When was the last trip you took where:

• the guide wouldn't allow you to keep your passport?
• you weren't allowed to use the local currency?
• criticism of the place you traveled could get a guide into serious trouble?
• on your return you felt you had to be careful bringing back books, pins and T-shirts because they might be illegal?

All this and more can be yours with a trip to the DPRK, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Orwellian Country Names, better known as North Korea. In an age where you can get Starbucks on Thai islands, Baskin-Robbins ... (more)