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  1. johnabbotsford avatar

    RE: American Express Travel Medical Insurance

    by johnabbotsford 13 April 2012

    Can you please post their reply +if+ you get one wnyetc? "Worldwide" re banks and insurance often means "except Cuba, Iran, North Korea...…

  2. dannyboypiper2012 avatar

    Re: driving usa

    by dannyboypiper2012 12 April 2012

    For someone asking for help you left off some important info. Please define cheap. Not as an adjective but in dollars. Let's see if it…

  3. TravellingTerry avatar

    Paektu and Chilbo

    by TravellingTerry 12 April 2012

    My wife and I are planning on visiting North Korea in September / October this year on an independent tour. We’re very keen on photographi…

  4. TheAnswerMan avatar

    RE: best and worst jobs

    by TheAnswerMan 12 April 2012

    Worst job: Working on a prison chain gang in the hot humid Southern states, ala Cool Hand Luke. But a North Korean prison camp job is…

  5. bikepacker avatar

    Falling Korean Rocket debris?

    by bikepacker 11 April 2012

    North Korea is launching a rocket and the 2nd stage is supposed to fall within 190 miles of Luzon. http://ph.news.yahoo.com/worst-case-sc…

  6. PIkayaker avatar

    RE: Stay away from Palawan, terror bombings

    by PIkayaker 11 April 2012

    Plus the North Koreans are shooting a missile at us...

  7. Nice_But__ avatar

    RE: Entering S. Korea with evidence of visit to North Korea. Is it a problem?

    by Nice_But__ 10 April 2012

    I've not heard of any such rules. I could also find nothing on it on the Korean immigration website. But I haven't tried to DO it, maybe…

  8. nutraxfornerves avatar

    RE: Puppy Chow

    by nutraxfornerves 10 April 2012

    Manch was in North Korea, where travel is very regimented. He had no choice as to where to eat.

  9. SoloHobo avatar

    RE: Salsa Dancing/Classes

    by SoloHobo 10 April 2012

    Going to Cuba, has zero effect on a application for US Resident Card, or even Citizenship, Cuba will not have any impact on approval,…

  10. Usher73 avatar

    RE: Puppy Chow

    by Usher73 09 April 2012

    How was the food in North Korea ?

  11. pinchaque avatar

    RE: Trip Report!

    by pinchaque 09 April 2012

    North Korea exports a lot of crystal meth to Japan. Stuff from North Korea is regarded as the best there is.

  12. Daniel1971 avatar

    RE: where is that fucker? Manch, this is outrageous!

    by Daniel1971 09 April 2012

    HA! I went to Iran last November too...loved it. Turkmenistan is 'North Koreanish likish...' I think DPRK is absolutely 'in' for the…

  13. ranjon avatar

    RE: Manch and Mattt, what did you do to make the North Koreans so mad?

    by ranjon 08 April 2012

    I like the satellite names " Kwangmyongsong, or Bright Shining Star, " , all sorts of jingly sing songs coming to mind and I imagine…

  14. northern_goddess avatar

    Manch and Mattt, what did you do to make the North Koreans so mad?

    by northern_goddess 08 April 2012

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/despite-warnings-north-korea-set-for-long-range-rocket-launch/article2395315/ *Despite warnings…

  15. rosstralia avatar

    RE: where is that fucker? Manch, this is outrageous!

    by rosstralia 08 April 2012

    Daniel, I was also in Delhi in 2001. Not a lot seems to have changed since then. Paharganj has been widened out a bit but its still filled…

  16. mattlv avatar

    RE: Entry with a North Korean Visa stamp

    by mattlv 08 April 2012

    I am a U.S. citizen and I got the "extra special customs search" when I returned from a trip to North Korea and wrote "North Korea" on…

  17. nutraxfornerves avatar

    RE: Entry with a North Korean Visa stamp

    by nutraxfornerves 08 April 2012

    The US cannot refuse admission to a US citizen. If you have dual nationality, you +must+ enter under your US passport. Having been to…

  18. bzookaj avatar

    RE: Entry with a North Korean Visa stamp

    by bzookaj 08 April 2012

    The US does not bar entry based on foreign stamps alone. >US immigration doesn't care whether or not you've been to North Korea (or anywh…

  19. gagalichen avatar

    RE: Entry with a North Korean Visa stamp

    by gagalichen 08 April 2012

    actually I wouldn't be so sure... I even got in trouble once for a stamp from bloody Dubai just because it was in Arabic! That was in…

  20. RockyGrove avatar

    Re: Entry with a North Korean Visa stamp

    by RockyGrove 08 April 2012

    Many thanks laketraveller, that's what I had anticipated but wanted to check.

  21. laketraveller avatar

    RE: Entry with a North Korean Visa stamp

    by laketraveller 08 April 2012

    Yes I do and no it won't. US immigration doesn't care whether or not you've been to North Korea (or anywhere else for that matter).…

  22. RockyGrove avatar

    Entry with a North Korean Visa stamp

    by RockyGrove 08 April 2012

    Does anyone know if a stamp showing entry to North Korea will cause any problems entering the USA? I'm a UK citizen if that is relevant.…

  23. VinnyD avatar

    RE: ICE! ICE!

    by VinnyD 07 April 2012

    Good to see you, Manch! Was North Korea worth the trip?

  24. rosstralia avatar

    RE: where is that fucker? Manch, this is outrageous!

    by rosstralia 07 April 2012

    "Nothing at all to Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters, who asked for tourists to boycott Myanmar for a decade or more? That is simply…

  25. northern_goddess avatar

    RE: where is that fucker? Manch, this is outrageous!

    by northern_goddess 07 April 2012

    I doubt anything is that black and white. While that sort of travel may, for the most part, be all about yourself. It may also provide…

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