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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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Anniversary of the death of Pol Pot
14 April 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Today (April 15th) marks the anniversary of the death of Pol Pot one of the most feared and ruthless leaders of the 20th century. Table of Contents Biography of Pol PotDemocratic KampucheaWhy did the Khmer Rouge lose power?Khmer Rouge Insurgency Pol Po …
The flag of Bhutan
10 April 2020 / by Pier Doyon
Have you seen the flag of Bhutan? When it comes to flags, Bhutan has a truly unique one. In fact, the flag of Bhutan, like Wales’, probably is one of the most popular for children as it is one of the few national flags with a dragon on it. Table of Con …
National Heroes of Central Asia – Kyrgyzstan – Manas
9 April 2020 / by Alistair Riddell
During the Soviet Union people worshipped Lenin, Marx, Stalin and even their local communist leaders such as Frunze. When the Soviet Union collapsed each country needed to find new national heroes. The rest of the world does it – the Scandinavians have …
Cutud Lenten Rites Festival Cancelled
9 April 2020 / by YPT Team
The Cutud Lenten Rites Festival has been cancelled for 2020, in another blow to tourism everywhere. Well, it only seems like yesterday that we lost the Pyongyang Marathon, and now the Cutud Lenten Rites festival has been withdrawn from the YPT yearly c …
Chongzuo Guide
9 April 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Chongzuo is a small cute town in the Chinese tourist mecca that is in Guangxi; here’s the Chongzuo guide! Where’s Chongzuo? The city is situated in the southwestern part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with the regional capital of Nanning lyin …
North Korean Computers
8 April 2020 / by Dominic Perry
North Korean computers lab in Kim Il-Sung University An interesting result of the endless economic embargoes on north Korea is that they need to do a lot of stuff themselves. Many products that are an easy import from just about anywhere else in the wo …
Internships in North Korea
8 April 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Can you do an internship in North Korea or Pyongyang? In this world, anything is possible. Well, the world is indeed going crazy at the moment, coronavirus is really screwing with things, and of course, North Korea has closed its borders and actually, …
Pyongyang Spring Trade Fair 2020 Postponed Indefinitely
8 April 2020 / by Rowan Beard
The largest international trade fair held in Pyongyang was originally scheduled on May 11th to 15th, then later rescheduled to May 25th to 29th with the final decision just coming through today regarding the event be postponed indefinitely due to COVID …
Anzhi Makhachkala
8 April 2020 / by
What happened to Anzhi Makhachkala? You may be forgiven to assume the richest teams in Europe would include the likes of Real Madrid, PSG and Manchester City but what if I told you a team from Makhachkala – the capital city of Dagestan, Russia – once h …
