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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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Papa Doc and Baby Doc: Haiti’s Vodou Dynasty
4 March 2020 / by Dominic Perry
Papa Doc is name that stills the people of Haiti with dread. Between 1957 and 1986, the nation of Haiti was ruled by one family, the Duvalier family. After an emergence as leader in democratic elections in 1957, François Duvalier, later to be known as …
North Korean Military
2 March 2020 / by Nicolas Platt
The North Korean Military, otherwise known as the Korean Peoples Army (조선인민군) was founded on February 8th, 1948 and is headed by Marshal Kim Jong Un who is the supreme commander of the North Korean Military. The North Korean Military is generally consi …
How to get to Bhutan?
2 March 2020 / by Pier Doyon
Frequently seen as an isolated country where very few people get to go, the kingdom of Bhutan does capture the imagination of travelers. A mythical Buddhist kingdom perched in the Himalayan chains, evolving in some kind of secrecy is the cliché it goes …
US and Taliban sign a peace deal for Afghanistan
29 February 2020 / by Pier Doyon
2020/02/29 Today, a peace deal between the government of the United States of America and the Taliban in Afghanistan is being signed. The accord, signed as part of a ceremony in Qatar, is the result of two years of negotiation. With this deal would com …
Five Stans Tour Highlights
29 February 2020 / by Alistair Riddell
We are now doing a Five Stans tour. We started doing a Five Stans tour many years ago when we first started with mixed success, however, the recent demand for a tour of all five post-Soviet Stans has been overwhelming! Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikis …
What is Juche? – The Ideology of North Korea
28 February 2020 / by Dominic Perry
What is the Juche ideology? Those who’ve done a little reading on North Korea (DPRK) will know that explaining their ideology as ‘socialism’ or even ‘Marxism-Leninism’ (often written as ‘Stalinism’) is quite insufficient. If you were to ask a Korean, t …
What to bring to North Korea
27 February 2020 / by Rowan Beard
A common question we receive is what to bring to North Korea? Here is our complete list on what you need to pack for North Korea and what not to bring to North Korea to better prepare your trip to the DPRK. We cover the following in this article: …
The Curious Case of Palmerston Island
27 February 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Having grown up in the south-east of the United Kingdom, I’m no stranger to jokes about inbred folk! For us, the quintessential interbreeders were from the place called the Isle of Sheppey, so much so that there was even a spoof website. I digress, wel …
Should I go to North Korea or South Korea?
27 February 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Don’t worry! You have not accidentally come across a political article. This is all about tourism. But, it is also a question that many tourists ask themselves, “should I visit North or South Korea.” My personal opinion is both, but then I understand t …
