April 15th 2012 marks North Korea’s biggest celebration in decades – the 100th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, who, despite his death in 1994 is still the country’s ‘Great Leader’ and ‘Eternal President’.
This historic day will see epic events and the completion of large-scale national programmes, all furthering what North Korean media calls the [...]

We’re currently taking bookings for our October tour to Turkmenistan too; be there for the 20th anniversary of independence (expected military parades, fly-bys, Central-Asian leader spotting, etc) as well as all the sights of the marble city of Ashgabat, the ancient ruins of Konye-Urgech, swimming in a sulphur-heated pool deep beneath the earth, and of [...]