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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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A Greenland cruise – to the ship and beyond
September 30, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Day one of the Young Pioneer Tours Greenland cruise started in typical YPT fashion with our group meeting at 6pm in the Lebowski bar, before heading off on a pub crawl that involved eating the infamous hakarl, drinking the local liquor, and staying up …
How to get an e-visa for Saudi Arabia
September 28, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Saudi Arabia used to be one of the toughest countries to get into and lots of people had to come with elaborate plans to get into the Kingdom and visit it. Tales of extreme bureaucracy and difficult maneuvers were common for non-Muslims who wanted to t …
Saudi Arabia starts giving tourism e-visas to over 50 nationalities
September 28, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
the main page of the saudi e-visa website Saudi Arabia, the long out-of-reach kingdom, birthplace of Islam. It has been on travellers bucketlist for a very long time but, until very recently, it was one of the hardest countries to get into due to a ver …
5 reasons to visit South Ossetia
September 28, 2019 / by Joel Vostok
This year, Young Pioneer Tours were invited to attend the Independence Day celebrations in South Ossetia, one of the youngest post-Soviet breakaway states that tore away from Georgia in a short but brutal war in 2008. Now, the Republic of South Ossetia …
City guide to Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
September 27, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Second only to Port Moresby, Mount Hagen is certainly one of the most visited areas of Papua New Guinea. Every year, it hosts the biggest cultural show of the country, gathering a plethora of tribes with very different costumes and traditions. Being th …
The Trans-Siberian: Moscow to Ussuriysk
September 27, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
It’s somewhat well established that we at YPT love our trains, and taken them as often as possible. There’s something wonderful about no baggage or security checks, no check-in, no ridiculous restrictions on lighters and liquids, and enough room to avo …
City guide to Goroka, Papua New Guinea
September 26, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Very few parts of Papua New Guinea are well-known to travellers. It is not for nothing that the current tourism campaign of the country has the slogan ‘a thousand different journeys’, as each part of PNG has its own culture and environment. YPT has bee …
North Korean License Plates
September 26, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
North Korean license plates are like the plates of most nations. That is because unlike in capitalist countries few cars are privately owned. Thus the colour of the North Korean license plate tells a story. Those with a keen eye may notice different co …
North Korean Holiday Guide : The Day of the Shining Star
September 26, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
On February 16th North Korean’s celebrate “The Day of the Shining Star” which is the birthday of General Kim Jong Il (Born February 16th, 1942). The Day of the Shining Star is one of North Korea’s largest celebrations and a perfect time to visit the co …
