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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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Best Vanuatu Volcano Tour
February 10, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
The best Vanuatu Volcano tour was one of the first things I did in 2020. Looking back I was not to realize that this would be the highlight of the year. We’d visited Vanuatu as part of the Least Visited Countries tour . This is where YPT go guns blazin …
History of the Khmer Rouge: Part 3 – Democratic Kampuchea
February 9, 2021 / by Dominic Perry
Welcome to part three of YPT’s far-too-long history of the Khmer Rouge. It’s been something of a personal project that’s ballooned out of all proportion, but ah well, that’s the fun of it! If you haven’t read the first and second parts, I’d encourage y …
Currency of Eritrea
February 9, 2021 / by Matthew Brook
Eritrean Currency The currency of the State of Eritrea is the Nakfa. The Nakfa has been in use since 1997. You can see the Nakfa symbol abbreviated as Nkf. Other non-Latin script symbols are as follows: Ge’ez ( ናቕፋ ) and Arabic ( ناكفا ). The Eritrean …
Nightlife of Nauru?
February 8, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
What is the nightlife of Nauru? I have already written a hell of a lot about Nauru, including reviews of most of the bars, but it appears I have as of yet not done a rundown of the Nauru nightlife. I therefore present in all its glory a guide to the ni …
What’s it like to watch football in Cambodia?
February 7, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
What’s it like to watch football in Cambodia? This is a question I never thought I would answer. I have always liked visiting Cambodia, but had not expected to call it home. Well, home it now is. Watching football in “off the beaten track” places is no …
Western Sahara Independence Movement
February 6, 2021 / by Dominic Perry
If you’ve looked at a few different world maps, you might notice some weird discrepancies in north-west Africa. If you haven’t noticed that because you’re not a nerd, that’s fine, I’ll fill you in. They really, really struggle to decide on what’s going …
History of the Khmer Rouge: Part 2 – The Civil War
February 6, 2021 / by Dominic Perry
If you’re just joining us, don’t forget to check out part 1 of this insanely long odyssey exploring the history and ideals of the infamous Khmer Rouge. In part 1, we explored how the Khmer Rouge came to be, the context of Cambodia and led right up to t …
What is the population of Korea?
February 5, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
What is the population of Korea? What is the population of North Korea, what is the population of South Korea? And what is the combined population of Koreans around the world? Whilst we might be the leading company in offering budget tours to North Kor …
Dark Tourism at Bokor Hill Station
February 4, 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Dark Tourism at Bokor Hill Station? For one reason, or another Bokor Hill seems to be a controversial choice for traveling to. Located on the outskirts of Kampot it is former French Colonial Resort that has seemed to be on perpetual rise and fall. Nowa …
