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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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Asian World for Students: Top 4 Cities to Visit in 2020
11 December 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Discovering the Asian world is always an amazing journey for students from all over the world because it is an experience that helps an individual grow as a person and as a professional. Once an average college student makes a choice in favor of yet un …
Why Afghanistan is my favourite destination
9 December 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Tourism is a funny old business these days. Famous destinations around the world are becoming packed full of people. Locals are becoming increasingly frustrated at tourists and as the world become smaller, so do our experiences while travelling. Likewi …
Top 5 coolest buildings in Turkmenistan
9 December 2018 / by Caitlin Graham
What happens when you put a post-soviet nation and lots of oil money together? Chances are you end up with something like Turkmenistan, where the heads of state have decided to build some of the world’s most incredible pieces of architecture. In this t …
Coolest Buildings in Central Asia
9 December 2018 / by Caitlin Graham
Central Asia, with its past of soviet satellite states and frivolous dictatorships, has a wide collection of buildings with incredible architecture. You might not have heard of them before but trust us when we say these are the top 10 coolest buildings …
Big sums of Som: Currency in Uzbekistan
9 December 2018 / by Caitlin Graham
Uzbekistan’s currency is the Uzbek Som (UZS), and until September 2017 there were two exchange rates – the official rate and the black market rate. Unlike in neighbouring Turkmenistan though, the black market was for a long time the commonly used rate …
Changing money in Turkmenistan
9 December 2018 / by YPT Team
I’m not an economics expert, but like most people I get the general idea of why black markets exist: A country has a fixed exchange rate which is on the slightly optimistic side, to say the least, but the real value of the currency and the goods it is …
How to get a tourist visa for Uzbekistan, E-Visa Update
9 December 2018 / by Caitlin Graham
There is a new evisa system for Uzbekistan which has made the process much simpler, cheaper and generally more accessible compared to the old soviet-era way of doing things. Get up to date with the cool kids and learn how to get this visa online in thi …
Sentinel Island and 4 other places you really can’t go
2 December 2018 / by John McGovern
YPT have been taking people to places their mother doesn’t want them to go to for ten years now, and one of the most common questions we get asked is “is there anywhere you won’t go?” Well, from Donbass to Iraq and Afghanistan, some of our tours are no …
