South East Asia, Central America and parts of the Caribbean. Loved it, and I´m hooked on independent travel. Best memory was probably buying an old communist 107cc "Honda Win" in Saigon
(Honda has never made a model of that name, despite the decals saying otherwise), with a Chinese motor. Rode it through Cambodia and Laos, and across the mountains back into Vietnam. The thing broke down and died just 10k`s from my final destination. (tried to upload a picture but MacBook and upload button on vital aren´t friends)
Well today I got my passport back from the North Korean consulate in Stockholm with a North Korean visa in it. I´m so excited! Been wanting to go there for years, and this year I will be celebrating new years in the most unlikely country ever. On freaking Kim Il Sung Square. I also paid an additional 180 Euros to go on a helicopter ride in a Mi17 (export variant of Mi 8) over Pyongyang.
If anyone is interested I can upload some pictures when I get back. As with all travel to NK, you will be escorted everywhere by guides and minders. Of the yearly 5000 foreigners who are granted entry to the country per year, most are chinese. I think last year there were roughly 1200 western tourists there.
Sorry if it´s dull, but I had to share it.
(Honda has never made a model of that name, despite the decals saying otherwise), with a Chinese motor. Rode it through Cambodia and Laos, and across the mountains back into Vietnam. The thing broke down and died just 10k`s from my final destination. (tried to upload a picture but MacBook and upload button on vital aren´t friends)
Well today I got my passport back from the North Korean consulate in Stockholm with a North Korean visa in it. I´m so excited! Been wanting to go there for years, and this year I will be celebrating new years in the most unlikely country ever. On freaking Kim Il Sung Square. I also paid an additional 180 Euros to go on a helicopter ride in a Mi17 (export variant of Mi 8) over Pyongyang.
If anyone is interested I can upload some pictures when I get back. As with all travel to NK, you will be escorted everywhere by guides and minders. Of the yearly 5000 foreigners who are granted entry to the country per year, most are chinese. I think last year there were roughly 1200 western tourists there.
Sorry if it´s dull, but I had to share it.
Oh, and have fun!
Have you seen these? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmCpTzA6SKc
And yes would love to see photos
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Coming up on a year since we spent 5 weeks in Thailand, I am overwhelmed with nostalgia and an urge to go back and travel more.
I couldn't quite bring myself to tour one with the prisoners in it, which is closer to the equivalent of North Korea today......
Vice on YouTube has some cool programs on North Korea.
Pit Row
How the world tolerates this bullshit is beyond me.
If you see their "god" kill that fat fuck. You'll be gloriously praised by the world. Granted you'll be dead but that's the price for fame.
I've researched traveling to NK for years so I know what I'm getting myself into. This isn't you typical Acapulco holiday, it's a destination for people who are interested in culture. It is basically a time machine to the Soviet Union in the 1960's. I don't buy all the propoganda we are being force fed about North Korea, just as I definitely won't buy their propoganda either.
I'm trying to upload a few pictures from my phone from last year, to see if that works.
First picture is from Indonesia on an island called Lombok
Right after crossing the boarder from Laos and into Vietnam. Past these mountains we rode towards the coast of Da Nang
For history buffs: a rare sight further into the area known as Ankor Wat. It's a must-see
Southeast Asia is my thing. I'm going to Philippines in february. Some of the best diving spots in the world.
Hey Sende, where will you be going in The Philippines? I toured the country for three weeks, and even that wasn't enough. Such an amazing country, possibly the most beautiful country in the region. Top notch diving! Cool tip for people wanting to go there, high season ends in end of April. Rain season starts mid June. In the meantime the local prices and tickets are down to almost a third, yet the weather is as good as high season with less tourists.
We only have 15 days there. Wish I could stay longer.
First we'll go to Alona beach, Bohol. They make scupa and snorkeling trips from there all over. And the place itself seems cool. Semi-relaxed. Bit of a nightlife too. (I am a single, haha)
After that we will spend the rest of the time, like 5 days, in Cebu city. My friend owns a music bar there and I promised him that I'll do a couple of acoustic cover gigs there. That's what I do all the time here at home.
Next year I'm planning to go for a 2 month trip there. Do much more gigs at that bar and do island hopping as much as I can.
I've been to Thailand and India but never Philippines.
I would love to visit NK myself, but an American can't get a tourist visa, or at least not easily or cheaply.
That's why I hope to god I never find myself in North Korea for any reason. But I'm looking forward to seeing pictures.
By the way, I can associate with 'that guy'.......
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