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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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One step ahead of a shrinking world
13 November 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
The world is is getting smaller, and unique destinations getting fewer. The modern day explorer will not set sail and stumble across a new continent, nor discover an unknown mammal already domesticated by strange foreigners. Even the oceans are rising, …
Is Ri Son Ju Pregnant?
1 November 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
It has been widely reported this week that Ri Son Ju, wife of DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, is pregnant. Despite a total lack of any persuasive evidence, the British Telegraph, BBC, and CNN have ran with the story. The whole notion that Ri Son Ju may be pre …
New Air Koryo Website
30 October 2012 / by Rowan Beard
Air Koryo, the flag carrying airline of the DPRK officially launched their website in 2013 promising “a convenient reservation … day and night”. We’ve been using Air Koryo for many years now for our popular Kim Il Sung and Arirang Mass Games tours, a …
Dolphins of Pyongyang
29 October 2012 / by Alistair Riddell
Pyongyang’s dolphinarium remains in my conscious mind far more often than it probably should, partly because I have never been to another dolphinarium but also it seems an appropriate icon for the changing times in the DPRK. North Korea …
Shanghai – Pyongyang Flights confirmed
10 August 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
Our partners at Air Koryo have confirmed that from now they will now be running direct flights between Shanghai and Pyongyang. Due to time to get/change visas YPT will be offering this service from the 4th September, under the following schedule and pr …
Travel Pillow And Beyond: 10 Essentials For Long-Haul Flights
6 August 2012 / by YPT Team
Traveling is fun, exciting, and always unforgettable. One of the most common ways to get to your travel destination is by plane. Travel flights can be short-haul, medium-haul, or long-haul. A short-haul flight lasts anywhere from 30 minutes up to three …
Views from the south
30 July 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
The tour part of SK was essentially to take in 2 major parts, the war museum, and the flip side of the 38 coin, Panmunjom from the southern side of the fence. So to start with the museum, well it’s my third Korean War Museum after the DPRK and China, a …
Dandong and ferries south
30 July 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
I have south Korean friends, Korean American and even Chinese Korean friends, I have previously briefly visited the south, and Yanji in China, but essentially I know and do North Korea, the DPRK is “my” Korea, so being on a boat surrounded entirely by …
The North Part
17 July 2012 / by Gareth Johnson
So I have decided to blog the whole north/south tour, or at least as much as I can. This is technically day 2 I guess, although day 1 “in country” in fact I’m currently sitting in my cabin waiting for Korean customs to give me the once over at Sinuiju …
