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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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Ask A YPT Guide: What’s Your Favourite Country?
5 August 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
John – China It’s an impossible question for a travel enthusiast really, but given that most countries I have visited are from anything between a coupe of days and a month, I will have to go for China, the place I’ve made my home for 8 years. Anyone wh …
The Last American in North Korea Pt. 2
30 July 2019 / by Justin Martell
Over the next several days, we made our way to Chongjin, the county seat of Hamgyong Province and the third largest city in the DPRK. From there, it was onward to the scenic Chilbo mountains. During that time, I developed a rapport with my guide. Event …
Why should you visit the Naadam Festival
30 July 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Each year in July, the masses of Mongolia gather in the capital, Ulan Bator, to take part in the Naadam celebrations. The Naadam Celebrations have been going on since the 13th century at least. The celebration has taken many forms and commemorated diff …
National Day: holidays of North Korea
30 July 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Travelling to North Korea is always an amazing experience, but visiting North Korea during one of the numerous national holidays unique to the country tends to be even more of an experience. One of our favourite holidays is National Day, which celebrat …
Hotels of North Korea: Sosan Hotel
30 July 2019 / by Rowan Beard
The Sosan Hotel was first opened in 1989 as part of a major construction project that included Liberation Street, Kwangbok Department Store and the Pyongyang Sports Village which all were used for largest international event Pyongyang has ever held, th …
Somaliland Independence Day Parade
30 July 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Once a year, the capital city of the breakaway and unrecognized republic of Somaliland comes to a full stop. Roads leading to the city are closed for a whole morning and most people gather around the main drag of the city to attend what is certainly th …
Pyongyang Korean Language Study Tour Report (Part 2)
30 July 2019 / by Troy Collings
Learning complex sentences We are now nearly two weeks in to our Korean Language Study tour and already we’ve learnt some pretty complex sentence structures, such as “I’m a foreign exchange student studying Korean at Kim Hyong Jik university in Pyongya …
7 Ways North Korea has Changed in the Last 10 Years
29 July 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
As a veteran of travel to North Korea, it is fair to say that I have seen a hell of a lot of changes in the country. OK, so China might be modernizing at breakneck speed and changes in the DPRK might be a little more subtle, but the country has seen a …
Top 5 Eternal Flames
29 July 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
When I was a kid, I remember the song “Eternal Flame”, and yes I am old enough to be talking about the version by the Bangles, not the musical abortion brought forth by Atomic Kitten. Now I know that an Eternal Flame is much more than a great tune from …
