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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.
You can also check out our sister publication YPT Life.
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Flag of China
25 May 2020 / by John McGovern
The flag of China, or Chinese flag is now something you see a lot! With the the rise of Socialist China we now see the Chinese flag waved proudly from sporting events to military parades. But what is the story with the China flag? And What does it repr …
Silk Screen Printing Siem Reap
25 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Having accidentally been marooned in the city of Siem Reap, it has been a rough ride working out how to get simple things done, which is why I am glad I was introduced to Silk Screen Printing Lab in Siem Reap…. Before becoming coronavirus refugees (yes …
North Korea Bucket List
25 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
If you have any kind of travel adventurism in you then North Korea is probably on your bucket list. But if North Korea is ALREADY on your bucket list, then what North Korean things you should be on your North Korean bucket list? What are the essentials …
Mega Tours and Travel 2025
25 May 2020 / by Pier Doyon
At Young Pioneer Tours we consider ourselves the experts when it comes to mega tours and travel. We run a lot of tours to a lot of places, some of them are very short, but some are what we like to refer to as mega tours. What is a mega tour? To us it i …
Black Sea Tours
24 May 2020 / by Joel Vostok
For the past couple of years, the YPT Soviet Europe office has been based in the Black Sea port city of Varna, Bulgaria. The location is rather fitting for a number of reasons, not only can we see the epic monument to Soviet Bulgarian Friendship from o …
Korean War Tours
24 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
A view of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War, the biggest War Museum of Korea On every tour to North Korea you will receive at least some education on the Korean War, obviously from the point of view of North Korea. Now, whilst we do not run spec …
Sinchon Massacre Museum
24 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction to the Sinchon Massacre Museum The Sinchon Massacre Museum of American War Atrocities! To give it its full title. This is probably the most macabre place you can visit in North Korea. When you consider quite how seriously the DPRK take the …
Bhutan Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)
24 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Bhutan is often painted (much like Tibet) as a kind of Buddhist utopia where everyone prays and is really happy. I mean ,they even measure Gross Domestic Happiness right? Well, the situation on the ground is a bit different. Introducing the Bhutan Comm …
King of Bhutan
24 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Did you know that the King of Bhutan was the last last absolute monarch to willingly give up power? In the modern world， there are far less countries governed by monarchies than are republics. When we think of monarchies we tend to think of them as wri …
