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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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European Citizens Allowed to Return to China
12 August 2020 / by YPT Team
Introduction In breaking news, China has announced that citizens of a number of European countries are to be allowed to return to China if they meet specific visa requirements. Who Can Return to China? China has now decided that foreign nationals from …
Lenin Statue Controversially Erected in Western Germany
12 August 2020 / by Alistair Riddell
Situated in the industrial heartland of western Germany, the city of Gelsenkirchen might seem an unlikely place to find a Lenin statue. The city was flattened by bombs during the war, and subsequently rebuilt as a modern, pleasant but rather unremarkab …
What to Pack for Chernobyl
11 August 2020 / by Joel Vostok
A common question many people ask us when visiting a truly off the beaten track destination like Chernobyl is what to pack? We’ve visited Chernobyl in the baking heat, snowstorms, and all seasons of the year. So we have a good amount of knowledge on wh …
Maps of Chernobyl
11 August 2020 / by Joel Vostok
Map of the Ukrainian sector of Chernobyl When you look at a Chernobyl Map it gives great insight into where everything happened, but also into how the response was handled. The Chernobyl area, officially named Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, is a part of nor …
Languages in Chernobyl
11 August 2020 / by Joel Vostok
The Chernobyl exclusion zone is spread out across both Ukraine and Belarus, both countries are in such a strategic position that they have naturally hosted countless cultures over the centuries. As a result, modern Belarus and Ukraine is home to a vari …
Chernobyl FAQ
11 August 2020 / by Joel Vostok
Since it was first opened tentatively just under ten years ago, YPT have been running groundbreaking tours to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and making life-long memories for countless people. Naturally, visiting a nuclear catastrophe zone brings a lot o …
Independent Tours to Chernobyl
11 August 2020 / by Joel Vostok
The Chernobyl exclusion zone and its ghost city of Pripyat was once a gem in the crown of the Soviet Union, today they stand as an eerie reminder of the consequences of nuclear disasters. Despite being an irradiated shell of its former glory, Chernobyl …
Flags of Chernobyl
11 August 2020 / by Joel Vostok
During the Soviet Union and today, the Chernobyl region and Pripyat didn’t have a specific flag to represent it. Instead, they went under the flags of the Ukrainian and Belarussian Soviet Socialist Republics and subsequently the current flag of Ukraine …
Cuisine in Chernobyl
11 August 2020 / by Joel Vostok
If you are looking for authentic, Soviet-style food in Belarus and Ukraine, the Chernobyl exclusion zone is the place to find it! On our one day tours, we enjoy the same type of lunch that has fuelled workers since the Soviet Union and continues to do …
