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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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Exploring the City of Domes – Kyiv
30 May 2020 / by Joel Vostok
We spend a lot of time in the charming city of Kyiv (previously spelled Kiev by Russians and the rest of the world) throughout the year on our Soviet tours through Ukraine. Due to its abundance of orthodox churches with their quintessential onion domes …
How to spend a day in Ashgabat
29 May 2020 / by YPT Team
So you’ve just arrived in Ashgabat, you’re on a group tour as everyone needs to be on to get a tourist visa and you’ve decided to arrive a day early. But how should you spend that extra day? These are my suggestions and how I regularly spend my extra t …
What should I pack for a trip to Antarctica
28 May 2020 / by John McGovern
In December 2021 YPT is heading back to the frozen continent of Antarctica for the first time in more years than we would have liked. What’s more, we’re going to be sailing on our good friend the m/v Hondius, the same ship that took us around Greenland …
Animals in Antarctica
28 May 2020 / by John McGovern
In 2021, YPT will be heading back to the frozen continent of Antarctica on one of the most epic voyages you can do. Starting in Ushuaia, Argentina, at Tierra del Fuego on the edge of the world, we’ll be sailing for 10 days there and back. On the trip w …
How to get to Ushuaia
28 May 2020 / by John McGovern
Photo by David Stanley Ushuaia is a city in Argentina, the capital of the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands. Tierra del Fuego, or the Land of Fire, only became a province in 1990. While the province includes outlyi …
Korea Train Trips
28 May 2020 / by John McGovern
You can travel by train around much of the Korean peninsula, there is an extensive network of train trips in South Korea and the most famous of Korea train trips is the Train to Busan. It is not, however, what we refer to when we want to talk about Kor …
Fidel Castro and Diego Maradona: the Strangest Father-Son Relationship
28 May 2020 / by John McGovern
Today we’ll have a look at a relationship that rocked the Socialist world, Fidel Castro and Diego Maradona. Fidel Castro Fidel Castro was a Cuban lawyer cum revolutionary, becoming the leader of Cuba from the revolution in 1959 until his retirement in …
My first tour to North Korea
28 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
YPT’s founder Gareth Johnson recounts his first tour to North Korea In 2008, I was lucky enough to lead my first of what to be many tours of North Korea. Preparation I was working as an English teacher at EF English first in Xi’an when I first dreamed …
Taekwondo: A sport divided
28 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Young students of Taekwondo are practicing in Rason, North Korea When it comes to East Asia martial arts are an integral part of the regions culture. China has Kung Fu, Japan has Karate, and Korea has Taekwondo. Of course, there are multitudes of other …
