Welcome to the Young Pioneer Tours blog about everything North Korea, and all of our other special off the beaten the track destinations.
Since starting in 2008 we have seen blogging about North Korea and our other great destinations as a great way to engage with our customers and to show the world a slice of life in the great destinations we visit.
Due to the mass amount of great content we create, as well as receive from our Pioneers we have since started our travel lifestyle magazine “The Young Pioneer”.
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20 August 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Can I travel to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan? In short no you cannot and the current situation is that people are trying to rush out of the country rather than visit on a sojourn. To read about our last trip to Afghanistan click here. Unless you’ …
18 August 2021 / by Jonas Quick
Arriving at the northernmost (they do love that term for a lot of things up there) airport in Longyearbyen I was struck by a snowstorm and complete darkness. It was noon, but since it was the dark season I could barely make out the city. The temperatur …
18 August 2021 / by Mikhael Chai
What would end up being YPT’s last tour in Afghanistan was actually a last-minute decision and one of the luckiest I’ve ever made. North Korea was the original destination which I had booked for April 2020 but due to Covid-19, that trip was cancelled. …
7 August 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Russia to open to tourism by August 9th according to a report by “Traveling Lifestyle”, although as yet there is scant other corroborating news. If the information proves to be correct it will be great news for our Soviet Tours , although with China cl …
3 August 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Chuoni Football Club finish 9th in the Zanzibar Premier Legaue, thus avoiding relegation in what can generally be considered a successful season! Why do we care? Because even during these tough Covid-19 times, YPT proudly sponsor this fine football clu …
3 August 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Saudi Arabia to reopen for tourism as of August 1st according to a report from Reuters. In a statement released by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Tourism they stated; “Vaccinated tourists will be allowed to enter without having to be institutionally qua …
30 July 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Paid vaccinations for Covid-19 have of course existed since a vaccine was first made. There were initially anecdotal stories of people paying thousands in the Middle-East for example. Of course in theory the world was going to be altruistic and everyon …
22 July 2021 / by Dominic Perry
So it’s that time of year… Again. Should have happened last year, but with a certain disease going around royally screwing up everyone’s travel plans, things got delayed. And hell, they’re saying the Olympics could be delayed again! Nightmare. But an …
21 July 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
What are the rules for traveling to green, amber and red list countries? The UK has finally allowed people to travel again, but with no travel passport in place yet and almost algebraic equations now here you can and can’t go things are certainly a lit …