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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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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 …
A YPT Guide to Chechnya
24 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Chechnya, Russia’s wild southern frontier. For those old enough, the word Chechnya conjures up grainy news footage of a civil war too complicated, brutal and messed up to even begin to delve into. I’ve visited and studied Chechnya, its wars and people …
Are You Ready For Sakura Time?
22 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Many places all over the world experience wonderful changes in scenery, from autumn leaves in Canada to snowy layers over Europe. However, nothing really compares to the spectacle that is Japan’s cherry blossoms, known as sakura. For those of you livin …
Are You Ready For Sakura Time?
22 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Many places all over the world experience wonderful changes in scenery, from autumn leaves in Canada to snowy layers over Europe. However, nothing really compares to the spectacle that is Japan’s cherry blossoms, known as sakura. For those of you livin …
Are the Arirang Mass Games Returning?
16 March 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
We’ve just had some (potentially) very exciting news come in from our partners in Pyongyang, DPRK (North Korea). The Arirang Mass Games might be returning to the tourist calendar on September 9th to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the esta …
