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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”.
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Meari Shooting Range: Pyongyang, North Korea
April 30, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
A trip to the Pyongyang shooting range off Chongchun St, where all Pyongyang’s sporting facilities are concentrated, makes for an unusual evening. It costs €1 for three bullets using a 2.2mm rifle or pistol, and you may be shown how to shoot by former …
How to get to Socotra?
April 29, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
While we have already written a FAQs about Socotra answering the question partially and another blog dedicated to getting a visa for Socotra, we felt that the land of the Dragon Blood tree and paradise island needed a blog dedicated on how to getting t …
How to get a visa for Socotra
April 28, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Socotra, fabled and mythical island off the coast of Somalia, is a traveller’s dream. It has been recently very hard to travel to Socotra until weekly flights have resumed. If you want to visit Socotra now, you will need a visa. Read this article and y …
FAQ about Socotra
April 28, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
The island of Socotra, looking like none other in this world, actually looks like it is not from this planet. It is a mysterious and hard to reach place, pride of most heavy travellers who managed to get there. As it is so strange and distant, no wonde …
Hotels of North Korea – The Chongnyon Youth Hotel
April 26, 2019 / by Rowan Beard
The Chongnyon Youth Hotel was first opened in 1989 and is classed as a budget hotel with a North Korean three-star rating. The name Chongnyon translates to Youth which was named for the first purpose of the hotel providing accommodation for the student …
7 Reasons To Visit Sinuiju
April 26, 2019 / by Rowan Beard
As the most prominent city bordering North Korea’s northern neighbour of China, Sinuiju is a city many tourists pass through whilst travelling between Dandong and Pyongyang by train, but not a city where people stop to explore. Below are our reaso …
A Guide to North Korea’s Provincial Capitals: Chongjin – “The City of Iron”
April 26, 2019 / by Nicolas Platt
In our inaugural post to guides of the provincial capitals of North Korea, we bring you Chongjin: the capital city of North Hamgyong province. Chongjin is North Korea’s third largest city, with a population of around 620,000, and is the country’s indus …
How to get from North Korea to Russia
April 25, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
With Marshal Kim Jong Un leaving his country for the first time after the US-DPRK summit in Vietnam, you might be interested in knowing how such a trip is doable. While we’ve previously covered how to get from Vladivostok to Pyongyang by plane and cove …
How do you say ‘Korea’ in Korean?
April 25, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Would a rose by any other name smell so sweet? I think Shakespeare said something like that, and from what I can gather he was saying ‘names are important’. But the good old Bard was talking about flowers; alas, when it comes to countries, people have …
