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Welcome to the Young Pioneer Tours Blog, the place where we we keep you informed about everything YPT, from current tours, to future tours and a whole lot of eclectic stuff in between.
YPT first started blogging in 2008 and are considered the best North Korean Travel blog that there is.
But, as Young Pioneer Tours have expanded our locations, so have we expanded our blog. Now we have one of the best travel blogs in the world!
And while most of our content is about the numerous destinations we go, including travel guides and what to pack, we also delve into more serious subjects such as the safety of certain destinations, as well as how LGTBQ+ friendly the places we visit are.
While the vast majority of our content is produced in-house, we are always on the look-out for guest bloggers and writers. Want to write for us? Then simply get in touch.
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The Three Princes of Laos
19 December 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
The three princes of Laos were three very different people. There’s a saying that the pole rarely falls far from the tree, but that is not always the case, as these three siblings showed. Background to the three princes of Laos When it comes to South-E …
Can you gamble in North Korea?
19 December 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Can you gamble in North Korea? The short answer is that whilst gambling is banned for the citizens of North Korea, there are two casinos that cater to foreign guests. There are also a few instances in which North Koreans themselves may gamble. Gambling …
Arab Socialism
18 December 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Arab Socialism was one of the many brands of socialism that appeared in the 20th century. It was, and to an extent, one of the more successful brands of socialism. Almost all of of the republics of the Arab world had some form of Arab Socialism. Even t …
How to Cook Your Turkmen Truffles
18 December 2020 / by Caitlin Graham
Having left the relative cool of the Kopet Dag mountain range where we’d spend the previous night with a local family in a village, we drove along the one road heading from Ashgabat to the west of Turkmenistan. Little did we know that we’d learn how to …
In Pictures – Pyongyang Taedonggang Beer Festival
17 December 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
The Pyongyang Taedonggang Beer Festival was a long time coming, expectations were high and I can gladly report that it did not disappoint! Pyongyang’s relationship with mass produced beer is a very recent one. In 2000, the government acquired the close …
The Moroccan Wall
16 December 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
/You’d think that after the fall of the Berlin Wall that walls between countries would have gone out of fashion, but not so much so. Of course the partially finished Trump wall with Mexico was quite the political hot potato. There is kind of a wall bet …
Remembering the Trump – Kim Summit in Hanoi
16 December 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Over the last few weeks the world has gone from the grip of election fever to frankly election fatigue! Yes, it does appear that Biden has beaten Trump, although with both still claiming victory and the courts still to come, who actually knows what wil …
The Peoples Republic of Korea
15 December 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
No, this is not a typo. The Peoples Republic of Korea was a short-lived provisional government on the Korean Peninsula. It was also the last unified Korean state. Prelude to the Peoples Republic of Korea On August 15th 1945 Japan was defeated by the al …
Soju vs Sake
15 December 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Soju vs Sake! Are Soju and Sake the same? And most importantly which is the better drink? We put these East-Asian titans to the test. Soju vs Sake It was not all that long ago that sake was all the rage with the hipster crowd, whilst at the same time a …
