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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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The Squid Game and North Korea
15 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
The Squid Game and North Korea – what is the story? Oh it seems like yesterday that viewers were going crazy over Korean drama “Crash Landing on You”, and now it is the turn of Squid Game! Crash Landing on You? We won’t do any spoiler alerts, just in c …
Can you travel to Libya?
15 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Can you travel to Libya? The short answer is that yes, you can, although it is not advised by many travel advisories and is far from a simple process. YPT will go through the process of how you can travel to Libya. To read about which countries are ope …
Rojava
14 October 2021 / by Dominic Perry
In 2011, the first sparks of uprising were felt in Syria, soon to explode into an apocalyptic war of dozens of competing factions, ending hundreds of thousands of lives and eventually simmering down to a broken, fragmented country where the Syrian gove …
Cambodia is the friendliest country on Earth!
13 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Cambodia is the friendliest country on earth, at least according to “Rough Guide”, or as we call them in the trade “poor mans Lonely Planet”. Cambodia were among 6 South-East Asian countries to make the top ten, which amusingly included Scotland – YPT …
Palau is now open to tourism
12 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Palau is now open to tourism – the first country in the region to open borders since the Covid-19 shutdown began. To read about which countries are currently open to tourism click here. Palau is now open to tourism What are the requirements for e …
Thailand to open to vaccinated tourists from 10 countries
12 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Thailand to open to vaccinated tourists from 10 countries on November 1st, in the latest twist in the “what will the Thai’s do next” tourism question. To read about which countries are open to tourism click here. What has been announced and who are the …
UK Red List cut to 7 countries
8 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
UK Red List cut to 7 countries in sweeping move that all, but opens citizens to global travel. To read about which countries are open to travel click here. What is the UK Red List? The UK have operated countries into Green, Amber and Red lists. F …
Antarctica open to tourism – 2021 Travel Update
8 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Argentina have announced new procedures for letting visitors into the country, valid from November 1st, which by default means that Antarctica is now open to tourism. This is obviously extremely exciting news and will mean our December departure …
There’s no Place like Home – The story of Data Papa
8 October 2021 / by YPT Team
Did you hear the story of Data Papa? Be honest I think all of us at some point have dreamed of going to sleep and waking up in a different world with a new life, countless films have been made about this subject. For some though this is not a fantasy t …
