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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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North Korea and South Korea Football Rivalry
23 September 2019 / by John McGovern
When the draw was made for the second round groups of the Asian qualifying section of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar there were some big matches pulled out of the hat, but none more so than North Korea vs South Korea in Group H. So we thought we’d take an …
South Ossetia Independence Day
22 September 2019 / by Joel Vostok
At the Soviet Tours department of YPT, we made our name by pioneering travel to the four rogue nations of the former Soviet Union: Transnistria, Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia, the latter being our least visited breakaway state. But this …
The Algerian Flag: Fast Flag Facts
19 September 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
The Algerian Flag you say? We at YPT dabble in a fair few –ologies, including the hallowed and much-revered field of vexillology (the study of flags, for those who can’t be bothered CTRL-T’ing over to Google). The history and symbolism behind a great n …
All you ever needed to know about Greenland
19 September 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Young Pioneer Tours are currently getting very excited about our first ever tour to Greenland. In anticipation of said trip, we’ve taken the usual step of writing a blog about the place in question! Is Greenland a country? Yes and no. Those belonging t …
5 of the worst islands in the world
17 September 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Young Pioneer Tours have partnered up with Let’s Buy an Island to purchase our very own slice of paradise and form a new micronation. LBI are very much on finding a good island, but in the meantime we thought we’d look at some of the absolute worst isl …
North Korea time zone: does it have its own?
17 September 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
You’ve decided that you’d like to travel to North Korea. You’ve booked your flights, your visa is in hand, and your trip is secured with the sine qua non of DPRK travel, Young Pioneer Tours. All you need to do is get your clock set for North Korea time …
Djenné, Mali: A city guide
17 September 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Very few cities around the world are as underestimated at the moment like Djenné. True treasure of Mali, Djenné is an ancient city straight out of a movie set that you can explore and have to yourself. Before, Djenné used to be a hotspot for tourism in …
Thomas Sankara: Africa’s Che Guevara
15 September 2019 / by Pier Doyon
When it comes to communist figures, we at YPT are extreme geeks. While some figures are known by pretty much everyone, such as Lenin, Stalin and Fidel Castro some, because their influence was less felt in the western world, are not mentioned as often. …
How to get a visa to Bhutan?
10 September 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Bhutan, the mysterious mountain kingdom perched in the Himalaya, has been attracting the attention of more and more travelers in recent year. With its very unique approach to tourism and gestion of tourists, the way to get a visa to Bhutan might be sli …
