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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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What’s the Story With Sao Tome and Principe?
9 December 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction What’s the story with Sao Tome and Principe? I’ll get to that in a bit, but a few years ago, I wrote an article on the least visited countries in the world. Quite what the 2020 list will look like is a whole other ball game! The country ca …
Football in Zanzibar
9 December 2020 / by
Introduction There are two things we’re passionate about here at YPT – football and offbeat travel. So when we were presented with the opportunity to team up with a football club from the island of Zanzibar we jumped at the chance! So if you’ve become …
North Korean National Anthem
7 December 2020 / by Nicolas Platt
Introduction The national anthem of North Korea is “Aegukka” (애국가), which translates literally into “patriotic song.” The song celebrates independence from the end of the Japanese occupation was initially composed in 1945 and officially adopted as the …
The Penis Museum Reykjavik
7 December 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction The Penis Museum Reykjavik, or to give it its full title, “The Icelandic Phallological Museum” (certainly not the bell-end museum), is one of those rather bizarre but must-see sites. At YPT, we do like a good museum, so we have decided to …
Urban Exploration – Urbex
3 December 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction Urban Exploration, UE, or to give it its full hipster title Urbex is a sub-culture in the travel world that Young Pioneer Tours very much embrace! Much like Dark Tourism, it has its detractors and comes with its own controversy, but what f …
In a Locked-Down World, Haiti Remains Open for Tourists Part 4
3 December 2020 / by
Haiti this is part 4 of this series by Dean Karalekas you can read part 1 here, part 2 here and part 3 here. The dogs, so friendly during the day, barked loudly at my approach to the main building this late at night, threatening to wake the o …
What’s It Like to Visit Choeung Ek Killing Fields?
1 December 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction What’s it like to visit Cheung Ek Killing Fields? Cheung Ek was one of the most significant extermination camps and mass grave sites known as the Killing Fields. It was primarily used to kill and bury victims from the S-21 Prison. The site …
The Iraqi Connection: Exploring the Roots of the Exorcist Curse
1 December 2020 / by Justin Martell
Introduction Director William Friedkin’s (The French Connection, Cruising) 1973 adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s book,The Exorcist, is regarded by many not only as one of the best horror films ever made but perhaps the scar …
Flag of Sealand
30 November 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction to the flag of Sealand What is the flag of Sealand? Sealand, or to be more precise, The Principality of Sealand, is the most famous micronation in the world. And if you are going to be a nation, you need a flag. Here is the story of the fl …
