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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”.
We’re always looking for contributors to our sites, so feel free to browse through our blogs, and , get in touch if you’d like to write for us.
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Update on Travel to the Yemeni Island of Socotra
October 18, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
October 18th 2019 As of this week travel to Socotra on the flight from Cairo has been suspended by the authorities. There are plenty of rumours going around as to why this has happened, but it seems that it was a response to two tourists travelling to …
Epic Images from the Least Visited Countries Tour
October 18, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
For the third year running YPT will be taking you to some of the least visited countries in the world, with us supplementing our usual trip to the following (deep breath) Marshall Islands, Nauru, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tuvalu with …
North Korean Luxury Vacations
October 18, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Young Pioneer Tours might be synonymous with providing the best-value tours to North Korea (we were the cheapest before it became fashionable), but like anyone else every now and again we like to treat ourselves – and indeed, our customers – to a bit o …
Tall in the saddle: Kim Jong Un mounts up on Mount Paektu
October 17, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
October 17th 2019 Mount Paektu was yesterday graced by the return of its favourite bloodline yesterday, as Marshal Kim Jong Un mounted a white steed and galloped about the sacred mountain. Images of the epic horseback ride were released by KCNA, the No …
How long does it take to get to North Korea?
October 17, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
The first question people tend to ask when they find out that we do tours to North Korea is “you do tours to North Korea?” After answering this in the affirmative, the next question is quite often “you can go to North Korea?” After further reassurances …
How to visit the North Korean Mansudae Art Museum in Beijing
October 17, 2019 / by Alistair Riddell
In 2009, North Korea’s Mansudae Art Studio opened the dubiously-named “Mansudae Art Museum” in Beijing’s trendy 798 Art Zone. YPT went along to check out this outpost of DPRK culture open to visit by the general public without travelling to North Korea …
What is the Pamir Highway?
October 16, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
We at YPT often pride ourselves on taking the road less travelled, but it would be rank dishonesty to claim this of the Pamir Highway – a historic trans-Pamir road that’s been in use, one way or another, for millennia. A crucial link along the historic …
North Korea vs South Korea: The Historic Football Match Played in an Empty Stadium
October 16, 2019 / by John McGovern
When the draw for the Asian section of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was made, here at YPT we were immediately excited at some of the games we could watch in Pyongyang. Home to Sri Lanka in March 2020, home to Turkmenistan in June 2020, but the big one w …
Celebrating Halloween in North Korea
October 15, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Halloween (or Hallowe’en, for old-school purists) is that very spooky time of year when people tell ghost stories, terrible horror movies are released, and the Americans adopt the flimsiest of excuses to dress as slutty nurses and superheroes. North Ko …
