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Visiting North Korea a stimulating experience

Unusual destinations

Travel Reporter

One of our loyal readers, Philip Engelen from Cape Town, has travelled to many destinations around the world.

But visiting North Korea when parts of it were still open to tourists, was truly a unique experience for him.

Below, Engelen describes his time in North Korea.

“I often like to visit unusual countries,

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