It is tiring. However, the trip could be done on a good budget. Tickets now from North America to Beijing are only around $650. I'm heading over to Beijing and other parts of China in November, and I just got my ticket for $645. So, add that to the 1200 and it's not a heck of a lot of money.
Dallen
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Murray [mailto:dmurray@...]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 7:46 AM
To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] North Korea
The Great Asian Border Expedition?
The Great Korean Border Expedition?
The Kim il Sung tour 2002?
The Great Communist Border Expedition?
I need sleep.
Doug
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---- "Peter Hering" <hering@...> wrote:
> Great idea, Dallen, I'm interested...!
> Let's make it a real BP-member trip...!
> Peter H.
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Dallen Timothy
> Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 19:46:29
> To: 'BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] North Korea
>
> Come along Doug. I believe the cost through the US company is about
> $1200 p/p for a nine day trip. This includes visas, transportation
> to/from Beijing to Pyongyong, hotels, food, and sightseeing and transport
> in North Korea. This is quite a reasonable cost actually, particularly
> when compared to travel to Bhutan, where tourism is controlled almost
> as strictly as NK. A nine-day trip to Bhutan would be around $3500-4000!!!
> There are a couple of Australian and Dutch tour companies that deal
> with North Korea. Their prices are also reasonable given the fact
> the the DPRK govt requires foreign visitors to pay a set amount of
> money per day for their stays.
> Dallen
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Murray [mailto:dmurray@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:43 AM
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] North Korea
>
>
> I'd love to come along!
> Great research opportunity for the border show.
> Any ideas on the costs?
> Doug
> --
>
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>
>
> ---- Dallen Timothy <dtimothy@...> wrote:
> > In fact, there is a US-based tour company that is now beginning to
>
> > offer
> > tours to DPRK--That's who I'm thinking of going with. Maybe they
> offer
> > free
> > Canadian passports for their US customers??!?!
> > Anybody want to come along?
> > Dallen
> >
> >
>
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