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…
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…
After finding that the internet sometimes lies about where the best grub is I instead tried to follow my spider senses and go to a street that looked good, Renmin Lu and its surrounding streets seemed to be that place. Located down by Shenzhen Railway Station this bustling area had the vendors that I wanted,…
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!…
If you happen to be traveling to Shanwei a small nondescript town in Guangdong province then you will probably end up at Coffee Castle – the number one tourist attraction. There is though little to nothing online about it and you may well end up going there with almost no clue as to what the…
