{"id":754,"date":"2020-09-10T17:44:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T16:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/?p=754"},"modified":"2021-01-10T15:07:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T15:07:12","slug":"why-go-to-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/why-go-to-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Why go to North Korea?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I told people that we were going to North Korea, or the DPRK as they prefer us to call it, I got one of three reactions. From our traveller friends, \u2018wow, that will be interesting\u2019. From others, either \u2018why on earth would anyone want to go there?\u2019 or \u2018gosh, you\u2019re brave \u2013 hope you come home again!\u2019 (Spoiler \u2013 we did!)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why did<\/strong> we go? For several reasons \u2013 because it would be different from anywhere we\u2019d been before; because a friend had been and posted enthusiastic blogs about it (thanks Albert<\/a>); because it\u2019s one of those places people say you should see before it changes (although having been, I\u2019m not sure that I see it changing much any time soon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while there I discovered other reasons to visit: the people are welcoming; the countryside is beautiful; Pyongyang is a city like no other, with bizarre modern architecture and a treasure-trove of the socialist-realist monuments I find so fascinating; there is more history than you might imagine, and so much to see and do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n