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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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Pyongyang’s Only Bar Crawl
24 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Paddies Day was celebrated in over 300 cities worldwide recently and for us, that also included Pyongyang in the DPRK. Many around the world celebrated such a day by visiting Irish pubs dressing in green and chasing leprechauns. While there are no lepr …
YPT’s Introduction to the Communist Ideologies of East Asia
24 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
YPT is known to be fond of a bit of political ideology, from North Korea to Cuba and beyond. On many of our tours, politics is right at the forefront, or it provides a historical backdrop to the cities we visit. Often a history that is still within tou …
A YPT Guide to Chechnya
24 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Chechnya, Russia’s wild southern frontier. For those old enough, the word Chechnya conjures up grainy news footage of a civil war too complicated, brutal and messed up to even begin to delve into. I’ve visited and studied Chechnya, its wars and people …
Are You Ready For Sakura Time?
22 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Many places all over the world experience wonderful changes in scenery, from autumn leaves in Canada to snowy layers over Europe. However, nothing really compares to the spectacle that is Japan’s cherry blossoms, known as sakura. For those of you livin …
Are You Ready For Sakura Time?
22 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Many places all over the world experience wonderful changes in scenery, from autumn leaves in Canada to snowy layers over Europe. However, nothing really compares to the spectacle that is Japan’s cherry blossoms, known as sakura. For those of you livin …
Are the Arirang Mass Games Returning?
16 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
We’ve just had some (potentially) very exciting news come in from our partners in Pyongyang, DPRK (North Korea). The Arirang Mass Games might be returning to the tourist calendar on September 9th to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the esta …
Como Fotografiar Corea Del Norte
14 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Regresas de Corea del Norte y nada más tener acceso a internet publicas una foto del país en las redes sociales. Acto seguido, todos tus contactos empezarán a preguntar ¿cómo lo has hecho? ¿Pero se pueden hacer fotos en Corea del Norte? Por supue …
¿Por qué debes visitar Corea del Norte?
14 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Pero, ¿por qué ? ¿Estás loca? ¿Qué crees que vas a ver allí? ¿ No te das cuenta que indirectamente estas financiando ese régimen? Todos esas preguntas se vuelven muy frecuentes cuando comentas con tus amigos que vas a visitar la República Popular Democ …
The Top 5 Land Borders of China
13 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
If you’ve lived in China any amount of time you could be forgiven that thinking the only border crossing you know is stepping over the metro from Hong Kong. Most places couldn’t be much further from a national border! But there’s more to travel than ta …
