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Belarus: Back in the USSR Tour

Visit the most Soviet of post-Soviet states in Eastern Europe

Start Date : February 19th 2021
End Date : February 25th 2021
Duration: 7 nights, 8 days

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Chernobyl and Transnistria Winter Tour

Journey through the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and an unrecognized Soviet time warp country!

Start Date : February 26th 2021
End Date : March 7th 2021
Duration: 3 days / 10 days

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Iraqi Kurdistan Newroz Festival Tour

Hang out with the Peshmerga and see the last influences of Saddam’s rule in Kurdistan

Start Date : March 15th 2021
End Date : March 21st, 2021
Duration: 6 nights, 7 days

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Friday Quizday! While preparing for the Mass Games

Friday Quizday!
While preparing for the Mass Games to being, the students who make up the enormous ‘screen’ background engage in a mini competition which is this guide’s personal favourite part of the show. Can any Korea fans or former pioneers tell us what the different words represent? I’m sure we have some seasoned DPRK veterans in our followers 😎

Who knows the story behind this winged horse? One

Who knows the story behind this winged horse? One of the most iconic statues in Pyongyang not of the leaders, sitting between Mansudae and Moranbong. Any North Korea geeks want to show off their knowledge?

Time for class! An English class in progress in Py

Time for class! An English class in progress in Pyongyang, but where? Put your hand up if you know the answer 😜

#YPTHistory Workers enjoy a tea break in a factory

#YPTHistory Workers enjoy a tea break in a factory producing monuments of Vladimir Lenin. Soviet Union, 1989.

Photo taken by our guide @sihaywood during his mon

Photo taken by our guide @sihaywood during his month living and studying at Kim Hyong Jik university as part of our study tour. An incomparable chance to really feel for yourself what life in the DPRK’s capital is like, plus take weekend trips all across the country. To find out more, follow the link in our bio.

Today’s (easy) quiz: which incredibly famous spo

Today’s (easy) quiz: which incredibly famous spot in North Korea was this photo taken at? Find out more about it by following the link in our bio.

As with all our North Korea photos these shots were taken by our guides. Contrary to popular rumour, photography really isn’t all that restricted in North Korea, and if you’re a fan of photography, it’s an incredibly photogenic country to visit.

Quiz Time: who can name this eye-catching building

Quiz Time: who can name this eye-catching building on the banks of the Taedonggang? An important building in Pyongyang, but not a tourist attraction.

#YPTHistory Did you know that Leka Zogu, the exil

#YPTHistory Did you know that Leka Zogu, the exiled prince of Royal Albania and hunted by the communist regime of Enver Hoxha, led a band of armed anti-communist fighters in the Bush War in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)? He went on to outlive Enver Hoxha and return to Albania in the 1990s. 🇦🇱

A mural of the revolutionary opera ‘The Flower G

A mural of the revolutionary opera ‘The Flower Girl’ outside Pyongyang’s Grand Opera House. Many of our walks through downtown Pyongyang start at the opera house and it’s a great spot for people watching and candid street photography. Shot by our guide @sihaywood

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