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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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Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church in Shenyang
May 28, 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Shenyang not only lies on the train ride from Beijing to Pyongyang, but is also the only Chinese city other than Beijing to have direct scheduled flights to Pyongyang. Its location and importance in North-East China (Dong-Bei) also means it has a big N …
The awe of Eritrea: A different side of Africa
May 27, 2020 / by YPT Team
All the ingredients were present: Cheap, cold beer. A repressive Regime. Beautiful women. An amazing landscape with an engaging history. And, as usual, difficult to visit. Clearly, this recipe was uniquely created for a Young Pioneer adventure. I was f …
What was the Bukharan People’s Soviet Republic
May 27, 2020 / by Ben Crowley
We love unusual, little-known countries that no longer exist. We also love a country with a great name. The Bukharan People’s Soviet Republic ticks both of those boxes. The Emir of Bukhara, who managed to score one of the earliest colour photographs Th …
How to get from Samoa to Tonga
May 27, 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
When you look at a map, Samoa and Tonga look quite close together, at least by Pacific standards anyway. Alas, there are no direct flights between Apia, the capital of Samoa and Nuku’alofa (easy for you to say) the capital of Tonga. The most popular wa …
Currency of Mauritania
May 27, 2020 / by Pier Doyon
Mauritania has its own currency contrary to many of its neighbouring countries, which are all using the CFA. It is also interesting that the name of the Mauritanian currency, Ougiya is unique around the world, contrary to dollars, dinars and so on. Oug …
Flag of Mauritania
May 27, 2020 / by Pier Doyon
The flag of Mauritania is probably the most recent flag of Africa. As we’ll see in more details below, its new shape has been adopted in 2017. It is a flag that symbolises the islamic culture of Mauritania. Design of the flag of Mauritania The flag of …
Central Asia Tours 2021
May 26, 2020 / by Eilidh Crowley
Bored of isolation and champing at the bit to get moving again? Well here are a few of our Central Asia Tours highlights that you can look forward to in 2021. Afghanistan Mega Tour, May Like with all of our Afghanistan tours we don’t publish these itin …
Are Koreans bad at diving?
May 26, 2020 / by Sion
We’ve all heard of the Tom Daley’s and Michael Phelps’s of this world, but we seldom hear about the likes of Kim Kuk-hyang and Woo Ha-ram. Is there a reason for this? Well, yes – Probably because they’re distinctly average at watersports. So let’s have …
Flag of Eritrea
May 25, 2020 / by Pier Doyon
The national flag of Eritrea is a colourful flag of East Africa. It has been the symbol of the country since 1995. Design of the flag of Eritrea The flag of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front The Eritrean flag is a combination of the party flag of …
