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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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The North Korean Railway
31 May 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
If you’ve spent any time following Young Pioneer Tours, you’re probably aware that we are nothing if not passionate ferroequinologists (pretentious-speak for ‘train enthusiasts’). To our mind, there’s nothing more fun that travelling on the North Korea …
Transnistria currency, map and flag
31 May 2019 / by Joel Vostok
Transnistria – a breakaway state located between Moldova and Ukraine and seemingly still trapped in the era of the Soviet Union – has been a YPT favourite for almost a decade and is a must-do on the adventure travel circuit. The country once earned the …
Korean Age reckoning
31 May 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Without wanting to be accused of being worse than Mussolini, I personally like how we calculate age in the West. You get born, on your first birthday you’re one, and then your age goes up on every birthday. I’ll be 40 on July 29th 2020, and by Jove I’l …
Korean New Year
31 May 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Korean New Year is the annual Lunar New Celebration for Koreans on the peninsula and beyond. As a Lunar New Year Korean New Year occurs at the same time as the more well known Chinese New Year and Tet in Vietnam among others. Is it the same in North an …
Narcotourism in Colombia top 5 Sites
30 May 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Colombia is a country in many ways still haunted by its past, but with the new partial end to the civil war, and the former cartels holding much less sway than they used to, the country is now seeing a huge influx of tourists. Yet when your country has …
What are Kimilsungia and Kimjongilia?
30 May 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Kimilsungia and Kimjongilia whilst not the national flowers of the DPRK, still hold immense importance. There are many things named after the first leader of North Korea, Kim Il Sung, but Kimilsungia is one of the few that you can actually take home wi …
Can North Koreans leave the country?
30 May 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Can North Koreans leave the country? Despite the common misconception that North Koreans can’t travel abroad, a lot of them in fact do, and the North Korean passport is a lot more valuable than you might expect. North Koreans (at least, those with perm …
Australians in North Korea
30 May 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Are there any Australians in North Korea? The history of Australia-DPRK relations might not exactly be a saga for the ages, but it is not without incident or, indeed, the odd amusing story. We have a particular interest in this, our very own DPRK tours …
North Korean money: the currencies of socialism
29 May 2019 / by Rowan Beard
Introduction to North Korean Money Much like the two currencies of Cuba, the North Korean currency is a complicated topic. Let us guide you through the full understanding on how spending North Korean money works. Cuba previously announced unifying of i …
