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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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Baseball in Cuba
7 April 2020 / by Sion
Following on from our recent guide on football in Cuba. Football is currently going through its own mini-revolution in Cuba with more and more of the younger generation choosing to kick a ball rather than swing at one. However, baseball has long been t …
YPT’s COVID -19 Booking Promise and Amazing Savings
6 April 2020 / by YPT Team
We are living through unprecedented times, and the world, along with the travel industry, is a changed place.We understand that planning a trip can be full of caution and uncertainties, even at the best of times. Undoubtedly travel in the era of COVID- …
National Heroes of Central Asia Series – Amir Timur
6 April 2020 / by Ben Crowley
Amir Timur During the Soviet Union, people worshipped Lenin, Marx, Stalin and even their local communist leaders such as Frunze. When the Soviet Union collapsed, each country needed to find new national heroes. The rest of the world does it, the Scandi …
Baseball in North Korea
6 April 2020 / by John McGovern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ONcQ3YbpwM&feature=emb_title While we have already detailed football, the DPRK’s most popular sport, and also ssireum (Korean wrestling), the next sport you may be surprised to see us write about is baseball! Baseba …
Did Turkmenistan Ban Coronavirus?
6 April 2020 / by YPT Team
We are used to dealing with “fake news” regarding North Korea, Turkmenistan less so, but did the country really ban the word coronavirus? The short answer is no. On March 31st, Reporters Without Borders (known by its French acronym RSF) published a reb …
No Evacuation Flights for Australians in Cambodia
5 April 2020 / by YPT Team
According to the Khmer Times (our new favourite website), there are no evacuation flights for Australians in Cambodia currently being planned. Currently, there are hundreds of Australians in Cambodia, a popular haunt for tourists and ex-pats alike. Now …
Smoking in Turkmenistan
5 April 2020 / by Ben Crowley
As many of you will know, smoking in Turkmenistan is illegal in public places. It’s also incredibly difficult to buy cigarettes when you’re in Turkmenistan. In fact, Turkmenistan and Bhutan are the only countries with nationwide bans on smoking in all …
Football In Tajikistan
5 April 2020 / by Sion
Football has ground to a halt all across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving fans gasping for a football fix. Belarus, Burundi and Nicaragua have been dealing with everyone doses of the beautiful game. But the Belarusian football associatio …
Tomb-Sweeping Festival
3 April 2020 / by John McGovern
Anyone who’s been to China can sometimes get a bit of festival overload, it seems there’s some festival every week! Spring Festival is, of course, the most well-known, followed by Mid-Autumn Day and the political festivals of National Day and May Day. …
