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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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Hakarl
23 March 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction to Hakarl Hakarl What is hakarl? How bad is it? and should you eat it? All that and more as we review the legendary rotten shark of Iceland. Iceland recently announced that they would be fully opening to vaccinated tourists, which means so …
Meeting the North Korean football team
23 March 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
That time I met the North Korean National Team I’ve written a lot about the North Korean national team, as I am more than a tad bit obsessed with them, but my obsession can at least be explained, as I once met the DPRK national team on the train! The K …
Junggang County
21 March 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Guide to the Junggang Region Touristically one of the least visited places in North Korea (for western guests anyway), it lies opposite of our favourite Chinese cities from borderlands, Linjiang, which you can read about here. Junggang County is in the …
Pochon County
21 March 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Introduction to Pochon. Poch’ŏn County is a county in Ryanggang Province, North Korea. It looks westward across the AmnokRiver/Tumen River to China. It is, therefore, one of the many amazing places we get to see on one of our borderlands tours! Economy …
Military Foundation Day
21 March 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
When is Military Foundation Day in North Korea? When is Military foundation day in North Korea? Well, there are two answers, February 8th, and April 25th, and as always, there is a story behind this… North Korea, much like the United States of America …
Getting on an Iraq Tour from the UK
20 March 2020 / by Pier Doyon
Iraq is one of our hottest destinations and why wouldn’t it be. It is both the cradle of civilization, with fascinating ruins of Ur and Babylon and was at the center of the news until very recently as it was the hotbed of the ISIS conflict. It is now p …
What is a Mongolian Ger
20 March 2020 / by Pier Doyon
White round tents dotting the Mongolian grasslands, few things are evocative of the Mongolian nomad lifestyle like the typical hut of the Mongols. But what exactly is a Mongolian Ger? Let us at YPT take you on a trip inside a Mongolian Ger. What is a G …
Mongolia Ice Marathon
19 March 2020 / by YPT Team
It is one formidable thing to want to travel to the most remote and off-beaten path corners of the world. It is also something to want to go to every country in the world but for many of our guests, a great trend in travelling is to go to remote places …
Pyongyang Duck BBQ Restaurant – DPRK Guide
16 March 2020 / by Nicolas Platt
Introduction – Pyongyang Duck BBQ Restaurant Pyongyang Duck BBQ Restaurant is one of the most iconic restaurants of any tour to North Korea. Known as the Tongil Street duck BBQ restaurant it is located in an East Pyongyang residential neighbourhood. Of …
