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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.
You can also check out our sister publication YPT Life.
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Private tours to unrecognised countries
15 October 2019 / by Joel Vostok
At the Soviet Europe office of Young Pioneer Tours, one of our greatest passions is promoting tourism in what are known as ‘breakaway states’ or ‘unrecognized countries’. In the former Soviet Union there are four unrecognized states in existence: Trans …
Coca-Cola, North Korea style
15 October 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
North Korean coke! The tale of Coca Cola in North Korea is one that has been told many times. For a long time one has been able to made Chinese-made coke in North Korea, and of course there has always been the homegrown brand of Ryogjin Cola. You will …
Syria Tourism Update (14/10/2019)
14 October 2019 / by YPT Team
Syria has recently hit the news again in a big way. After not much attention for a while, it’s back in the limelight. The president of the USA, Donald Trump, announced that he would withdraw US troops from a particular segment of the Syrian/Turkish bor …
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is alive!
14 October 2019 / by YPT Team
Many of you may have read or heard the rumours that Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, the President of Turkmenistan, had passed away. The rumour started from the Russian news agency TASS and quickly did the rounds on the internet. After a week of rumours the …
5 amazing overland tours around the world
14 October 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
We live in an age where flights have never been cheaper and snapshot holidays have become a common thing. Itineraries that were simply unthinkable of for the common folk a few decades ago – visiting London, Istanbul and Seoul within a week, for instanc …
We need YOU… to guide and stuff
11 October 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
YPT is kind of a big deal. We didn’t necessarily envision being where we are now, where we have to think about logistics and stuff, but we are. And on occasion, we find that we need more people to guide and blog and do social media stuff. So here we ar …
North Korea Holidays and Festivals 2020
11 October 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Much like any other country, North Korea has its fair share of holidays, festivals and celebratory days. And much like any tour company specialising in tours to a particular country, we try to take advantage of as many of these as possible. With that i …
Mongolian Wrestling: the YPT guide
10 October 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
This summer we led our inaugural tour to Mongolia’s Naadam Festival and were privileged enough to see what are traditionally known as the ‘three manly games’ – archery, horse racing, and Mongolian wrestling. In the spirit of equality and not excluding …
Cruising Eastern Greenland
10 October 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
YPT have just finished our inaugural cruise around Eastern Greenland with Oceanwide Expeditions, a company we have previously used for Antarctica and will use again for our two 2020 cruise to Svalbard. We are also exploring further Greenland tours, as …
