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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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Death Tunnel in Tajikistan
July 23, 2020 / by Ben Crowley
Introduction In a little known and remote part of Tajikistan is the Anzob Tunnel However, most tourists and locals have a more sinister name, the “Tunnel of Death” or the “Death Tunnel”! Another name it received was the Tunnel of fear, but the Tunnel o …
In Which City Can You Visit Three Different Countries?
July 21, 2020 / by John McGovern
Introduction I suspect that most people won’t get the answer to this one straight away. For the absolute YPT aficionados amongst you there is a possibility though. Most of you may be able to think of a city where you can visit two countries – one being …
Dandong Nightlife
July 20, 2020 / by Rowan Beard
Dandong is considered a small quiet city where families expect their family members to return back home in time for dinner. So Dandong nightlight or “going out” means going out for BBQ and having a lot of beers or Chinese baijiu. Whilst bars in Dandong …
North Korean Islands
July 20, 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction The island of Hwanggumpyong Island has garnered a lot of interest over the years as it was supposed to be turned into a tourist SEZ in the Yalu between Dandong and Sinuiju. This has yet to come to pass, but it highlights the strange world …
Campione d’Italia
July 20, 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction At Young Pioneer Tours, we have a bit of an unhealthy obsession with the enclaves and exclaves of the world, and it does not get much more weird and wonderful than Campione d’Italia. To read more about what constitutes an enclave, or excla …
Fake Nauru Football League Exposed
July 17, 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
What with the global pandemic and the whole end of tourism as we know it, there really isn’t all that much that gets us excited these days at YPT, until I received one very explosive e-mail. Our partner and colleague on football projects Paul Watson, f …
Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum – DPRK Guide
July 17, 2020 / by Simon Haywood
A staple of any tour of Pyongyang is the Korean War Museum, known to locals as ‘The Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum’, (조국해방전쟁승리기념관) and in actuality dealing both with the Korean war that divided Korea into North and South, but also its libe …
Why Isn’t Bhutan Like North Korea?
July 16, 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction At YPT, we specialize in taking people on group tours to off the beaten track and whacky destinations. In 2020 we added Bhutan to our international tours list. Bhutan famously does not allow independent travel to the country, much like Nor …
Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland
July 16, 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction It is often wrongly stated or implied that North Korea is a one-party state under the Workers Party of Korea. In fact, North Korea is run by a coalition/popular front of the kind found in much of Eastern Europe (and China) after World War …
