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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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The Menen Hotel in Nauru
August 6, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
When it comes to accommodation in the world’s least visited country, Nauru, choices are pretty limited. The small pacific island country has three accommodation options for the couple of hundred of tourists the country gets in a year. It has two hotels …
Travel to the Dark Side of Odessa
August 6, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Situated on the stunning shores of the Black Sea, Odessa has long been a cultural hub of Ukraine and Russia. Founded by Catherine the Great in the 18th Century, its modern, vibrant multicultural style is thanks to the millions of people from around the …
Ask A YPT Guide: What’s Your Favourite Country?
August 5, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
John – China It’s an impossible question for a travel enthusiast really, but given that most countries I have visited are from anything between a coupe of days and a month, I will have to go for China, the place I’ve made my home for 8 years. Anyone wh …
The Last American in North Korea Pt. 2
July 30, 2019 / by Justin Martell
Over the next several days, we made our way to Chongjin, the county seat of Hamgyong Province and the third largest city in the DPRK. From there, it was onward to the scenic Chilbo mountains. During that time, I developed a rapport with my guide. Event …
Why should you visit the Naadam Festival
July 30, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Each year in July, the masses of Mongolia gather in the capital, Ulan Bator, to take part in the Naadam celebrations. The Naadam Celebrations have been going on since the 13th century at least. The celebration has taken many forms and commemorated diff …
National Day: holidays of North Korea
July 30, 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Travelling to North Korea is always an amazing experience, but visiting North Korea during one of the numerous national holidays unique to the country tends to be even more of an experience. One of our favourite holidays is National Day, which celebrat …
Hotels of North Korea: Sosan Hotel
July 30, 2019 / by Rowan Beard
The Sosan Hotel was first opened in 1989 as part of a major construction project that included Liberation Street, Kwangbok Department Store and the Pyongyang Sports Village which all were used for largest international event Pyongyang has ever held, th …
Somaliland Independence Day Parade
July 30, 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Once a year, the capital city of the breakaway and unrecognized republic of Somaliland comes to a full stop. Roads leading to the city are closed for a whole morning and most people gather around the main drag of the city to attend what is certainly th …
Pyongyang Korean Language Study Tour Report (Part 2)
July 30, 2019 / by Troy Collings
Learning complex sentences We are now nearly two weeks in to our Korean Language Study tour and already we’ve learnt some pretty complex sentence structures, such as “I’m a foreign exchange student studying Korean at Kim Hyong Jik university in Pyongya …
