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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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Visiting Banaue Rice Terraces
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
Known as one of the wonders of the world and on most “must see” lists we recently added the Banaue Rice Terraces to our Extreme Philippines Tour. Was it worth it though and are they really a wonder of the world? We can only speak for ourselves and our …
Exploring The Ferdinand Marcos Museum in Batac
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
Increasingly one of our most sought after tours, the Extreme Philippines Tour takes is to some truly bizarre places, chief among them being the Marcos Museum. Located in the self-styled “Home of Great Leaders” in Batac, this museum is there to showcase …
The 2024 Cutud Lenten Rites Festival in Pictures
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
This year YPT attended the 2024 Cutud Lenten Rites Festival in San Fernando, Pampanga. This was our second since the end of the pandemic, as well as marking ten years since we first attended? So, was it any good, how as it different and what about 2025 …
Staying at the Tamok Guesthouse
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
As part of our Cambodian Dark Tourism Tour tour this year we stayed at the Tamok Guesthouse. Now for the uninitiated Ta Mok was one of the leading figures of the Khmer Rouge, even being its last leader. Now this obviously leads to the question, why nam …
Siem Reap War Museum
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
Siem Reap War Museum is a slightly understated, overpriced and weird museum, BUT it is still worth a visit if your tourist needs are about more than a few old temples. Officially the Cambodia War Museum it was initially built in 2001 and has had variou …
Siem Reap Landmine Museum
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
Being slightly out of town means that the Siem Reap Landmine Museum is often missed out by tourists in favour of the beauty of Angkor Wat. This though is a shame for it is definitely one of the best museums for understanding the recent history with lan …
Battambang Killing Caves and Bat Caves
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
When it comes to our travels around Cambodia, Battambang is undoubtedly a favorite of ours. This is for many reasons, such as the Bamboo Train and the Street Food, but we can now add the Battambang Killing Caves, as well its Bat Caves to the list. Thes …
In The Shadow of the Khmer Rouge – Kampong Chhnang Airport
13 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
As part of our latest Cambodia Dark Tourism Tour, we decided to cast our net a little further afield by visiting Kampong Chhnang, and in particular Kampong Chhnang Airport and prison caves. These two places are about as far from the beaten track as you …
Tourism Boost for Anlong Veng
13 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
There is to be a huge tourism boost for Anlong Veng, the small Cambodian border town with Thailand and former hometown Pol Pot and the last stronghold of the Khmer Rouge. The tourism boost for Anlong Veng comes from the work of the Cambodian Documentat …
