Good day my dear readers.
My apologies for leaving this blog relatively destitute in the past few weeks. Life has been relatively busy (if quite rewarding and interesting) as of late. And notably, as I've yet to go to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea yet, there's still remarkably little for me to put here.
Yet now is quite close to the Day of the Sun, and as such, I'm in my final preparations for my trip.
I'm going to try in these next days before leaving, to make a post of sorts every day regarding my background/interest in North Korea.
If anyone is interested in asking me any inquiries / suggestions for posts, please feel free to do so, and I'll do my absolute best to oblige.
As a first of these, I figured it would be wise to bring all of you up to speed on exactly when/what I'm doing in North Korea.
For starters, I'm travelling with a company called Young Pioneer Tours. They're based here in China, and I've had friends who have had good experiences with them.
For years now it's been a dream of mine to be in Pyongyang for Kim Il Sung's birthday - April 15th - and they seem able to coordinate that and much more quite awesomely.
So, for reference, here is the itinerary of the tour I'm taking:
http://www.youngpioneertours.com/tour/kim-il-sung-102nd-birthday-tour/
In particular, I'm in Group B, flying both ways.
Manse!
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Friday, February 7, 2014
Basic Info
So now that my preparations are becoming finalized, I figure I should put together this blog.
Welcome, dear reader to what should hopefully, in a few months' time, be a journal of the most intriguing part of my life thus far. You can call me Ananda. Not my real name, but at this point it may as well be.
I'm a 24 year old male currently living and working in Beijing, China, as an English Teacher. I quite like my job and the lifestyle here, busy and hectic as it can be at times. I've definitely adapted, and have come to truly love China as my new homeland.
That, however, isn't the purpose of this blog. Oh no, my dear reader, I have yet another adventure in mind. For it seems that my preparations are being finalized for realizing an ambition I've had for at least 5 years now: visiting and seeing North Korea firsthand, with my own eyes.
I've been in touch with a travel agency to the country, and it looks like finally, this dream of mine will be realized. I'm using this blog, accordingly, to document my travels there.
Right now, this isn't much to look at. It's past midnight here in China, I'm tired (but REALLY excited at the prospect of all this). But I promise you, later this year, this should be really interesting, so keep me bookmarked... maybe...? Thanks! ^__^
Oh, and if you have ANY questions for me at all, please feel free to ask them here: http://new.spring.me/#!/user/anandaxthexred/timeline
Welcome, dear reader to what should hopefully, in a few months' time, be a journal of the most intriguing part of my life thus far. You can call me Ananda. Not my real name, but at this point it may as well be.
I'm a 24 year old male currently living and working in Beijing, China, as an English Teacher. I quite like my job and the lifestyle here, busy and hectic as it can be at times. I've definitely adapted, and have come to truly love China as my new homeland.
That, however, isn't the purpose of this blog. Oh no, my dear reader, I have yet another adventure in mind. For it seems that my preparations are being finalized for realizing an ambition I've had for at least 5 years now: visiting and seeing North Korea firsthand, with my own eyes.
I've been in touch with a travel agency to the country, and it looks like finally, this dream of mine will be realized. I'm using this blog, accordingly, to document my travels there.
Right now, this isn't much to look at. It's past midnight here in China, I'm tired (but REALLY excited at the prospect of all this). But I promise you, later this year, this should be really interesting, so keep me bookmarked... maybe...? Thanks! ^__^
Oh, and if you have ANY questions for me at all, please feel free to ask them here: http://new.spring.me/#!/user/anandaxthexred/timeline
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