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| Arbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Were you there during the elections? |
No, a few weeks later.
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
were you on a secret govt mission? |
A secret government vacation, actually. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
A secret government vacation, actually. |
hope you didnt come back with the secret govt AIDS! |
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| Schadenfreude |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
That is crazy. With this whole anniversary of the fall, I want to visit North Korea. Just to experience it for myself. That way if/when they reunify while I am alive, I can visit later to see how it has changed.
Were you there during the elections? |
good luck getting a visa.
you pretty much have to go to china and bribe an official to be able to enter the country...i know, i tried and it was just too much money to go to a country that i would not be allowed to be alone in. |
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| Slylee |
| arb, did you have sex with a kenyan chick while you were there? |
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| fbgdavidson |
I'm DYING to go to North Korea. I know people who have gone and found it fascinating as an insight into human psychology. Unfortunately I've got a US Visa (not just a visit stamp) in my British passport and I don't really want to spend the rest of my life in a DPRK concentration camp as being related (and married to) the infidel. When my passport requires renewing (or I 'lose' it) I'd certainly look to make a trip.
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
On topic, I've never been anywhere that had travel restrictions or 'conflict' as such, but South Africa was a bit of an eye-opener. I guess you could say they had travel restrictions of sorts though, ie. don't travel anywhere after dark, or you'll be killed/raped/worse. They don't stop at most red lights at night time, because of car-jackings, they just slow down, look both ways and keep going :wtf:
Edit: That was in Jo'burg and Durban though. It's better down in Cape Town. |
I found driving in South Africa required a little planning. Driving through the townships if I saw a redlight ahead I'd slow down ensuring I wasn't stopped as I got to the robot...
When we arrived it was early after an overnight flight from the UK. We'd just pulled out of the airport and were stuck in traffic with dozens of people milling all around the cars looking in at them. I had the worst feeling that someone was about to break a window and steal our bags off the back seat. Would have been a bit to have been ten minutes out of the airport and get jacked! |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by fbgdavidson
I'm DYING to go to North Korea. |
I think they could arrange that for you. |
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| Schadenfreude |
i went to the dmz and it was sort of cool, although you were not allowed to do things like look at the north korean guards at the border.
they pretty much have sk and nk guards facing each other.
the sk guards must be 6 foot or taller to be able to "intimidate" the north koreans that are generally way smaller than south koreans.
the coolest part of the dmz is that there is an ecosystem thriving in it because people can't live there. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Schadenfreude
the north koreans that are generally way smaller than south koreans.
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that's coz they dont get to eat. |
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| Arbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
hope you didnt come back with the secret govt AIDS! |
Only secret govt aides.
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylele
arb, did you have sex with a kenyan chick while you were there? |
Not on that trip. |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
Only secret govt aides.
Not on that trip. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by fbgdavidson
Driving through the townships if I saw a redlight ahead I'd slow down ensuring I wasn't stopped as I got to the robot... |
Haha, I forgot they call them 'robots' :haha: When we first got there, we were like "Wtf, what do you mean 'don't stop at the robot??'" |
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| Schadenfreude |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
that's coz they dont get to eat. |
supposedly the NK border guards are the most privileged and well fed citizens of the country.
reunification would happen if the 2 sides were not so far apart in terms of economics. SK is a thriving country in terms of finance, if they reunified it would probably kill their economy. Sk donates more money to NK than anyone else. |
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