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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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What Would a Unified Korea Look Like?
24 April 2018 / by Alistair Riddell
What Would a Unified Korea Look Like? The recent détente in relations between north and south Korea, and America, which will start with a North-South summit, probably followed by a summit at an as yet unnamed place between Marshall Kim Jong Un and Pres …
Discovering the Brighter Side of Death in the Philippines
22 April 2018 / by Alistair Riddell
Death is viewed in different ways the world over. Some cultures celebrate it as a time that a person moves on to better things. Others see it as an opportunity to contact the previously deceased to bring good fortune for their living relatives. Filipin …
11 Hidden Luxury Beach Resorts You Need to Check Out for Your Next Getaway
10 April 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
There is something so timelessly romantic about a beach getaway. The sun hanging over brilliant blue skies as you lie under the shade of palm trees, listening to the waves lapping gently on the shore… and then a horde of screaming children run past, ki …
You really DO meet interesting people on a YPT Tour – Dan Tito Davis
9 April 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Who is Dan Tito Davis? When it comes to YPT our “interesting” tour schedule tends to invite people that are different to your average package tourist. And this in our minds at least tends to mean you meet a few interesting characters. Of course this is …
Hablando Con Guias Norcoreanos
4 April 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Una de las experiencias más increíbles de visitar Corea del Norte, es la oportunidad que te da para hablar con sus gentes. El impacto mediático negativo es enorme, nos han llegado a vender cualquier tontería, como por ejemplo la de que los norcoreanos …
Confirmed: The Mass Games Are Back
30 March 2018 / by Rowan Beard
We are very excited and happy to announce that the Mass Games are back for a third straight year! We have a great selection of tours to choose from to get you in on all the action! Haven’t heard of the mass games? Don’t know what all the fuss is about? …
Top 5 Places To Eat And Drink In Almaty
27 March 2018 / by Caitlin Graham
We were very excited to recently introduce our Almaty Culinary Discovery Tour. So in honor of this, here’s a list of our favorite spots to eat and drink in Almaty! Giginova Georgian Restaurant If Georgian isn’t your favorite cuisine, then you obviously …
Pyongyang’s Only Bar Crawl
24 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Paddies Day was celebrated in over 300 cities worldwide recently and for us, that also included Pyongyang in the DPRK. Many around the world celebrated such a day by visiting Irish pubs dressing in green and chasing leprechauns. While there are no lepr …
YPT’s Introduction to the Communist Ideologies of East Asia
24 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
YPT is known to be fond of a bit of political ideology, from North Korea to Cuba and beyond. On many of our tours, politics is right at the forefront, or it provides a historical backdrop to the cities we visit. Often a history that is still within tou …
