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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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Visiting Nan Madol in Pohnpei
11 February 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Visiting Nan Madol is one of the highlights of traveling to Pohnpei, the capital “island” of the Federated States of Micronesia. There are a lot of cool things about YPT; principal among them that compared to other countries we truly get off the beaten …
Cuba further opens economy to private businesses
11 February 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Cuba further opens economy to private businesses in biggest shake up since the revolution. In the polarized politics of America, you find people like Obama and Joe Biden being called socialist and communist. Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia have also b …
Currency of Mali
10 February 2021 / by
What is the currency of Mali? The people of Mali use the West African CFA Franc; known colloquially as the Franc. The West African CFA Franc is a currency that is used by multiple countries. In other words, the currency is also known as the Franc CFA. …
Currency of Burkina Faso
10 February 2021 / by
What is the currency of Burkina Faso? The people of Burkina Faso use the West African CFA Franc; known colloquially as the Franc. The West African CFA Franc is a currency that is used by multiple countries. In other words, the currency is also known as …
Best Vanuatu Volcano Tour
10 February 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
The best Vanuatu Volcano tour was one of the first things I did in 2020. Looking back I was not to realize that this would be the highlight of the year. We’d visited Vanuatu as part of the Least Visited Countries tour . This is where YPT go guns blazin …
History of the Khmer Rouge: Part 3 – Democratic Kampuchea
9 February 2021 / by Dominic Perry
Welcome to part three of YPT’s far-too-long history of the Khmer Rouge. It’s been something of a personal project that’s ballooned out of all proportion, but ah well, that’s the fun of it! If you haven’t read the first and second parts, I’d encourage y …
Currency of Eritrea
9 February 2021 / by
The Currency of Eritrea The currency Eritrea is the Nakfa. The Nakfa has been in use since 1997. You can see the Nakfa symbol abbreviated as Nkf. Other non-Latin script symbols are as follows: Ge’ez ( ናቕፋ ) and Arabic ( ناكفا ). The Eritrean Nakfa is d …
Nightlife of Nauru?
8 February 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
What is the nightlife of Nauru? I have already written a hell of a lot about Nauru, including reviews of most of the bars, but it appears I have as of yet not done a rundown of the Nauru nightlife. I therefore present in all its glory a guide to the ni …
What’s it like to watch football in Cambodia?
7 February 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
What’s it like to watch football in Cambodia? This is a question I never thought I would answer. I have always liked visiting Cambodia, but had not expected to call it home. Well now and for the last 3 years that is exactly what it has become. Watching …
