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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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Kim’s personal train passes through Dandong en route to Hanoi summit
23 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
DPRK leader Marshal Kim Jong Un has just arrived in the Chinese border city of Dandong to what is, for the head of a country that has recently been dominating world headlines, an atypically muted reception. The streets of Dandong are reportedly eerily …
5 Reasons to visit Mt. Kumgang
22 February 2019 / by Nicolas Platt
Located in the south of North Korea and a stone’s throw from the border with South Korea, Mount Kumgang is a gorgeous mountain with breathtaking natural scenery. We list the top 5 reasons for visiting this North Korean national treasure. Off-the-beaten …
Railroad relations: the international train journeys of the Kims
21 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
When speaking to a North Korean tour guide a few years back, she recalled the time before the end of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, telling me how as a little girl she travelled by train all the way from Pyongyang to Romania via Russia. The jou …
How to get from Pyongyang to Hanoi
20 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
We were glad to hear that, just like us at YPT, Marshal Kim Jong Un is a long-train-ride enthusiast and will potentially be going all the way to Hanoi for the upcoming summit with President Donald Trump by train. It’s a great way to watch the scenery g …
The Ghostly Remains of Festung Breslau
19 February 2019 / by Joel Vostok
In February, the Young Pioneer Soviet Europe team began our first WW2-focused tour in Poland, covering the country end to end in the footsteps of the merciless German invasion of 1939 and their brutal retreat of 1945. One of our many stops along the wa …
How to Get to Longyearbyen, Svalbard
18 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Svalbard has been the last frontier for a number of nations, from the Dutch and Danish to the Norwegians and, of course, the Soviet Union. Longyearbyen is the foremost settlement in Spitsbergen, the main island of the Svalbard archipelago, with a popul …
Introducing the S/V Noorderlicht
18 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Introducing the S/V Noorderlicht! In October YPT is heading to Svalbard on an expedition of glaciers, Soviet ghost towns and Russian settlements in the Arctic, and is one of the most exciting tours we have to offer. On this trip we will be sailing on o …
Is Svalbard a Country?
18 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Is Svalbard a country? Here at YPT we are fairly interest in (obsessed by) the idea and the rules of what constitutes a country. In October we are heading to Svalbard, so let’s tackle the question: Is Svalbard a country? And if not, what exactly is it? …
North Korea Trade Fair Announcement 2019
12 February 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
With over 320 companies present at last year’s Pyongyang Trade Show, we here at Young Pioneer Tours are again excited to announce the dates for this year’s Pyongyang Spring Trade Fair, held from the 20th to the 24th of May 2019. The dates for the Pyong …
