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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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Young pioneer camps in North Korea
21 June 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
We have written before about what a Young Pioneer is; indeed, as might be obvious, indeed our company name was indeed inspired by the Young Pioneer movement. Now whilst the Cold War might have ended (or is it back?), the International Pioneer Movement …
Blloku Tirana – “The Block”
21 June 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Albania – and Tirana in particular – has always been a favourite of mine, and YPT have been visiting the country for close to ten years as part of our Eurasian Adventure Tour. There are many reasons why I like travelling to Tirana. Chief amongst …
Cuban Currency
21 June 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
We’ve written a previous blog on the currencies of socialism and how they don’t quite work the same as those of capitalist countries. One of the flagship ‘socialist currency’ countries is Cuba, with its unique dual Cuban currency system of CUP and CUC. …
Unrecognized countries of the world
21 June 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
We at Young Pioneer Tours have more than a passing interest in the unrecognized countries of the world. But what, exactly, is an unrecognized country? The answer is nothing if not complicated, and there’s a whole spectrum of unrecognized countries and …
Songun: The military ideology of the DPRK
21 June 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
There are a few important concepts to learn about when it comes to North Korean state ideologies. The most important is probably Juche (‘self-reliance’), created by Kim Il Sung. Secondary to this is Songun – ‘military first’ – which was created by Kim …
Nanjiecun collective village: A guide
20 June 2019 / by John McGovern
Nanjiecun, one of the last collective Maoist villages of China, provides a very interesting insight into the country. Located in Henan, Linying Country, Nanjiecun is completely different from the town that surrounds it. Where Linying has the abundance …
Third Trump-Kim Summit: where might it be held?
19 June 2019 / by Alistair Riddell
Following the success of the Singapore Summit (and the slightly less successful Hanoi Summit), there has been no small amount of speculation about a third Trump Kim summit taking place in the not-so-distant future. In fact, North Korean leader Kim Jong …
Intourist: The Soviet State Travel Agency
19 June 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
For those of you who have travelled to North Korea – whether with Young Pioneer Tours or with one of the less fun DPRK travel agencies – you will likely be familiar with the requirements for visiting the country. The two most important of these require …
North Korean language: is it different?
19 June 2019 / by Alistair Riddell
It has now been 74 years since the Korean peninsula was split through the middle following the end of World Word II in 1945. Since that time the two countries have not only been completely estranged politically and geographically, but also linguis …
