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Wendy Simmons won’t stop traveling until she visits every country in the world! Despite her hatred for packing, she’s managed to explore more than eighty-five so far—including territories and colonies—and chronicles her adventures on her blog, wendysimmons.com where you can also sign up for her newsletter.

Wendy is president of Vendeloo, a consultancy she founded in 2001, chief brand officer of a NYC-based global eyewear brand, and an award-winning photographer. She’s also owned a bar in Manhattan, worked for a lobbying firm on Capitol Hill, and written a Japanese-language phrase book. Though her Japanese is now terrible, Wendy’s Pig Latin is flourishing. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from George Washington University.

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My 50th year on earth ends today and I start my 51st. Fifty-one years alive. I’m lucky, and grateful. I’ve learned a ton, and experienced even more. Having a birthday at the end of summer, usually over a holiday weekend has always meant having a birthday when no one is around. When I was a kid, my birthday parties always had to be delayed until September when everyone was back to school. That used

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My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth

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“It’s a world where what you don’t know can hurt you, and ignorance is not bliss, where you must forgo all established logic to acclimate, and “Jabberwocky” makes sense.”
― Wendy E. Simmons, My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth

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“Rule of thumb I came to realize: dilapidated, old building = real building with actual DPRK inhabitants; modern, new building = fakery built to make NoKo look normal.”
― wendy e. simmons, My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth

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“Travel makes the world smaller.”
― Wendy E. Simmons, My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth

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