After nearly five years of closure, I’m thrilled to announce that tours to North Korea are finally resuming in February 2025. This marks a huge step forward for both travelers and the country itself as it begins to reopen to the world. The first research trip will head into the Rason Special Economic Zone on…
Ever been strolling around a big Chinese city and wondered what is inside a Chinese office block? Well me too, so I decided to go to the top of one and walk down 29 whole floors to see what was going on. This was done at my office building in Shenzhen where we host the…
The Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Area, the flagship resort area of the DPRK is set to open to Russian guests in July of 2025 according to a a travel agency from the country. And there are realistic hopes that they may be joined by both Chinese and western groups as DPR Korea tries to not just…
As someone who has been to Chernobyl a lot, doing a Fukushima Tour was extremely high on my bucket list. Thankfully, this was something I managed to achieve in 2024, as well as knocking off a first visit to Japan. Said trip was arranged through my travel agency, Young Pioneer Tours, and was no mean…
I only discovered the existence of Shanwei Guangdong by looking at a map and I only went to Shanwei because Chinese New Year there were tickets to quite literally no where else. I also discovered that there was little to no information about the city online, so decided to write this, the Shanwei Travel Guide!…
With the announcement yesterday that Rason would be the first place in North Korea to reopen to tourism, this has brought up a very valid question: WTF is Rason, and should you visit the place? As the foreigner who has probably been there more than anyone else, I felt it prudent not only to answer…
