After your visit has been approved by the party, they will assign a guide to you. To be clear, you can’t say “no thank you.” For the rest of your stay, the guides will be with you at all times and your tour will rarely leave the minivan.
Huniewicz explains his first step in the capital city. ”We were intercepted by our guides, who we could not leave during the entire stay, and who’d tell us when to sleep and when to wake up.“ Doesn’t seem like a good vacation is you feel watched all the time!
In this photo, the photographer managed to capture two soldiers having a conversation. It isn’t that uncommon to see soldiers everywhere if you live in North Korea.
Huniewicz probably would have gotten into big trouble if he was caught taking their picture!
