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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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Organised Trips to Transnistria
September 17, 2019 / by pierdoyon
Transnistria is a Russian backed, breakaway state sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine. During the collapse of the USSR in the 1990’s, the region erupted into full scale civil war killing over a thousand people. In the aftermath, the republic of Tran …
5 of the worst islands in the world
September 17, 2019 / by Lee Parry
Young Pioneer Tours have partnered up with Let’s Buy an Island to purchase our very own slice of paradise and form a new micronation. LBI are very much on finding a good island, but in the meantime we thought we’d look at some of the absolute worst isl …
North Korea time zone: does it have its own?
September 17, 2019 / by Lee Parry
You’ve decided that you’d like to travel to North Korea. You’ve booked your flights, your visa is in hand, and your trip is secured with the sine qua non of DPRK travel, Young Pioneer Tours. All you need to do is get your clock set for North Korea time …
Djenné, Mali: A city guide
September 17, 2019 / by pierdoyon
Very few cities around the world are as underestimated at the moment like Djenné. True treasure of Mali, Djenné is an ancient city straight out of a movie set that you can explore and have to yourself. Before, Djenné used to be a hotspot for tourism in …
Thomas Sankara: Africa’s Che Guevara
September 15, 2019 / by pierdoyon
When it comes to communist figures, we at YPT are extreme geeks. While some figures are known by pretty much everyone, such as Lenin, Stalin and Fidel Castro some, because their influence was less felt in the western world, are not mentioned as often. …
How to get a visa to Bhutan?
September 10, 2019 / by pierdoyon
Bhutan, the mysterious mountain kingdom perched in the Himalaya, has been attracting the attention of more and more travelers in recent year. With its very unique approach to tourism and gestion of tourists, the way to get a visa to Bhutan might be sli …
YPT make history with our Moscow-Pyongyang tour!
September 6, 2019 / by Lee Parry
We did it, folks – in a massive milestone for YPT, we became the first tour company to take a group across the DPRK-Russia border! That is legit amazing! Right? Not since the day after never has a tour company taken a group over this border, making thi …
5 reasons why you should visit Algeria
September 6, 2019 / by pierdoyon
Algeria, it might be the biggest country in Africa but it clearly doesn’t get the love it deserves! In recent years, it has become easier to get a visa for Algeria and that is great because the country should definitely be on top of your travel bucket …
North Korean footballer Han Kwang Song signs for Juventus FC
September 6, 2019 / by Lee Parry
The rising star of North Korean football, Han Kwang Song, has joined Juventus in a deadline-day move — thus completing the highest profile transfer for a North Korean player in history. Han Kwang Song, who is one week shy of his 21st birthday, has sig …
What is the Bougainville Referendum
September 6, 2019 / by pierdoyon
Scheduled for the 23rd of November 2019 after having been delayed twice the referendum of Bougainville was on all lips when we visited the region on our last tour of Papua New Guinea. You might not have heard of Bougainville and might have even less he …
