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There were a lot of memorable encounters but one of my favourite was that I was talking to a North Korean girl and she knew about Disney cartoons and Hannah Montana... until my wife ruined her by showing pictures of today's Miley Cyrus to her on her tablet. Talk about wrecking balls.

It was when one of the North Koreans asked me this "Why do young people nowadays still believe in superstition and religion?"

No, on my first trip in 2014, nothing was searched. They only recorded down the model of my phone and my name after immigration. I was still allowed to bring in my phones and cameras and everything else. On my 2nd trip in 2015, they wanted to check my hard disk for something, but nothing happened and they allowed us to pass.

I don't feel that the journey was difficult at all. Once you get a tour agency to arrange your trip, it would be rather easy. I flew in to Pyongyang through Beijing because they have scheduled flights daily. While I was there, I had 2 tour guides who followed me all the time and were my translators. It was bizarre but it was really fun to talk to them.

We were allowed to take photographs of almost anything except for these 3 things: Sites still under construction, the military and military check points.