# ANyone know of this online travelogue to North Korea?

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**Created:** [March 30, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-this-online-travelogue-to-north-korea/443276 "2008-03-30T15:26:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-this-online-travelogue-to-north-korea/443276/1 "2008-03-30T15:26:14Z")

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I’m trying yto find a travel diary someone wrote about their trip to North Korea, officially to see the Arirang festival, but also to see the country. I recall the individual visited the Kim Il Sung Palace or something. It was very well written and had numerous photos, and I vaguely recall it was a big deal since it may have been the first quality travelogue to NK on the net.

I checked out these thread, but the webpage I as thinking of was a normal html page, with no video.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296536&highlight=North+korea](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296536&highlight=North+korea)

I do recall the page I am thinking of is quite long, it’s actually a series of pages, all of them pretty long and detailed.

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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-this-online-travelogue-to-north-korea/443276/2 "2008-03-30T15:43:41Z")

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Nevermind, I found it following a link from another NoKo blog.

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**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-this-online-travelogue-to-north-korea/443276/3 "2008-03-30T16:06:13Z")

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Too late, but it’s also linked here: [The Vice Guide to North Korea: Welcome to the Land That Time Forgot - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460870)