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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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Constantine, Algeria
15 January 2020 / by Pier Doyon
Few cities are as unique and have as much charm as Constantine, in Algeria. Along with Algiers, this city really shouldn’t be missed when visiting the country and it is only because of the difficulties to get an Algerian visa that it is not crowded wit …
Airlines of Africa: Air Algérie
15 January 2020 / by Pier Doyon
As Algeria is the biggest country in Africa and the tenth biggest country in the world, it should come as no surprise that travelling between one destination and another in the country can often take a lot of time, especially if done overland. For exam …
Yugoslavia’s iron fist: the life of Josip Broz Tito
13 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
It’s no secret that we at YPT are somewhat enamoured with everything communist and Soviet, but one does not always necessarily imply the other – from Red China to North Korea and Cuba, some communist countries did not fall under the Soviet aegis and we …
Through the Lightest and the Darkest: A journey to India’s Sacred Royal Bathing Day
13 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
How do I describe my feelings about my journey to India? There and back again? Not quite. There was a ways to go before I returned home. I left the house as early as I could. I kissed Isis goodbye and I arrived at the minivan station before the drivers …
CONIFA World Cup 2020 profiles: United Koreans in Japan
13 January 2020 / by Sion
The United Koreans in Japan are a pretty self-explanatory bunch. They are a group of Zainichi Koreans who have lived and worked in Japan for decades. The word ‘Zainichi’ is a Japanese word which means “foreigners who stay in Japan” and both North and S …
The Roman Ruins of Timgad in Algeria
11 January 2020 / by Pier Doyon
The roman ruins of Timgad are a well-guarded secret of Algeria. While the ruins of Baalbek in Lebanon, Leptis Magna in Libya and Palmyra in Syria are well known, few people have ever heard of Timgad. This is surprising since the ruins of Timgad are the …
The Top 6 Exclaves to Visit
10 January 2020 / by John McGovern
There are numerous exclaves and enclaves around the world on a national or subnational level, many of which are in the US and Canada or Western Europe, so we won’t bother you with those except to plug our Microstates of Europe Road Trip where we visit …
The YPT Guide to Exclaves and Enclaves
10 January 2020 / by John McGovern
Here at YPT we love a bit of odd geography and international politics, from borderlands and autonomous regions to unrecognised countries, terra nullius and of course micronations. So it is that we’re pretty obsessed with the phenomenon of exclaves and …
The Mongolian ger: the traditional Mongolian tent
9 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
The Mongolians are historically a nation of nomads. This was true in Genghis Khan’s time, and it’s still true for 40% of the modern population. But being a nomad does not exempt someone from the need for shelter – particularly with the harsh Mongolian …
