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Don't stray from guides!
Well North Korea itself is classed as an "off the beaten track" destination. It's not really the first place you would choose for your holiday/vacation! I've read reports that less than 2,000 western tourists a year are allowed in to visit the country so if you're lucky enough to get on a tour and, more importantly, allowed in, then think of yourself as one of the privileged few. That said when you are in the country, don't act foolishly and stray away from the rest of your tour group or tour guides (especially when visiting the DMZ!). You will get told off and so will your guides (and who knows what might happen to them after you leave). At some places we turned up at, some official looking guy would be around our bus or appear in the distance somewhere keeping an eye on us (the photo shows one such guy outside our lunch restaurant in Kaesong). At another place I asked one of my guides...
