The following article is the eighth in a multipart series by Gareth Johnson of Young Pioneer Tours about being a North Korea tour guide. Views expressed in columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.

Pyongyang is, more often than not, at the center of foreign tourists’ trips to North Korea, whether for the standard visits to the city’s many monuments and museums or alternative sightseeing options off the beaten path. 

Yet travel in the DPRK need not be confined to the capital, nor to popular tourist destinations on the border like Sinuijuor