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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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How to get from Pyongyang to Hanoi
20 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
We were glad to hear that, just like us at YPT, Marshal Kim Jong Un is a long-train-ride enthusiast and will potentially be going all the way to Hanoi for the upcoming summit with President Donald Trump by train. It’s a great way to watch the scenery g …
The Ghostly Remains of Festung Breslau
19 February 2019 / by Joel Vostok
In February, the Young Pioneer Soviet Europe team began our first WW2-focused tour in Poland, covering the country end to end in the footsteps of the merciless German invasion of 1939 and their brutal retreat of 1945. One of our many stops along the wa …
How to Get to Longyearbyen, Svalbard
18 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Svalbard has been the last frontier for a number of nations, from the Dutch and Danish to the Norwegians and, of course, the Soviet Union. Longyearbyen is the foremost settlement in Spitsbergen, the main island of the Svalbard archipelago, with a popul …
Introducing the S/V Noorderlicht
18 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Introducing the S/V Noorderlicht! In October YPT is heading to Svalbard on an expedition of glaciers, Soviet ghost towns and Russian settlements in the Arctic, and is one of the most exciting tours we have to offer. On this trip we will be sailing on o …
Is Svalbard a Country?
18 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Is Svalbard a country? Here at YPT we are fairly interest in (obsessed by) the idea and the rules of what constitutes a country. In October we are heading to Svalbard, so let’s tackle the question: Is Svalbard a country? And if not, what exactly is it? …
North Korea Trade Fair Announcement 2019
12 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
With over 320 companies present at last year’s Pyongyang Trade Show, we here at Young Pioneer Tours are again excited to announce the dates for this year’s Pyongyang Spring Trade Fair, held from the 20th to the 24th of May 2019. The dates for the Pyong …
Trump confirms second Kim summit
6 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
February 6th 2019 Donald Trump today confirmed that a second summit will be held with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam in a matter of weeks. The two leaders previously met last year in Singapore. During his State of the Union speech, Trump re …
The best and fastest way to travel between Hong Kong and Mainland China
6 February 2019 / by Rowan Beard
As of October 2018, the fast train link between Hong Kong (West Kowloon Station) to Mainland China opened up for the public. Here is our guide for the best and fastest way to get to Hong Kong from Mainland China and back. If you’re already based in the …
How to survive a standing train ticket in China
6 February 2019 / by John McGovern
John and Rowan from YPT embarked on an eight-and-a-half hour train journey from the high-tech city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province to a small, off-the-beaten-track city of Hengyang in Hunan province. We made this particular trip as the peak of Chines …
