3 episodes

'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

My Mate Went On Holiday to North Korea‪…‬ Dave Smith

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'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

    PART 1 - The Journey...

    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'.

    • 29 min
    PART 2 - Hotel Pyongyang

    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?

    • 29 min
    PART 3 - Waving Goodbye

    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.

    • 41 min

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